Investments
33Portfolio Exits
3Funds
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Latest Josh Buckley News
Dec 22, 2022
December 9, 2020 - Carl Pei, Swedish tech entrepreneur, has completed a $7 million round in seed financing from friends and family to start a new venture that will be unveiled early next year. The seed investment financing came from friends and private investors including Tony Fadell (Principal at Future Shape & Inventor of the iPod), Casey Neistat (YouTuber), Kevin Lin (Cofounder of Twitch), Steve Huffman (CEO of Reddit), Liam Casey (Founder and CEO, PCH), Paddy Cosgrave (Founder of Web Summit) and Josh Buckley (CEO of Product Hunt). “I am deeply grateful and tremendously excited to have friends of this caliber supporting us in building what’s next,” said Carl Pei. “We plan on moving aggressively against our vision, and can’t wait to see how the market will react.” “Carl spent the last decade making products that millions of people love. He deeply understands what consumers want, and I can't wait for the world to see what he has in store next,” said Josh Buckley, CEO of Product Hunt.
Josh Buckley Investments
33 Investments
Josh Buckley has made 33 investments. Their latest investment was in Speak as part of their Series B on November 11, 2022.
Josh Buckley Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/10/2022 | Series B | Speak | $27M | Yes | Founders Fund, Gokul Rajaram, Josh Buckley, Justin Mateen, Lachy Groom, OpenAI Startup Fund, and Undisclosed Investors | 11 |
8/16/2022 | Seed VC - II | Pomelo | $20M | No | 7 | |
7/26/2022 | Series A | Pogo | $12.3M | Yes | Hyper, Josh Buckley, Lenny Rachitsky, Night Ventures, Ryan Tedder, Shrug Capital, Slow Ventures, Sophia Amorouso, The Chainsmokers, The Twenty Minute VC, Undisclosed Investors, and Village Global | 1 |
3/10/2022 | Series A | |||||
1/24/2022 | Seed VC |
Date | 11/10/2022 | 8/16/2022 | 7/26/2022 | 3/10/2022 | 1/24/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series B | Seed VC - II | Series A | Series A | Seed VC |
Company | Speak | Pomelo | Pogo | ||
Amount | $27M | $20M | $12.3M | ||
New? | Yes | No | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | Founders Fund, Gokul Rajaram, Josh Buckley, Justin Mateen, Lachy Groom, OpenAI Startup Fund, and Undisclosed Investors | Hyper, Josh Buckley, Lenny Rachitsky, Night Ventures, Ryan Tedder, Shrug Capital, Slow Ventures, Sophia Amorouso, The Chainsmokers, The Twenty Minute VC, Undisclosed Investors, and Village Global | |||
Sources | 11 | 7 | 1 |
Josh Buckley Portfolio Exits
3 Portfolio Exits
Josh Buckley has 3 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Stilt on December 05, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12/5/2022 | Acquired | 1 | |||
Date | 12/5/2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||
Valuation | |||
Acquirer | |||
Sources | 1 |
Josh Buckley Fund History
2 Fund Histories
Josh Buckley has 2 funds, including Buckley CD SPV.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buckley CD SPV | $50M | 1 | |||
Buckley II |
Closing Date | ||
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Fund | Buckley CD SPV | Buckley II |
Fund Type | ||
Status | ||
Amount | $50M | |
Sources | 1 |
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