About
Vishal Joshi is the co-founder and CEO of Joy, an AI-native platform for the events industry that handles functions including registration, travel, gifting, communications, logistics, and payments. The company is used by 50 million people annually across more than 150 countries and has received over $100 million in investment from firms including Y Combinator and General Catalyst. Before founding Joy, Joshi spent a decade at Microsoft as part of the founding team for Azure, leading engineering and product groups that built ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Studio.
Founder/CEO at JoyYC S16
Intro paths
YC
Vishal went through Y Combinator (Summer 2016) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Vishal can intro founders to Joy's investors below.
Joy's investors · 19
ACE & CompanyNew YorkFernbrook Capital ManagementNew York · $1M checksForerunner VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks · since 2025Fuel CapitalCovina · $500K – $1M checksHelium-3 VenturesNew YorkKube VCMagnify VenturesSanta Monica · $250K – $2M checksMVP VenturesChicagoObvious VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $6M checksOlive Tree CapitalBostonRachel Zoe VenturesWest HollywoodRocketship.vcSunnyvale · $1M – $5M checksRogue Venture PartnersSan AntonioSierra VenturesSan Mateo · $10M checksSound VenturesSanta MonicaValor Equity PartnersChicagoWTIPortola ValleyY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2016Zeno VenturesGeneva
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Co-founders at Joy
Experience
- JoyCo Founder & CEOcurrent2014 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MicrosoftProduct2005 — 2014Redmond, Washington
- West Bend Mutual InsuranceTechnology Architect2004 — 2005Greater Milwaukee
- Compuware CorporationSolutions Architect2004 — 2005Greater Milwaukee
- Tech MahindraSoftware Engineer -KPMG/Microsoft2001 — 2004Greater Chennai Area
- Tech MahindraSoftware Engineer - State Farm Insurance2001 — 2004Greater Bloomington, Illinois Area
Skills & more
Start-ups39Web Services67Cloud Computing53Software Development29Agile Methodologies23Software Design22Software Project Management17Scrum8Web Development4Web Applications7User Experience7Agile Project Management5
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SOAScalabilityIT StrategyTechnology LeadershipData AnalysisTeam LeadershipPublic SpeakingLinkedIn RecruiterJavaScriptAngularJSSwiftHTML5Languages English · Gujarati · Hindi · Marathi
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Vishal Joshi?
- Vishal Joshi is the co-founder and CEO of Joy, an AI-native platform for the events industry that handles functions including registration, travel, gifting, communications, logistics, and payments. The company is used by 50 million people annually across more than 150 countries and has received over $100 million in investment from firms including Y Combinator and General Catalyst. Before founding Joy, Joshi spent a decade at Microsoft as part of the founding team for Azure, leading engineering and product groups that built ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Studio.
- Where does Vishal Joshi work?
- Vishal Joshi is Founder of Joy.
- What companies did Vishal Joshi found?
- Vishal Joshi founded Joy.
- Where did Vishal Joshi go to school?
- Vishal Joshi studied at National Institute of Technology Rourkela (Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical).
Same school
Also attended National Institute of Technology Rourkela1
Shared employers
Also worked at Joy1
Also worked at Microsoft1,177
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Also worked at Compuware Corporation11
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Also worked at Tech Mahindra18
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