Josh Sookman
Canadian. Love the Bay Area. Analyst at BlackBerry Partners Fund & RBC Venture Partners. Serial entrepreneur, VC and advisor to tech companies and youth entrepreneurs.
| Headline: | Investor |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://startuplifeblog.com |
| Industries: | Biotech, Computing, Financial, Gaming, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Mobile |
| Skills: | Business, Design, Entrepreneurship, Graphic design, Human-Computer Interaction, Investment, Leadership, Management, Product design, Public speaking, Software Engineering, Viral marketing, Web design, Writing |
| Location: | Toronto, ON |
| Groups: | BASES Social E-Challenge 2010, BASES Social E-Challenge Alumni Network, Intel® Challenge France, Intel® Challenge Germany, Social e-challenge Competition 2009 [inactive] |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding team mates, Giving back, Helping friends, Investing in projects, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Participating in a competition, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting, Recruiting for my startup, Supporting my investments |
| Tags: | biotech, entrepreneur, genetics, Internet, mobile, social gaming, social media, startup, vc, Venture Capital |
FULL BIO
Josh is an Analyst at the BlackBerry Partners Fund and at RBC Venture Partners.
At the BlackBerry Partners Fund, he is primarily responsible for conducting due diligence and writing investment recommendations for prospective investments in the mobile sector. He also works closely with portfolio companies to develop business strategies, enhance product development, and improve user experience. Josh has developed expertise in mobile social networking and location-aware applications, mobile commerce, mobile advertising, and mobile search.
At RBC Venture Partners, similarly, Josh is responsible for conducting due diligence and writing investment recommendations for prospective investments in the financial services and enterprise software markets.
Josh currently sits on the Steering Committee of the Mobile Experience Innovation Center (MEIC), and the Individual Membership Committee and Mentorship Committee of Toronto Biotechnology Initiative (TBI).
In February - May 2009, Josh helped judge the Social eChallenge Competition at Stanford University and mentored Overseas Education Center (OEC), a Stanford team that was building a not-for-profit educational facility in Cambodia to help local students get top-tier educations abroad. During that timeframe, Josh was also invited to judge the regional Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) round at MIT, where he had the chance to judge and give feedback to MBA teams during a series of VC simulations.
Prior to this, Josh had founded and operated four private companies while completing his high school and undergraduate degrees. One venture, CampusTutors Corporation, was an angel-backed company that provided a web-based, tutor-matching service at three university campuses and grew to over 150 employees and contractors.
He loves wakeboarding, snowboarding and playing squash.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | BlackBerry Partners Fund & RBC Venture Partners |
| Position: | Analyst |
Josh is Following (2)
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OEC
OCE advances the academic development of Cambodian students by disseminating information about foreign educational opportunities and providing assistance in the university application process.
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FrontlineSMS: Medic
A cellphone software package for community health workers in developing countries that provides electronic medical records, patient tracking and updates, and a $1 CD4 diagnostic and beyond...
Josh's Contacts (3)
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Heesun Lho
Korean, who grew up in the US, majored in Human Biology and completed a Masters of Education program at Stanford, former Co-President of BASES and now at YouNoodle
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Sanjee Singla
Stanford Masters in Management Science and Engineering, specialty in Entrepreneurship. I'm building a jobs website that will change how we search and apply for jobs. Looking for gifted startup web engineers who want to work on a big change.