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Josh Buckley

InvestorFounder

Managing Director, Hyper at Buckley Ventures Management Company Llc · Board director at Comparative, Inc. · Founder/CEO at Mino Games · Board director at Placer Labs Inc.

Northern California

Writes $300K checks · typically $300K

FoundedMino Games · YC

About

Josh Buckley is an investor and entrepreneur originally from Kent, England, now based in Northern California. Before focusing on investing, he co-founded Mino Games, served as CEO of Product Hunt, and was Chairman of Clearbit. Today he backs technology companies at the earliest stages through Buckley Ventures. His early bets include Rippling, Figma, Vercel, Applied Intuition, and Relativity Space.

Contact· published on Josh's own website

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareHardwareSaaS

Beyond investing

Founded
Co-founded Mino Games.
Hobbies
Interested in philosophy, literature, art, music, film, martial arts, and consciousness.
More
Grew up in Kent, England.

From Josh's own website — common ground for a warm intro.

Board director at Comparative, Inc.

Intro paths

In turn, Josh can intro founders to Comparative, Inc.'s investors below.

Founder/CEO at Mino GamesYC W11

Intro paths

YC

Josh went through Y Combinator (Winter 2011) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

In turn, Josh can intro founders to Mino Games's investors below.

Board director at Placer Labs Inc.

Intro paths

In turn, Josh can intro founders to Placer Labs Inc.'s investors below.

Co-founders at Placer Labs Inc.

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Zohar Bar-YehudaDirector
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Ofir LemelDirector
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Noam Ben-ZviExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. Buckley VenturesFounder and Investorcurrent2019 — present
  2. Product HuntCEO2020 — 2021
  3. ClearbitBoard Chairman2014 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Mino GamesCEO and co-founder2011 — 2019San Francisco, CA

Deals · 8

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Other disclosed investments

Investor

Applied IntuitionAstranisBoomFactoryFigmaFlock SafetyGecko RoboticsMercuryPhysical IntelligenceRelativity SpaceRipplingSolugenVercel

Per the investor's own website.

Network3

Investors connected to Josh in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Josh Buckley?
Josh Buckley is an investor and entrepreneur originally from Kent, England, now based in Northern California. Before focusing on investing, he co-founded Mino Games, served as CEO of Product Hunt, and was Chairman of Clearbit. Today he backs technology companies at the earliest stages through Buckley Ventures. His early bets include Rippling, Figma, Vercel, Applied Intuition, and Relativity Space.
Where does Josh Buckley work?
Josh Buckley is Founder/CEO of Mino Games and Managing Director, Hyper at Buckley Ventures Management Company Llc and Board director at Comparative, Inc. and Board director at Placer Labs Inc..
What does Josh Buckley invest in?
Josh Buckley invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Hardware, SaaS.
What check size does Josh Buckley write?
Josh Buckley typically writes checks of $300K.
What companies did Josh Buckley found?
Josh Buckley founded Mino Games.
What companies has Josh Buckley invested in?
Investments tracked here include Applied Intuition, Astranis, Boom, Factory, Figma, Flock Safety, Gecko Robotics, Mercury, Physical Intelligence, Relativity Space, Rippling, Solugen, and 1 more.
Where did Josh Buckley go to school?
Josh Buckley studied at Y Combinator (Mino Games (YC W11)).

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