Josh Constine

Venture Partner for consumer at SignalFire

San Francisco, California

Overview

Josh Constine is a Venture Partner for consumer at SignalFire, leveraging 8 years of experience at TechCrunch to share pitch strategies. He has a strong background in journalism and content strategy, and has invested in notable companies like Spore and Goody at various stages. Highlights of his career include being an Editor-At-Large and Senior Writer at TechCrunch, as well as serving as a Principal investor and head of content at SignalFire.

Work Experience

SignalFire

Venture Partner - Consumer
2022 - Current
Investing with our pre-seed/seed team at the intersection of sociology and technology, including social, the creator economy, collaboration, and AI-powered services. I also run SignalFire's contentefforts, as well as our PR and fundraising advisory programs for our portfolio companies, guiding founders on how to tell their story. The firm leads rounds from pre-seed to Series B, focuses on sectors including healthcare, security, dev tools, and vertical SAAS. We love helping portfolio companies with recruiting and growth thanks to our in-house experts and homebrewed Beacon AI data platform.
Principal investor & head of content
2020

SignalFire is a venture capital firm that invests in seed stage companies and breakout companies.

signalfire.com

Stern Grove Festival Association

Board Member
2023
Stern Grove is SF’s 87-year-old free summer Sundays music festival in a historic redwood grove. I’m helping the non-profit with programming, marketing, and the festival experience. My family moved to SF in the 1850s, so joining the board is my way to keep the city of lucid dreams both artful and accessible.

CNN

Guest On-Air Contributor
2022
I'm a recurring talking head on CNN and CNN International where I provide analysis of news surrounding startups, social media, venture capital, and Silicon Valley

TechCrunch

Editor-At-Large
2015 - 2020
I wrote over 3000 blog posts about early stage startups and tech giants with focuses on product design, social networks, visual communication, work-from-home software, streaming music, blockchain infrastructure, accelerators, and venture capital. You can read my articles here: https://techcrunch.com/author/josh-constine/
Senior Writer
2011 - 2015
I began at TechCrunch writing about Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and other social networks

Inside Network

Lead Writer
2010 - 2011
I'm the Lead Writer for Inside Facebook. I specialize in coverage of product changes, Facebook's mobile apps, tools for musicians, and Ads API service providers. Prior to Inside Network he graduated from Stanford University with a Master's degree in Cybersociology, examining the influence of technology on social interaction. There I researched how privacy settings could allow social network users to share more and preserve boundaries between children, adults, and professional contacts. I've also worked extensively in the music industry, booking and producing concerts, and project managing artist website design.

Inside Network is a trends, research and blogging network that focuses on social networks.

insidenetwork.com