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Josh McFarland

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Venture Partner at Greylock Partners · Board Partner / Investor Representative (Greylock Venture Partner) at Frec · Greylock Partner (investor contact / board involvement implied) at Atomic · Board director at Wisetack

San Francisco, California

Writes $500K – $200M checks · typically $25M

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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.

Likely emails· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerCybersecurityFintechSaaS

Board Partner / Investor Representative (Greylock Venture Partner) at Frec

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Frec's investors · 4

Conversion CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checksGreylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2023Pathbreaker VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $1M checksSocial LeverageScottsdale · $1M – $2M checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Frec

MAMo Al Adham
Mo Al AdhamFounder & CEO

Greylock Partner (investor contact / board involvement implied) at Atomic

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Atomic's investors · 10

Aquiline Technology GrowthNew YorkATX Venture PartnersAustin · $250K – $5M checks · since 2022Capital One VenturesMcLean · since 2025Citi VenturesNew York · since 2025Core Innovation CapitalLos Angeles · since 2022Core Venture CapitalLos Angeles · $1M – $5M checks · since 2020Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2022Mercato PartnersSalt Lake City · since 2022Portag3 VenturesMontrealSharf VenturesNew York

Co-founders at Atomic

JWJordan Wright
Jordan WrightCo-founder
SWScott Weinert
Scott WeinertCo-founder
AMAndrea Martone
Andrea MartoneCo-founder

Board director at Wisetack

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Wisetack's investors · 9

Bain Capital VenturesBoston · $1M – $100M checks · since 2021Conversion CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checksFJ LabsNew York · $100K – $3M checksGreylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2025Mana VenturesEsteroNAventuresTorontoQuadrille CapitalParisUlu VenturesPalo Alto · $2M checks

Co-founders at Wisetack

BT
Boyan TzekinExecutive Officer, Director
BTBobby Tzekin
Bobby TzekinCEO and Co-Founder
KKKolya Klymenko
Kolya KlymenkoCTO & Co-Founder
M"Mykola "Kolya" Klymenko
Mykola "Kolya" KlymenkoCTO and Co-Founder
LO
Liz O'DonnellCo-Founder (formerly COO)

Experience

  1. Boom SupersonicExecutive Chairmancurrent2025 — presentDenver, Colorado, United States
  2. Boom SupersonicInvestor & Advisorcurrent2016 — present
  3. Greylock PartnersPartnercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco, California
  4. YPOChapter Chair - Alcatraz2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  5. TwitterVice President, Product2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  6. TellApartCo-Founder & CEO2009 — 2015
  7. The Family Giving TreeBoard Member2007 — 2014
  8. GreylockEntrepreneur in Residence2008 — 2009
  9. MyTwoFrontTeeth.orgFounder & Chairman1999 — 2008
  10. GoogleSr. Business Product Manager2003 — 2008
  11. ZapletSr. Product Manager2000 — 2003
  12. Riffage, Inc.Product Manager1999 — 2000
  13. TrilogyIntern1998Austin, Texas, United States
  14. Kana CommunicationsIntern1997 — 1998Palo Alto, California, United States

Skills & more

E-commerceStart-upsMarketingProduct ManagementAnalyticsSaaSStrategic PartnershipsBusiness DevelopmentVenture CapitalOnline AdvertisingProduct MarketingEntrepreneurship
+5 moreSEMBig DataWeb AnalyticsCurlingAwesomeness

From 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

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Other disclosed investments

Sources: SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.

Colleagues at Greylock Partners

Allie Dalglish
Partner, Business Operations at Greylock Partners
Ani Narayan
Scout at Greylock Partners
Ankit Mathur
Scout at Greylock Partners
Asheem Chandna
Partner at Greylock focused on enterprise, cybersecurity, and infrastructure software
Bill Elfers
Founding Partner at Greylock Partners
Bill Helman
Founding Partner at Equal Opportunity Ventures
Bill Kaiser
Partner Emeritus at Greylock Partners
Bob Henderson
Special Limited Partner at Greylock Partners

Network2

Ankit MathurScout
Scout at Greylock Partners
David SamuelScout
Founding General Partner at Freestyle Capital

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Josh McFarland?
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.
Where does Josh McFarland work?
Josh McFarland is Venture Partner at Greylock Partners and Board Partner / Investor Representative (Greylock Venture Partner) at Frec and Greylock Partner (investor contact / board involvement implied) at Atomic and Board director at Wisetack.
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 boards does Josh McFarland sit on?
Josh McFarland holds tracked board seats at PayJoy, Wisetack.
What companies has Josh McFarland invested in?
Investments tracked here include Atomic, Boom Supersonic, Coinbase, Estimote, Frec, PayJoy, Scenery, Sonder, Wisetack.
Where did Josh McFarland go to school?
Josh McFarland studied at Stanford University (B.A., Economics).

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Shared employers

Also worked at MyTwoFrontTeeth.org1

Dave SelingerFounder at Deep Sentinel