Josh Breinlinger
Venture Partner at FJ Labs
Kenwood, California
Overview
Work Experience
Barista
2023 - Current
I’m a barista, cashier, baker, trash hauler, janitor, handyman, inventory shortage panic runner, and owner of Pillowfight Coffee in Kenwood. It’s been a great pleasure launching a coffee shop and community hangout spot in our delightful little village of Kenwood nestled in the hills and vineyards between Sonoma and Santa Rosa.
Venture Partner
2023
I’ve joined forces with the most prolific marketplace investor in the world. Excited to be a part of the team.
FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.
Founding Partner
2021
A marketplace fund for turtles -- highly defensible, long-living creatures. Read manifesto here: turtlevc.co and reach out.
Board Member / Cofounder
2011
Rev is the world’s most accurate speech technology provider
Raised $30,400,000.00 from Bessemer Venture Partners.
Board Member
2016 - 2020
Board Member
2016 - 2020
Alto is a digital pharmacy that makes the prescription experience easier.
Raised $680,030,000.00 from What If Ventures, FJ Labs and Anchor Capital GP.
Board Member
2015 - 2020
Board Member
2013 - 2020
Contently's enterprise content marketing platform (CMP) offers best-in-class SaaS paired with content strategy and creative marketplace.
Raised $19,445,014.00 from Sigma Prime Ventures, Harmony Partners, Jackson Square Ventures and Contour Venture Partners.
Board Member
2013 - 2020
OfferUp provides an online and mobile C2C marketplace app for people to buy and sell electronics, furniture, and cars.
Raised $380,985,067.00 from Pobts, Andreessen Horowitz and Warburg Pincus.
General Partner
2011 - 2020
I'm a VC. I invest in early stage marketplace and SaaS startups.
Jackson Square Ventures is an an early stage venture capital firm that invests in software businesses.
Education
BS
1996 - 2000