Forbes 2016 “The Midas List”: #6
“A staple of the top of the Midas List now in his sixth year in the top 20, Josh Kopelman stands out as a pioneer of a group of top seed-stage investors once called the ‘super angels’ after Kopelman co-founded First Round Capital in 2004.” –Forbes
Co-Founder, First Round Capital, which has re-invented seed-stage investing with early investments in Blue Apron, Uber, Square, Warby Parker, LinkedIn and NED Biosystems.
Josh has been an active entrepreneur and investor in the Internet industry since its commercialization.
Josh co-founded First Round Capital in 2004 to reinvent seed-stage investing. Since that time, the firm has invested in over 300 emerging technology startups – becoming one of the most active venture capital firms in the country. Josh has consistently made the Forbes “Midas List” which ranks the top 100 tech investors, earning the number four spot in 2014. Josh has been named 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.
Prior to founding First Round, Josh co-founded three companies: Infonautics Corporation (IPO 1996), Half.com (acquired by eBay in 2000), and TurnTide (acquired by Symantic in 2003). Josh is an inventor on 13 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.
