Josh Breinlinger

Josh graduated from MIT with a BS in mechanical engineering. 

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He blogs about marketplace topics at acrowdedspace.com [http://acrowdedspace.com].

Josh is a Managing Director at Jackson Square Ventures, an early-stage tech firm based in San Francisco. 

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Josh is focused on marketplaces, especially at the early stages working on how to get initial liquidity and build strong network effects. He is a lead investor and board member at OfferUp, Contently, Omniata, and rented.com, as well as a seed investor in Kindly Care. 

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Prior to VC, Josh was one of the founding team members at oDesk and grew the business from 80 to well over 1 million freelancers over the course of 5 years while running sales, product, operations, marketing, and business development. He is a co-founder and board member at Rev, a marketplace providing transcription, caption, and translation services. In 2010, he ran product and marketing for Adroll, a leading retargeting platform. 

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After completing his studies, Josh was an engineering consultant for 4 years, building a wide variety of products including fuel injectors, Stirling engines, fryolators, and body armor.

Josh served his fellowship at Jackson Square Ventures as a member of Class 21 under the mentorship of Gardner Hendrie.