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 285 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of September 2026, ranking #1,188 (top 0.5%) among 486,621 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 150,177 followers as of September 2026 on the platform and has published 6,460 posts. He has been mentioned by 429 accounts, with 1,460 total mentions.
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