#35 Josh Kopelman

Josh Kopelman on Forbes

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The latest Tweets from Josh Kopelman (@joshk). So-called venture capitalist. Father. Geek. INTJ. Philly

I am going to let the subject of this post introduce himself: “I am Josh Kopelman and I am a partner at First Round Capital, a seed-stage venture firm. Before that I was an entrepreneur, founding and exiting three companies (one IPO, two acquisitions). I'm based in Philly - but First Round invests nationally, and…

As another year comes to an end, it's a special time to spend with your colleagues, friends and family, reflect on the past and prepare for the year ahead. It's also time for the First Round Community to warm up our singing voices and dust off our dancing shoes and show the world that even though start-ups are a serious business we don't take ourselves too seriously... It is that wonderful time of year where we get together with the amazing entrepreneurs we work with and celebrate like it's Friday, where we end the year with some Spice and do our very best to spread a bit of holiday cheer...

Founding Partner, @First Round Capital; Founder @Half.com (sold to EBay)

Josh Kopelman on Forbes

Josh Kopelman has been an active entrepreneur and investor in the Internet industry since its commercialization. In 1992, while he was a student at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Josh co-founded Infonautics Corporation – and took it public on the NASDAQ stock exchange in 1996. Josh founded Half.com in July of 1999, and led it to become one of the largest sellers of used books, movies and music in the world. Half.com was acquired by eBay in July 2000 – and Josh 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 gross merchandise sales. In late 2003 Josh 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.

Josh Kopelman is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital.

Partner, First Round Capital

Joshua Kopelman is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist. Kopelman is best known as the founder of Half.com, a fixed price marketplace connecting buyers and sellers of used books, movies and music products. In 2000, Kopelman sold Half.com to EBay.