Josh Spear
Founding Investor at Lowercase Capital
Jackson, Wyoming
Overview
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.