Josh Futterman

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Managing General Partner @ Papa Bear Ventures
New York, NY, US
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If you are a founder and I do not know you, please do not request to connect. That will immediately throw you into the slush pile. Please visit the Founders section at papabear.vc to see what I look for in startups and founders. There's lots of great info there. If you truly fit the parameters and are just pre-launch with paid pilots or other evidence of traction or up to 24 months post launch with some revenue, please send your deck to the email address in the contact section. Thank you.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________I work hard to make exciting things happen.As a lifelong entrepreneur, I give my all to everything I take on. I push my colleagues, employees and investors to be extraordinary and expect the same from myself. I mentor others whenever I can and believe that success is always shared.Over the last 25 years -- in New York, Los Angeles and Singapore -- I have founded and run innovative tech companies and organizations in mobile, pop music, finance, hospitality, urban tech and politics. Since 2011, I have mentored and advised more than 250 founders individually and as the principal mentor for top innovation organizations, including Techstars (NYC), Enterprise Futures Network (the Bay Area), and JFDI in Singapore.Today, I'm the Founder and Managing General Partner of Papa Bear Ventures, a welcoming, founder-focused late pre-seed and early seed venture fund based in New York City. Please visit our stellar portfolio companies: Otis AI, Uptime Health, Mavity, Nodecraft and Remi. Each of them is bringing joy and relief to their customers and partners.

Josh Futterman's Current Company Details
Papa Bear Ventures

Papa Bear Ventures

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Managing General Partner
New York, NY, US
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papabear.vc
Employees:
1
Josh Futterman Work Experience Details
  • Papa Bear Ventures
    Managing General Partner
    Papa Bear Ventures
    New York, Ny, Us
  • Nodecraft
    Member Board Of Directors
    Nodecraft Jul 2024 - Present
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Us
    Investor and Member of the Board of Directors for the most exciting company in the community multi-player gaming infrastructure space.
  • Papa Bear Ventures
    Managing General Partner
    Papa Bear Ventures May 2021 - Present
    New York, Ny, Us
    Papa Bear Ventures is an investment philosophy heavy, but vertical agnostic, early seed, B2B software-focused venture fund with an especially strong ability to support founders. We've created a unique new fund structure that makes true high end early-stage VC investment accessible to any accredited investor at a low entry point with lessened risk. Our revolutionary structure is designed to foster diversity, equity and inclusion in early stage investing and fund operation while generating higher, more consistent returns. We invest in stellar teams building software companies in the United States, Canada, the UK and Singapore that bring transformative joy or relief to their customers.Our current bear cubs include Otis.ai (meetotis.com), UptimeHealth.com, Mavity.co, Nodecraft.io and Remi (shopremi.com).
  • Shadowgm  / Futterman Global
    Strategic Business And Legal Advisor / Global Business Consultant
    Shadowgm / Futterman Global 1998 - Present
    Provide impactful strategic and tactical consulting and international project guidance to individuals, start-ups, and small and mid-size companies by drawing on wealth of legal and business knowledge developed over many years as international executive, serial-entrepreneur and start-up mentor/advisor (U.S., Asia, and Europe) and 25 years as an attorney.
  • Parkyou!
    Founder And Ceo
    Parkyou! Jan 2018 - Jan 2020
    New York, Us
    I founded the company with a crack team of startup veterans. ParkYou! enabled car owners in NYC to instantaneously find a great street parking spot whenever you need one.We're all New York City drivers ourselves, so we know how aggravating it is to spend precious time looking for a parking spot. Between us we've been stuck doing it for a total of 70 years, and we were adamant that the pain end.Unlike previous attempts to solve the street parking scourge, ParkYou! worked completely in alignment with the way you currently drive and look for spots. Our approach and app platform were designed to enable you and your neighbors to help each other. To do that, we built real-world street parking communities around small residential areas first and then throughout the city.The ParkYou! app was easier to use than your favorite map app and, dare we say, even fun.
  • National University Of Singapore
    Head Venture Coach And Mentor -- Nus Overseas College Nyc
    National University Of Singapore Nov 2016 - Jun 2018
    Singapore, Sg
    Provided intensive individual, team and cohort-level teaching and directed guidance to three cohorts of 40-50 student participants in NUS OC NYC as they ideated, researched, developed, pitched, and launched new ventures while competing for NUS OC development grants, engaging in 11 month paid start-up internships, and taking entrepreneurship courses through NUS and NYU.
  • Entrepreneur Futures Network
    Mentor And Advisory Board Member
    Entrepreneur Futures Network 2015 - 2018
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    EFN (Enterprise Futures Network) is a non-profit organization that encourages entrepreneurship by supporting university business plan competitions and entrepreneurial programs. I serve as mentor to entrepreneurial cohorts at universities nationwide and strategic advisor to organization. Participating universities include NYU, USC, Michigan, Wisconsin, Princeton, Stanford and many others.
  • Techstars
    Principal Mentor
    Techstars Sep 2016 - Feb 2017
    New York City, New York, Us
    Techstars Connection accelerator was a partnership with AB InBev based in NYC. It's goal was to foster innovation and new enterprise through the creation of products, services and experiences that help connect people to people, to product and to place. Entrepreneurs worked directly with mentors from Techstars, AB InBev, and ZX Ventures, AB InBev’s global incubator and venture capital team. I held multiple office hours each week and worked with many of the teams at a strategic level, focusing on all non-technical aspects of their businesses. Several of my mentee companies have gone on to raise substantial capital and build fast growing businesses, including Analytical Flavor Systems and Paranoid Fan.
  • Hillary For America
    Director Of Operations For California
    Hillary For America Apr 2016 - Jul 2016
    Oversaw all day-to-day operations, including budget management, for Hillary Clinton's 25 employee, 6000 volunteer 2016 California Primary Campaign.
  • International Skill Verification Services
    Founder & Ceo
    International Skill Verification Services Nov 2011 - Mar 2016
    International Skill Verification Services (“ISVS”) was a groundbreaking tech enabled services provider created to enable US companies and universities to truly know their applicants. Unlike traditional modes of candidate assessment, we used a highly sophisticated one-to-one interview process to look holistically at the applicant as an actual person, not just a score or a profile. Started in Singapore, the company was later based in Los Angeles and New York City. It was led by a top-notch global team with the support of US university leaders and leading experts, and worked to transform hiring and admissions to the betterment of companies, higher education institutions, and candidates worldwide.ISVS was primarily funded by KEC Ventures in NYC, and Spring Singapore and BAF Spectrum in Singapore.
  • Joyful Frog Digital Incubator
    Senior Mentor
    Joyful Frog Digital Incubator 2011 - 2012
    Singapore, Singapore, Sg
    Mentored twelve teams from project inception at start-up weekends through first Tech Stars affiliated 100-day start-up bootcamp in Southeast Asia. Guided newly minted tech entrepreneurs in areas including ideation, strategic planning, marketing, generating traction, business and partnership development, presentation creation, public speaking, and raising capital. Worked with visionary founders of incubator to lead groups to highly successful bootcamp-ending demo day attended by 75 investors who committed millions of dollars to a number of the ventures. Primary mentee TradeGecko expanded rapidly and sold in August 2020 for $150+ million to Intuit.
  • Remindermedia
    Senior Account Executive - American Lifestyle (Pt)
    Remindermedia 2006 - 2011
    King Of Prussia, Pa, Us
    * Launched Los Angeles and New York City markets and expanded DC market for publisher of high-end, individually customized marketing tool for real estate agents.* Conducted more than 200 presentations to groups of up to 100 agents, generating over 1200 sales and more than $8 million in revenue, with # 1 ranking out of over 150 sales professionals nationwide.* Built relationships with executives at Coldwell Banker, Prudential, Keller-Williams, Sotheby's, Century 21 and other major real estate companies.
  • Takeout Marketing Llc
    Managing Member
    Takeout Marketing Llc 2006 - 2009
    Founded and ran sophisticated, subscription-based online marketing platform for restaurants seeking to significantly expand their takeout and delivery business. Built business to 600 subscribing restaurants in LA before the 2008 crash hit. Sold assets to PE fund that was rolling up restaurant related tech businesses.
  • California Democratic Council
    Acting Coo And Secretary
    California Democratic Council 2004 - 2005
    * Transformed venerable Democratic association founded by Alan Cranston from completely volunteer operation to professional organization with staff and effective, hierarchical officer structure.* Increased affiliate membership from 70 to 120 in twelve month period through direct contact with club leaders and presentations to club membership.* Developed strategy blueprint for victorious campaign of organization's new president.* Enhanced institutional relationships with major trade unions through new partnership program.* Created Member-at-Large Division with marketing, phone bank, and canvass operation that more than doubled paid individual membership.* Oversaw design and development of sophisticated, new Website with robust backend database and management features.
  • Qualified Home Loans
    Managing Partner
    Qualified Home Loans 2002 - 2004
    Oversaw all day-to-day operations of tech enabled mortgage lender, including hiring, training, and supervising tech team, loan officers, telemarketers, processors and admins.• Built sophisticated website to manage inbound deal flow.• Developed successful print, Internet advertising, and telemarketing campaigns that generated hundreds of closed deals.• Underwrote more than $60 million in loans leading to $4+ million in gross revenues.
  • Mp3Dom.Com / Actual Talent
    Founder And Ceo
    Mp3Dom.Com / Actual Talent 1996 - 2003
    * Created and marketed Internet's most sophisticated new music platform after raising more than $1 million from initial investors.* Supervised eleven employees, including Web developers, advertising sales people, and music and publishing executives.* Developed more than twenty strategic partnerships with senior executives of major record labels and companies including Windows Media, Musicmatch, Rioport, Burly Bear Network and Net4Music.* Secured and negotiated recording and publishing contracts for eight artists/songwriters signed to music production and management company Actual Talent, generating over $2.5 million in revenue.* Supervised activities of all service providers, including music distributors, booking agents, public relations firms, marketing companies, and publishers.
  • King Biscuit Entertainment
    Vice President Of Business Development And General Counsel
    King Biscuit Entertainment 1998 - 1999
    * Sought and negotiated over $2 million in new business opportunities for New York-based record label King Biscuit Entertainment, including clearances, licensing deals, special products, sales promotions, and outside investment involving the Who, Allman Brothers Band, and Foghat. * Primary responsibility for initial contact with catalog artists and their representatives, generating 90 percent participation rate for releases of albums culled from archived live performances.
  • Law Offices Of M. William Krasilovsky & John M. Gross
    Of Counsel
    Law Offices Of M. William Krasilovsky & John M. Gross 1996 - 1997
    Us
    Attorney with highly respected New York City music law firm.
  • Not For Nothin', Inc.
    Founder And President
    Not For Nothin', Inc. 1989 - 1993
    Launched and ran recording studio and record production company, working with diverse artists including Blues Traveler, Spin Doctors, Nice and Smooth, EPMD and Joyce Sims.
  • Sunny Isles Industries
    General Manager
    Sunny Isles Industries 1989 - 1992
    Served as manager and GM for hospitality company with acclaimed restaurants in NYC and Vail, CO and an award winning hotel in Vail, CO.

Josh Futterman Skills

Start Ups Entrepreneurship Strategy Strategic Partnerships Online Marketing Business Development Strategic Planning Business Strategy Marketing Leadership Management Advertising Negotiation New Business Development Marketing Strategy Analysis Executive Management Due Diligence Business Planning Project Management Sales Public Relations Contract Negotiation Online Advertising Mergers And Acquisitions Team Building International Business Market Research Forecasting Organizational Development Public Speaking Nonprofits Budgeting Budgets Product Development Project Planning Music Production Angel Investing Social Ventures Social Entrepreneurship Ceos Fundraising Early Stage Startups Fit Testing Manage Complex Projects Analytical Skills Financial Modeling Business Insights Training Facilitation

Josh Futterman Education Details

  • Nyu Stern School Of Business
    Nyu Stern School Of Business
    Finance / Marketing
  • New York University School Of Law
    New York University School Of Law
    Global Business Law
  • National University Of Singapore
    National University Of Singapore
    Post-Graduate Studies In International And Comparative Law
  • Fordham University School Of Law
    Fordham University School Of Law
    Law
  • Cornell University
    Cornell University
    Government / Int'L Relations / Creative Writing
  • Choate Rosemary Hall
    Choate Rosemary Hall
    High School Diploma
  • The Fay School
    The Fay School

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