Josh Spear

Founding Investor at Lowercase Capital

Jackson, Wyoming

Overview 

Josh Spear is an accomplished investor and entrepreneur based in Jackson, Wyoming, with a focus on seed and pre-seed investments in various sectors including messaging, local services, and social commerce. Notable highlights of his career include being a founding investor at Lowercase Capital and making investments in successful companies like Uber and Warby Parker.

Work Experience 

  • Founder, Managing Partner

    2025 - Current

    Polymath is a family office that practices radical curiosity. We invest at the intersection of culture, science and technology.

  • Seed Investor

    2009

    Participated in the earliest financings of Uber Technologies (Seed, Series A), a now $150B+ global logistics business.

Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.

Raised $30,212,450,000.00 from PayPal.

  • Investor

    2020

SpaceX is an aviation and aerospace company that focuses on reducing the costs associated with space travel by using reusable rockets.

Raised $9,770,343,846.00 from Roman Smolevskiy.

  • Investor

    2013

    Direct Listing: WRBY

  • Investor

    2020

Stripe is an API technology company that provides online payment processing and commerce solutions for Internet businesses.

Raised $9,440,247,725.00 from E1 Ventures.

  • Investor and Advisor

    2020

  • Investor and Advisor

    2020

    Meteorology Transformed by AI Ultra-precise weather forecasting with Deep Learning

Ultra-precise AI weather forecasts for governments and enterprises.

Raised $11,200,000.00 from Y Combinator.

  • Young Global Leader

    2009

    Nominated by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader, now a YGL Alumni.

  • Global Agenda Council

    2010 - 2012

    Served as Chairman of the Global Agenda Council on Social media, as well as a member of the GAC on Marketing and Branding.

  • Investor and Advisor

    2021

Travel-as-a-Service platform

Raised $116,000,000.00 from Blank Ventures, Madrona, ICONIQ Growth, Durable Capital Partners and Mubadala Capital Ventures.

  • Investor

    2021

Electric manages IT and real-time IT support for the team through a centralized SaaS app.

Raised $212,100,001.00 from Harmonic Growth Partners, Slack Fund, J.A.S Ventures, Vintage Investment Partners, Notable Capital, Everywhere Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Two Culture Capital, Primary Venture Partners and 01 Advisors.

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