Josh Kopelman

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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

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• 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

Sources

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