Josh B. Stein | |
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| Born | May 3, 1973 |
| Education | Dartmouth College and Stanford University Graduate School of Business |
| Occupation | Venture capitalist |
| Website | threshold |
Josh Stein is an American venture capitalist and businessman. He is managing partner at Threshold Ventures (formed out of Draper Fisher Jurvetson), [1] and held or holds board responsibilities at a number of startup companies. As of 2020 [update] , this included Box, Chartbeat, LaunchDarkley, LendKey, Lumity, and Talkdesk. He led Box’s first round of institutional investment. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] He is also an investor in AngelList, Doximity, Front, Loftium, Periscope Data acquired by Sisense, and Rippling. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
He was featured in the Forbes Midas List in 2013, 2014 and 2015 in recognition of his accomplishments as an investor. [16] He was also the recipient of the 2015 Deloitte Fast 500 Venture Capitalist of the Year award. [17] [18]
Stein earned an M.B.A from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and his B.A. from Dartmouth College. [19]
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. [20]
Stein is a graduate of the Kauffman Fellows Program. [21] [22]
Stein joined Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) in 2004. [22] His previous investments include Redfin, [23] Twilio, [24] SugarCRM, [25] Swell (acquired by Apple), [26] Eventful (acquired by CBS Local), [27] GoodGuide (acquired by UL), [28] iList (acquired by IGN/News Corp),[ citation needed ] Polaris Wireless (strategic recapitalization), [29] Yammer (acquired by Microsoft), [30] and Yardbarker (acquired by Fox Sports Interactive).
He serves on the board of trustees of the Crystal Springs Uplands School [31] and the Stanford GSB Trust. [1]