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BirthplaceGreat Neck, New York

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University of Pennsylvania, Bachelors of Science
Entrepreneurial Management and Marketing

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Josh Kopelman

Josh Kopelman is a venture capitalist and Managing Partner at First Round Capital .

Previously, Kopelman founded Half.com, which was acquired by eBay in 2000. He 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 sales.

In late 2003 Kopelman 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.

In 2001 Kopelman co-founded the Kopelman Foundation, a non-profit grant fund for social entrepreneurs. He also serves as a member of the advisory boards for Wharton Entrepreneurial Center and the Weiss Tech House at the University of Pennsylvania.

Milestones

  • Invested in Flowgram. (1/31/08)
    Posted 7/2/08 at 12:49pm
  • Invested in Engage. (7/12/06)
    Posted 4/10/08 at 3:12pm
  • Invested in Odeo. (8/10/05)
    Posted 5/22/08 at 12:01pm
  • Added position as Managing Partner at Jingle Networks.
    Posted 2/8/08 at 1:15pm
  • Added position as Chairman, Board of Directors at Jingle Networks.
    Posted 6/15/07 at 9:59pm
  • Added position as Chairman, Board of Directors at Mashery.
    Posted 6/27/08 at 9:23am
  • Added to Company Sleuth.
    Posted 7/16/08 at 8:30pm
  • Added position as Investor and Observer at MoVoxx.
    Posted 10/25/09 at 6:42pm

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Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Flowgram 1/08Seed$1.3M8
Engage 7/06Series A$5M4
Odeo 8/05Series A16

Sources

  1. Flowgram Gets Funding From Reid Hoffman, Others (silicontap.com) [edit]
  2. Citation Needed [add]
  3. Odeo receives funding from Charles River (plus: Kapor, Kraus, O'Reilly, Kopelman, Conway...) (odeo.com) [edit]

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