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Founder and Partner
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First Round Capital
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Founder and Partner
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Josh Kopelman is listed as Founder and Partner at First Round Capital, a company with 254 employees, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Josh Kopelman.
Josh Kopelman previously worked as Chairman Emeritus at The Philadelphia Inquirer and Chairman of the Board at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Josh Kopelman holds Bachelor'S Degree, Entrepreneurial Management And Marketing from The Wharton School.
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About Josh Kopelman
Josh is a founding Partner at First Round Capital, a seed-stage technology venture fund. Josh has been an active entrepreneur and investor in the Internet industry since its commercialization.In 1992, while he was a student at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Josh co-founded Infonautics Corporation – and took it public on the NASDAQ stock exchange in 1996. Josh founded Half.com in July of 1999, and led it to become one of the largest sellers of used books, movies and music in the world. Half.com was acquired by eBay in July 2000 -- and Josh remained with eBay for three years, running the Half.com business unit and growing eBay’s Media marketplace to almost half a billion dollars in annual gross merchandise sales. In late 2003 Josh helped to found TurnTide, an anti-spam company that created the world's first anti-spam router. TurnTide was acquired by Symantec just six months later.Josh founded First Round Capital in 2004 to reinvent seed-stage investing. And since that time the firm has invested in over 350 emerging technology startups – becoming one of the most active venture capital firms in the country. Josh was ranked 3rd on the 2018 New York Times list of Top Venture Capitalists and consistently ranks in the top 20 of the Forbes Midas List of the top 100 tech investors. Josh has been named as one of the top ten ‘angel investors’ in the United States by Newsweek magazine, one of "Tech's New Kingmakers" by Business 2.0 magazine and a "Rising VC Star" by Fortune magazine. Josh also is the proud winner of a second place ribbon in the 2011 Nantucket Watermelon Eating competition.Josh is an inventor on sixteen U.S. Patents for his work in Internet technology. In June 2000, he was awarded Ernst and Young’s prestigious “Entrepreneur of the Year” award for the Greater Philadelphia region.Josh earned a Bachelor of Science degree cum laude in Entrepreneurial Management and Marketing from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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First Round Capital
15 roles · 23 years
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Founder And Partner
CurrentFirst Round Capital is an early stage venture capital firm. We are seed-stage investors, often providing a company’s first outside capital, and aren’t afraid of investing in pre-revenue companies. We understand the challenges of launching a new enterprise, having founded/funded over 300 companies in the last few years.
Oct 2004 - Present
Chairman Emeritus
Current
Jun 2024 - Present
Chairman Of The Board
The Philadelphia Inquirer is the largest newspaper in America operated as a public-benefit corporation. Given the importance of local news organizations to our democracy, the Inquirer is working to develop viable, replicable models for sustainable local news enterprises across the country.
May 2016 - Jun 2024
Director
Mar 2015 - May 2016
Founding Partner
CurrentFirst Close Partners backs venture funds owned by underrepresented managers (“URMs”) -- especially to help them get to a “first close.” We invest in venture capital firms owned and operated by URMs who are people of color, women, LGBTQIA+, Indigenous people, people with disabilities, and members of other groups that have been historically underrepresented.
2020 - Present
~6 yrs 5 mos
Co-Founder And Trustee
CurrentThe Kopelman Foundation provides financial support to qualified not-for-profit organizations
Nov 2001 - Present
Member, Board Of Directors
Snider Hockey is a nationally acclaimed non-profit that uses the sport of hockey to educate and empower under-resourced youth of Philadelphia to prosper in the game of life.
Feb 2015 - 2023
Director, Board Of Directors
2011 - 2011
Member, Board Of Directors
Main Line Health is suburban Philadelphia's most comprehensive healthcare resource, operating four of the region's most-respected hospitals.
2006 - 2009
~3 yrs
Director, Board Of Directors
2003 - 2008
~5 yrs
Founding Chairman, Board Of Directors
Turntide
TurnTide pioneered the world's first anti-spam route -- which worked by disrupting the economic model of spammer. The company was acquired by Symantec in July of 2004.
Feb 2004 - Jul 2004
Jun 2000 - Apr 2003
Founder And President, Half.Com
Half.Com
Founded Half.com, a leading person-to-person marketplace for books, music, movies and games. Sold business to eBay in 2000. Continued to run business unit until 2003.
Jun 1999 - Jun 2000
Co-Founder And Executive Vice President
Infonautics was a pioneering Internet information company that went public in 1996.
Jun 1991 - Jun 1999
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Josh Kopelman education
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The Wharton School
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What company does Josh Kopelman work for?
Josh Kopelman works for First Round Capital.
What is Josh Kopelman's role at First Round Capital?
Josh Kopelman is listed as Founder and Partner at First Round Capital.
Where is Josh Kopelman based?
Josh Kopelman is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States while working with First Round Capital.
What companies has Josh Kopelman worked for?
Josh Kopelman has worked for First Round Capital, The Philadelphia Inquirer, First Close Partners, The Kopelman Foundation, and Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation.
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Josh Kopelman holds Bachelor'S Degree, Entrepreneurial Management And Marketing from The Wharton School.
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