Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 9
CB Rank (Investor) 75,897
  • Primary Job Title Managing Director
  • Primary Organization 
    Accel-KKR
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner
  • Investor Stage  Private Equity

Dean Jacobson is a Managing Director at Accel-KKR.

Prior to joining Accel-KKR, Dean was a Vice President with Summit Partners where he was involved in private equity investments in the technology and financial services sectors. Prior to Summit, Dean worked as a Director of Corporate Development at Vonage, a leading provider of digital phone

services. Before Vonage, Dean was an Associate Director at 3i, a leading global private equity firm where he focused on the firm’s later-stage technology investing practice in the United States. Dean started his career in the technology group at Robertson Stephens.

Number of Partner Investments 4
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Sep 21, 2023
Appspace, Inc.
Accel-KKR
Yes
Private Equity Round - Appspace, Inc.
Apr 28, 2022
Yes Energy
Accel-KKR
Yes
Private Equity Round - Yes Energy
Aug 24, 2021
ATP
Accel-KKR
Yes
Private Equity Round - ATP
Sep 5, 2018
Seequent
Accel-KKR
Private Equity Round - Seequent
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 1
Dean Jacobson is the Managing Director at Accel-KKR. Additionally, Dean Jacobson has had 1 past job as the Corporate Development at Vonage.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Vonage
Corporate Development20052006
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 9
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 9
Dean Jacobson holds 9 board and advisor roles including Board Member at Navtor, Board Member at Recurly, and Board Member at Springbrook Software.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Cielo Talent
Board Member20152019
Jaggaer (SciQuest)
Board Member20162019
Episerver
Board Member20152018
Oildex
Board Member20142018
North Plains
Board Member20122018
Abila
Board Member20132017
Layered Technologies
Board Member20102014
KANA Software
Board Member20092014
Endurance International Group
Board Member20092011
Number of News Articles 2
NewsApr 7, 2017