Josh Stein is an American

venture capitalist Venture capital (VC) is a form of private equity financing provided by firms or funds to startup, early-stage, and emerging companies, that have been deemed to have high growth potential or that have demonstrated high growth in terms of number ...

and businessman. He is managing partner at Threshold Ventures (formed out of

Draper Fisher Jurvetson Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) is an American venture capital firm. In January 2019, DFJ Venture, the early-stage team, spun out and formed Threshold Ventures. DFJ Growth continues to be managed by co-founder John Fisher and co-founders Mark Ba ...

), and held or holds board responsibilities at a number of

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. , this included

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Chartbeat Chartbeat is a technology company that provides data and analytics to global publishers. The company was started in 2009 and is headquartered in New York City, US. The software as a service (SaaS) company integrates code into the websites of publi ...

, LaunchDarkley, LendKey, Lumity, and Talkdesk. He led Box’s first round of institutional investment. He is also an investor in

AngelList AngelList is an American software company for fundraising and connecting startups, angel investors, and limited partners. Founded in 2010, it started as an online introduction board for tech startups that needed seed funding. Since 2015, the ...

Doximity Doximity is an online networking service for medical professionals. Launched in 2010, the platform offers its members curated medical news, telehealth tools, and case collaboration. History The company was launched in March 2011 by co-founders ...

, Front, Loftium, Periscope Data acquired by

Sisense ''Sisense'' is an American business intelligence software company headquartered in New York City, United States. It also has offices in San Francisco, Scottsdale and in other locations. History Sisense was founded in 2004 in Tel Aviv, Isra ...

, and Rippling. He was featured in the Forbes Midas List in 2013, 2014 and 2015 in recognition of his accomplishments as an investor. He was also the recipient of the 2015

Deloitte Fast 500 The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Awards are organized and overseen by the global professional services firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited. These awards recognize the 500 technology companies with the highest growth rates across various regio ...

Venture Capitalist of the Year award.

Early life and education

Stein earned an M.B.A from the

Stanford University Graduate School of Business The Stanford Graduate School of Business is the graduate business school of Stanford University, a private research university in Stanford, California. For several years it has been the most selective business school in the United States, admi ...

and his B.A. from

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College ( ) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, Dartmouth is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the America ...

Career

Prior to joining DFJ, Stein was a co-founder, director and chief strategy officer for ViaFone, a DFJ-backed startup that created wireless enterprise applications. Stein previously held positions in product management at Microsoft and NetObjects, and was a management consultant in the San Francisco office of the

Boston Consulting Group Boston Consulting Group, Inc. (BCG) is an American global management consulting firm founded in 1963 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the "Big Three (management consultancies), Big Three" (or MBB, the world's three large ...

. Stein is a graduate of the

Kauffman Fellows Program The Kauffman Fellowship is a two-year educational, networking, and leadership development program for venture capitalists. It was named after Ewing Marion Kauffman. The Kauffman Fellows Program is a nonprofit with a history of identifying, educati ...

Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Stein joined Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) in 2004. His previous investments include

Redfin Redfin Corporation is an American company that provides residential real estate brokerage and mortgage origination services. Based in Seattle, the company operates in more than 100 markets in the United States and Canada. In 2024, the company h ...

Twilio Twilio Inc. is an American cloud communications company based in San Francisco, California, which provides programmable communication tools for making and receiving phone calls, sending and receiving text messages, and performing other communic ...

SugarCRM SugarCRM is a software company based in Silicon Valley. It produces the on-premises and cloud-based web application Sugar, a customer relationship management (CRM) system. SugarCRM's functionality includes sales force automation, sales-force au ...

, Swell (acquired by Apple),

Eventful Eventful is an online calendar and events discovery service owned by Audacy, Inc. The service allows users to search for and track upcoming entertainment events in their area (such as concerts, festivals, and film presentations) involving specifi ...

(acquired by CBS Local),

GoodGuide GoodGuide.Com was an online web, iPhone app and Android app tool which enabled consumers to retrieve evaluations of the health, environmental, and social impacts of consumer products such as toys, food, and detergents. GoodGuide was shut down on ...

(acquired by UL), iList (acquired by IGN/

News Corp The second and current incarnation of News Corporation, doing business as News Corp, is an American mass media and publishing company headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The company was formed on ...

), Polaris Wireless (strategic recapitalization),

Yammer Viva Engage (formerly Yammer) is an enterprise social networking service that is part of the Microsoft 365 family of products. It is used mainly for private enterprise social software, communication within organizations but is also used for net ...

(acquired by Microsoft), and

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(acquired by Fox Sports Interactive).

Personal

He serves on the board of trustees of the

Crystal Springs Uplands School Crystal Springs Uplands School is an independent, coeducational, college prep day school in Hillsborough, California, United States. Founded in 1952, the school includes grades 6–12, with approximately 220 students in the middle school and 320 ...

and the Stanford GSB Trust.

References

External links

Josh Stein - Forbes Midas List 2015Josh Stein - CNBC - Jan. 23, 2015Josh Stein – San Jose Mercury News – Jan. 14, 2014
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stein, Josh B 1973 births Living people American venture capitalists Stanford Graduate School of Business alumni Dartmouth College alumni