Josh Hoffman-senn
Business & Corporate Development at Mozilla
Greater Boston
Overview
Work Experience
Business & Corporate Development
2024 - Current
“You Should Probably” is a Firefox extension that will remind you to do something useful with your life whenever you visit your favorite
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)
A VC fund and network committed to investing in student and alumni founders
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.
Launch an engagement hub on your brand's website in minutes to generate consumer data and increase sales.
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
BlueIO is an investment firm that prefers to invest in the healthcare, technology, and consumer goods sectors.
Product Management Summer Analyst
2012 - 2012
Investment Banking Summer Analyst
2011 - 2011
Research Assistant (chemistry)
2010 - 2010
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