Josh Tolman
Managing Partner at Muditā Venture Partners
Greater Chicago Area
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2023 - Current
Partner
2022 - 2023
We are a venture capital firm with a soul. We invest in passionate entrepreneurs who want to win at the highest levels while also making a positive impact at scale.
Board Member
2024
Business Development
2020
Kopius is an IT company that offers digital experience design, analytics, machine learning, DevOps, and quality assurance services.
Board Director
2023
Honeycomb Credit is a developer of a peer-to-peer lending platform designed to allow friends and family to fund small businesses.
Raised $17,939,909.00 from Mudita Venture Partners, Symphonic Capital, Innovation Works, SustainVC, The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, Trog Hawley Capital, American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact, Citta Capital and Innovation Works.
Board Director
2022
Board Director
2022
A connected, interactive, and engaging digital world
Raised $10,500,000.00 from Eddie Lou, Mudita Venture Partners, Corazon Capital, Corazon Capital and Mudita Venture Partners.
Board Member
2014
The mission of Intrinsic Schools is to prepare all students for post-secondary success and world-changing endeavors while providing the education community with a roadmap to sustainable implementation. I began working pro-bono for the school as it was being established in 2012, serving as an interim CTO until a full time resource could be hired. In 2014 I was elected to the Board of Directors.
Mentor
2018
1871 is a Chicago incubator for startups and growing organizations. I provide mentoring to 1871 entrepreneurs in the areas of business operations, software product development, and company acceleration strategies.
1871 is a not-for-profit community that helps digital designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs build their startups and share ideas.
Raised $2,500,000.00.
Board Advisor
2018
Advisor to start up organization focused on empowering young professionals and their employers to make giving back a bigger part of their lives, by bringing trust, transparency, and simplicity to monthly charitable donations.
B2B SaaS. Our easy-to-use platform & social impact experts offer companies a single source for donations, volunteering, and impact reports.
Raised $3,349,995.00 from Brooklyn Bridge Ventures.
Chief Integration Officer
2020 - 2020
Responsible for integrating TradeHelm with the members of Acacia Group’s portfolio to optimize efficiencies and customer value.
Chief Strategy Officer
2018 - 2020
TradeHelm is a Latin American near-shore talent organization that helps companies drive innovation, leveraging its specialized resources. As CSO, I was focused on optimizing the offerings of TradeHelm to align with the challenges of building high quality software. I was the primary driver of our M&A activities, which culminated in our acquisition by Acacia Group in June of 2020.