Josh Stein (born May 3, 1973) is an American businessman and
venture capitalist. He is a managing partner at Threshold Ventures (formerly
DFJ
Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) is an American venture capital firm focused on investments in enterprise, consumer and disruptive technologies. In January 2019, DFJ Venture, the early-stage team, spun out and formed Threshold Ventures. DFJ Growth ...
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and 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 Venture Capitalist of the Year award. Stein holds board responsibilities at
Box (company),
Chartbeat, LaunchDarkley,
LendKey, Lumity, and Talkdesk
—and led Box’s first round of institutional investment. He is also an investor in
AngelList,
Doximity, Front, Loftium, Periscope Data acquired by Sisense, and Rippling.
Education and early career
Stein earned an M.B.A from the
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
The Stanford Graduate School of Business (also known as Stanford GSB) 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 sc ...
and his B.A. from
Dartmouth College. Prior to joining DFJ, Stein was a co-founder, director and chief strategy officer for ViaFone, a DFJ-backed startup that created of 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. Stein is a graduate of the Kauffman Fellows Program.
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Stein joined Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) in 2004.
His previous investments include Redfin, Twilio, SugarCRM, Swell (acquired by Apple), Eventful (acquired by CBS Local), GoodGuide (acquired by UL), iList (acquired by IGN/News Corp), Polaris Wireless (strategic recapitalization), Yammer (acquired by Microsoft), and Yardbarker (acquired by Fox Sports Interactive).
Personal
He currently serves on the board of trustees of the Crystal Springs Uplands School
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, 2014Josh Stein – TechCrunch – Dec. 13, 2013Josh Stein on MediumJosh Stein on Twitter
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1973 births
Living people
American venture capitalists
Stanford Graduate School of Business alumni
Dartmouth College alumni