Josh Hoffman-Senn

Business & Corporate Development

2024 - Current

Co-Founder, General Partner

2018

The MBA Fund is a venture capital firm that has invested in 150+ companies over the past 6 years. We are currently deploying our second seed fund and have also participated in a variety of series A/B/C transactions. Select investments (pre-seed/seed): • Unicorns and half-unicorns: Jeeves, Dandy, TRM Labs, Hightouch • Rising market leaders (e.g. $100M+): Luxury Presence, Legacy, Peachy Patients, Seso, Foodology • Exits: DataFleets (LiveRamp), wagr (Yahoo), AccessBell (Tata), Sleek (Snackpass)

Co-Founder & Co-CEO (Acquired by KHS America)

2020 - 2024

Acquired by KHS America: https://www.lsplatform.io/ Lesson Squad provides vertical SaaS solutions for specialty brands. With our technology, companies can create highly engaging experiences that generate actionable consumer data. Customers include top brands such as Hohner, Mapex, Drum Channel, and Nashville Briefing.

Co-Founder (acquired by Pursuant)

2014 - 2019

Acquired by Pursuant and rebranded as the GivingDNA: https://www.givingdna.com/ Causemo provided a vertical SaaS solution focused on cause-based fundraising. The company was acquired by Pursuant, a leading fundraising, marketing and data intelligence company. Our core product enriched a company's consumer database with additional attributes, visualized the data, and generated actionable insights.

Owner

2013 - 2019

Consulted for startups (i.e. formation to series A stage) and large enterprise clients (e.g. Unity) in areas such as sales operations, go-to-market strategy, company formation and raising capital. Also created and launched several new technology businesses.

Summer Associate (VC)

2018 - 2018

Product Management Summer Analyst

2012 - 2012

Investment Banking Summer Analyst

2011 - 2011

Research Assistant (chemistry)

2010 - 2010

http://hopf.chem.brandeis.edu/