Josh moved to Silicon Valley over 40 years ago and has served as lawyer, venture capitalist and entrepreneur during that time. He has worked closely with some of the Valley’s most successful entrepreneurs and companies, as well as completed many transactions that have been among the largest in Silicon Valley history. Josh was named one of the top 45 lawyers under 45 years old by American Lawyer Magazine and placed on the Forbes Midas List of dealmakers in 2005. Most recently, he served in various roles at Carbon, Inc., a 3D printing company, and previously, he was a general partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures, a venture capital fund. From 1980 through 1995, Josh helped to build two leading Silicon Valley law firms, Venture Law Group and the Palo Alto office of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison. He also served as Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association, where he served on the Board from 2009 to 2014, and was a member of more than a dozen Boards of Directors of venture-backed high technology startups. He estimates that he has led the IPO process for over 100 companies, completed more than 1000 venture financings and advised over 300 venture-backed startup companies during his career.

Josh graduated magna cum laude from UCLA, B.A. 1977 and from the UCLA School of Law, J.D. 1980, where he was on the Law Review. He was privileged to be the UCLA undergraduate commencement speaker in 2001. More recently, he was appointed to serve on a committee of the UC Regents to review and revise technology transfer policies, as a Board member of UCLA Technology Development Group, the Executive Committee of UCLA Ventures, the Advisory Boards of the UCLA Law School Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law & Policy and the Stanford Law School Rock Center for Corporate Governance.