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  Josh Kopelman, Co-Founder and Director
Managing Director, First Round Capital

Josh Kopelman is currently an active angel investor and runs First Round Capital, a seed-stage venture fund. Josh is also currently an Entrepreneur-in- Residence at Comcast Interactive Capital - a $350 million venture capital fund affiliated with Comcast Corporation.

In 1992, while he was a student at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Josh co-founded Infonautics Corporation - an internet information company. In 1996, Infonautics went public on the NASAQ stock exchange. Josh founded Half.com in July of 1999, and led it to become one of the largest sellers of used books, movies and music in the world. Half.com was acquired by eBay in July 2000 - and Josh remained with eBay for three years, running the Half.com business unit. Josh is an inventor on five US patents for his work in Internet technology.

In June 2000, he was awarded Ernst and Young's prestigious "Entrepreneur of the Year" award for the Greater Philadelphia region. Josh has also been recognized as one of the "10 most Influential People in Philadelphia Technology" by the Philadelphia Inquirer, one of the "76 Smartest Philadelphians" by Philadelphia Magazine and as one of forty individuals under the age of forty who have made the biggest impact on the Philadelphia region by the Philadelphia Business Journal. In 2001, Josh and his wife, Rena, created the Kopelman Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on angel philanthropy to provide start-up grants to social entrepreneurs.

Josh earned a Bachelor of Science degree cum laude in Entrepreneurial Management and Marketing from the Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania.

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