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JT
Joshua Taylor
Director at Fifth Star Funds
Houston, Texas
Overview
Joshua Taylor is currently the Director at Fifth Star Funds, where he specializes in venture capital and early stage investments. With a background in fundraising and cross-functional team leadership, Joshua has made significant investments in companies like Natromi Motors and is actively involved in running programs for adults with special needs.
Work Experience
Director
2024 - Current
Venture Partner
2023
Investing in preseed and seed founders of color in fintech/ B2B SAAS, energy, health tech, sports and space.
Co-Founder
2022
Venture Scout
2021
Noemis Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm focused on making early fundamental invests in Fintech, AI, IoT and Marketplaces. Building a world changing idea? Reach out to ftpcapital14@gmail.com or 281-745-1818.
NOEMIS Ventures is a venture capital fund investing and partnering with early stage companies to empower and pursue growth.
Entrepreneur in Residence
2023 - 2023
Senior Associate
2023 - 2023
Venture Associate
2022 - 2022
Capital Factory is a venture capital firm and an accelerator that seeks to invest in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies.
VC Scout Network Cohort 1
2021 - 2021
Scout programs create an opportunity for those individuals to expand their networks, build an investing track record, and engage actively in the venture industry. Similar to the rest of the venture industry, scout programs have historically excluded Black individuals. Since scouts provide crucial deal flow and unique perspectives to their firms, the lack of Black representation not only hurts aspiring Black investors, but also venture firms.
Metaverse & NFT Community Growth Manager
2021 - 2021
Boson Protocol enables a decentralized commerce ecosystem where all participants share in the value they create. In this role, Joshua is all things Metaverses and NFTs growing our community across the World. https://www.linkedin.com/company/bosonprotocol/ https://twitter.com/BosonProtocol https://t.me/bosonprotocol https://bosonprotocol.io/ We are empowering builders and partners to reinvent commercial exchange as we know it. If you are passionate about becoming part of that revolution, we hope you apply to join us!
Co-Founder
2016 - 2021
Financial Analyst- Regional Commercial Banking Office (RCBO)
2015 - 2017
Assist RM in credit analysis, structuring and documentation. Financial statement analysis, projections, pricing analysis and composing underwriting memorandum. Composing new and existing lending deals with exposure up to $1B. On track to attend Credit Management Training Program (CMTP) after 2-3 years in a Regional Commercial Banking Office. (RCBO)
Financial Analyst - Centralized Underwriting
2015 - 2015
Assist RM in credit analysis, structuring and documentation. Financial statement analysis, projections, pricing analysis and composing underwriting memorandum. On track to attend Credit Management Training Program (CMTP) after 2-3 years in a Regional Commercial Banking Office. (RCBO)
Wells Fargo & Company is a financial services firm that provides banking, insurance, investments, and mortgage services.
Education
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