Josh Stein

Josh Stein

Managing Partner atThreshold VenturesSan Francisco

Josh Stein is a Managing Partner and co-founder of Threshold, with board roles at several companies and a background in product management and consulting.

What Josh can write

Writes checks of$10M to $30M
Comes in atPre-seed, SeedCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

Threshold Ventures writes $10M to $30M checks, larger than 97% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. The Boston Consulting Group · management consultant
  2. NetObjects · product management
  3. Microsoft · product management
  4. ViaFone · co-founder, director, and chief strategy officer
  5. Telephia · VP
  6. Threshold · Managing Partner
    Now
  7. ViaFone · co-founder, director, and the chief strategy officer

Companies founded

ThresholdViaFone

Investments named in public bios

ChangeEngineDatabookInscribeLaunchDarklyLendKeySanityTalkdeskAngelListCloudZeroDoximityEnclaveFrontImbueInteriaRipplingSpellbook

Focus

venture capitaltechnologywirelessenterprise softwareai

Education

Dartmouth College, BAStanford University Graduate School of Business, MBAKauffman Fellows Program, graduate

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Questions

Who is Josh Stein?

Josh Stein is a Managing Partner and co-founder of Threshold, with board roles at several companies and a background in product management and consulting.

How much does Josh Stein invest?

Josh Stein invests through Threshold Ventures, which writes checks of $10M to $30M at pre-seed, seed.

How do I pitch Josh Stein?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Josh in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Threshold Ventures backed works better.

What did Josh Stein do before Threshold Ventures?

management consultant at The Boston Consulting Group; product management at NetObjects; product management at Microsoft; co-founder, director, and chief strategy officer at ViaFone; VP at Telephia; co-founder, director, and the chief strategy officer at ViaFone.

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