Josh B. Stein

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Josh Stein
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OccupationManaging partner at Threshold Ventures
Website https://threshold.vc

Josh Stein (born May 3, 1973) is an American businessman and venture capitalist. He is a managing partner at Threshold Ventures (formerly DFJ) [1] and was featured in the Forbes Midas List in 2013, 2014 and 2015 in recognition of his accomplishments as an investor. [2] He was also the recipient of the 2015 Deloitte Fast 500 Venture Capitalist of the Year award. [3] Stein holds board responsibilities at Box (company), [4] Chartbeat, [5] LaunchDarkley, [6] LendKey, [7] Lumity, [8] and Talkdesk [9] —and led Box’s first round of institutional investment. [10] He is also an investor in AngelList, [11] Doximity, [12] Front, [13] Loftium, [14] Periscope Data [15] acquired by Sisense, [16] and Rippling. [17]

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Education and early career

Stein earned an M.B.A from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and his B.A. from Dartmouth College. [18] 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. [19] Stein is a graduate of the Kauffman Fellows Program. [20] [21]

Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Stein joined Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) in 2004. [21] His previous investments include Redfin, [22] Twilio, [23] SugarCRM, [24] Swell (acquired by Apple), [25] Eventful (acquired by CBS Local), [26] GoodGuide (acquired by UL), [27] iList (acquired by IGN/News Corp),[ citation needed ] Polaris Wireless (strategic recapitalization), [28] Yammer (acquired by Microsoft), [29] and Yardbarker (acquired by Fox Sports Interactive).

Personal

He currently serves on the board of trustees of the Crystal Springs Uplands School [30] and the Stanford GSB Trust. [1]

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