Josh Elman

Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Consumer products builder, supporter, believer

📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 8 investments📅 17 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2017𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
8
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4
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17y
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Board Member
Jun 2017
Our mission at Mammoth is to revolutionize the way brands approach marketing by pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Through our technology, innovative strategies, and creative solutions, we empower our clients to reach new heights, driving growth, engagement, and brand loyalty. Founded in Los Angeles, Mammoth Media is backed by Greylock Partners (Discord, Roblox, Coinbase) and was incubated by Science Inc (Dollar Shave Club, PlayVS, Liquid Death).
Board Observer / Investor
Sep 2015
musical.ly celebrates creativity through video. Every day, over 10 million people around the globe use musical.ly to express their humor and talents, discover a world of entertaining original content, and share their interests with an engaged global community. Founded in 2014 in Shanghai, musical.ly has become a mainstream global video community. musical.ly has reached the #1 position in the iOS App Store in over 20 countries, including the U.S., U.K., Canada, Germany, Brazil, and Japan. The app has continued to grow globally, with users flocking to musical.ly to create and share videos around topics they’re passionate about – from comedy to music, beauty, sports, animals, fashion, and more. The app ranked 7th among TIME’s 25 Best Apps of the Year for 2017, and received the Wall Street Journal’s 2017 Innovators Award.
Board Member
Mar 2015
Housepartys group video chat brings empathy to online communication. We want people to get out from behind curated feeds and get back to having real conversations, face to face, with people they care about. To make that possible, we start right here in our office, bringing together the best minds to work collaboratively and build meaningful connections along the way. Connect with Houseparty: www.houseparty.com www.twitter.com/houseparty www.instagram.com/houseparty https://www.facebook.com/houseparty
Investor / Board Observer
Mar 2013
Nextdoor is where you connect to the neighborhoods that matter to you so you can thrive. Our purpose is to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on. Neighbors around the world turn to Nextdoor daily to receive trusted information, give and get help, get things done, and build real-world connections with those nearby — neighbors, businesses, and public services. We believe connecting with others is a universal human need. That truth, and the reality that neighborhoods are among the most important communities in our lives, have been guiding principles for Nextdoor since the beginning. Today, neighbors rely on Nextdoor in more than 340,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries. In the U.S., 1 in 3 households uses the network. Nextdoor is based in San Francisco. For additional information and images: nextdoor.com/newsroom. Nextdoor is free, and its easy to sign up. Get started at https://nextdoor.com. For media inquiries, email us at press@nextdoor.com. For customer support, reach us at http://nextdoor.com/support.
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2026
Partner
Jun 2026
Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (known as "a16z") is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. We are stage agnostic: We invest in seed to late-stage technology companies, across the consumer, enterprise, bio/healthcare, crypto, fintech and games spaces. a16z is defined by respect for the entrepreneur and the entrepreneurial company building process; we know what it’s like to be in the founder’s shoes. The firm is led by general partners, many of whom are former founders/operators, CEOs, or CTOs of successful technology companies, and who have domain expertise ranging from biology to crypto to distributed systems to security to marketplaces to financial services. We aim to connect entrepreneurs, investors, executives, engineers, academics, industry experts, and others in the technology ecosystem. We have built a network of experts including technical and executive talent; top media and marketing resources; Fortune 500/Global 2000 companies; as well as other technology decision makers, influencers, and key opinion leaders. a16z uses this network as part of our commitment to help our portfolio companies grow their business, so our operating teams provide entrepreneurs with access to expertise and insights across the entire spectrum of company building. https://a16z.com/portfolio/ https://a16z.com/podcasts/ https://a16z.com/videos/ http://a16z.com/subscribe See Disclosures: https://a16z.com/disclosures/
2018
Board Partner
Mar 2018
We are the first partner for founders. Over 80% of our investments are the first check: Pre-Seed, Seed, or Series A. Many start on a whiteboard. Focused on AI-first companies. We partner selectively, care deeply, and strive for excellence. We back founders who are building disruptive enterprise and consumer software companies such as: Airbnb (Nasdaq: ABNB), Abnormal Security, Adept AI, AppDynamics, Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET), CATO Networks, Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN), Discord, Dropbox (Nasdaq: DBX), Figma, Inflection, Instabase, LinkedIn, Meta (Nasdaq: Meta), Nextdoor (NYSE: KIND), Okta (Nasdaq: OKTA), Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), Roblox (NYSE: RBLX), Rubrik, and Workday (NYSE: WDAY).
2017
Board Member
Jun 2017
Our mission at Mammoth is to revolutionize the way brands approach marketing by pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Through our technology, innovative strategies, and creative solutions, we empower our clients to reach new heights, driving growth, engagement, and brand loyalty. Founded in Los Angeles, Mammoth Media is backed by Greylock Partners (Discord, Roblox, Coinbase) and was incubated by Science Inc (Dollar Shave Club, PlayVS, Liquid Death).
2016
Discord
Board Member
Jan 2016
2015
Board Observer / Investor
Sep 2015
musical.ly celebrates creativity through video. Every day, over 10 million people around the globe use musical.ly to express their humor and talents, discover a world of entertaining original content, and share their interests with an engaged global community. Founded in 2014 in Shanghai, musical.ly has become a mainstream global video community. musical.ly has reached the #1 position in the iOS App Store in over 20 countries, including the U.S., U.K., Canada, Germany, Brazil, and Japan. The app has continued to grow globally, with users flocking to musical.ly to create and share videos around topics they’re passionate about – from comedy to music, beauty, sports, animals, fashion, and more. The app ranked 7th among TIME’s 25 Best Apps of the Year for 2017, and received the Wall Street Journal’s 2017 Innovators Award.
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