Josh Kopelman is a venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur who co-founded First Round Capital, one of the most recognized seed-stage firms in the technology industry. Josh Kopelman's Twitter Score is 277 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #1,387 (top 0.5%) among 389,201 tracked accounts.
Josh Kopelman co-founded First Round Capital alongside Howard Morgan, building it into a seed-stage firm that invests across sectors including AI, consumer, enterprise software, fintech, hardware, and healthcare. He serves as Managing Partner at the firm, which created Dorm Room Fund in 2012 to back student-run startups and also runs Angel Track, a program that trains startup executives in angel investing.
Josh Kopelman co-founded several companies before his venture career. He co-founded Half.com, which was acquired by eBay in 2000 and later shut down in 2017. He also co-founded Infonautics, which was acquired by Tucows, and TurnTide, which was acquired by Symantec for US$28 million just six months after its creation.
Josh Kopelman has accumulated 149,928 followers as of July 2026 on the platform and has published 6,414 posts. He has been mentioned by 421 accounts, with 1,447 total mentions.
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