NEW MEMBER: JOSH POWE
A prolific entrepreneur with experience across a variety of industry sectors, including digital media, publishing, hospitality, entertainment, and educational technology, Josh is currently lending his insight and expertise to a growing number of early-stage ventures as both an angel investor and strategic advisor.
In 2012, Josh co-founded LinkIt! (www.linkit.com) and served as CEO of the web-based K–12 assessment and analytics SaaS platform for over 10 years. Currently, Josh serves as Executive Chairman of the 120-person firm that enables school districts to gain unprecedented insight into student academic performance and teacher efficacy. With over 500 enterprise clients and more than $20M in ARR, the profitable company is currently poised for its next phase of growth after securing a significant financing from private equity firm Serent Capital in December 2022 at a valuation of over $100M. Josh also served as team leader for Team CCI/Pubbly, one of 5 finalists in the prestigious Global Learning XPrize sponsored by Google. The Pubbly team won a $1M innovation prize from Elon Musk for its development of a no-code design platform for digital learning content and will soon launch the Pubbly Learning Marketplace at www.Pubbly.com.
Josh graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1999 with BA in the History of Science and holds board positions at several nonprofit organizations in the education and community development space.