Josh McFarland
InvestorFounderPartner at Greylock Partners · Board director at Wisetack · Board Director (Greylock) at PayJoy
San Francisco, California
Writes $500K – $200M checks · typically $25M
About
Josh McFarland is a founder-turned-investor who scaled TellApart to $150M+ revenue and, as Twitter's VP of Product, advises on the second five years, scaling data-intensive businesses, executive hiring and blitzscaling.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCybersecurityFintechSaaS
Board director at Wisetack
Intro paths
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Wisetack's investors · 7
Co-founders at Wisetack
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Board Director (Greylock) at PayJoy
Intro paths
In turn, Josh can intro founders to PayJoy's investors below.
PayJoy's investors · 24
Co-founders at PayJoy
Experience
- Boom SupersonicExecutive Chairmancurrent2025 — presentDenver, Colorado, United States
- Boom SupersonicInvestor & Advisorcurrent2016 — present
- Greylock PartnersPartnercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco, California
- YPOChapter Chair - Alcatraz2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- TwitterVice President, Product2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- TellApartCo-Founder & CEO2009 — 2015
- The Family Giving TreeBoard Member2007 — 2014
- GreylockEntrepreneur in Residence2008 — 2009
- MyTwoFrontTeeth.orgFounder & Chairman1999 — 2008
- GoogleSr. Business Product Manager2003 — 2008
- ZapletSr. Product Manager2000 — 2003
- Riffage, Inc.Product Manager1999 — 2000
- TrilogyIntern1998Austin, Texas, United States
- Kana CommunicationsIntern1997 — 1998Palo Alto, California, United States
Education
- Stanford UniversityB.A., Economics
Skills & more
+5 more
Big DataWeb AnalyticsCurlingSaaSAwesomenessFrom Josh's professional profile.
Deals · 2
WisetackBoard seat
via Greylock Partners · filed Oct 2025 · $25M raise
PayJoyBoard seat
via Greylock Partners · filed Nov 2023 · $35M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Greylock Partners
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Investors connected to Josh in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Josh McFarland work?
- Josh McFarland is Partner at Greylock Partners and Founder at Wisetack and Board Director (Greylock) at PayJoy.
- What does Josh McFarland invest in?
- Josh McFarland invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Fintech, SaaS.
- What check size does Josh McFarland write?
- Josh McFarland typically writes checks of $500K – $200M.
- What companies did Josh McFarland found?
- Josh McFarland founded PayJoy, Wisetack.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University2,000
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Shared employers
Also worked at YPO187
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Also worked at Greylock65
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