# Josh Lamstein

> Josh Lamstein is a Series A investor at HCFP (New York) backing Events and Mobile. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [HCFP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hcfp)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2016
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-lamstein-a8216b/

Josh Lamstein is a Series A investor at HCFP in New York focused on Events and Mobile. Josh Lamstein is the Managing Director at HCFP.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Events | 1 | 33% |
| Mobile | 1 | 33% |
| Fashion | 1 | 33% |
| Jewelry | 1 | 33% |
| Wedding | 1 | 33% |

17 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rocksbox | Rocksbox is transforming the way women discover and buy jewelry. We are a fast-growing, venture-backed jewelry eCommerce business building the destination retail brand for jewelry and accessories. We’re passionate about delivering products our customers love, leveraging technology and data to do so.Our team is cross-functional, collaborative,and positive. People come first, and we love working with smart, passionate, creative people every day. | $8.7M | Series A | Mar 01, 2016 |  |
| Canvs AI | Canvs AI is the easiest, fastest, and most accurate insights platform for analyzing open-ended text from virtually any source, including surveys, customer reviews and social media. Canvs is used by some of the world’s most admired brands, research agencies, and media & entertainment companies to accelerate time-to-insights, reduce cost, anddeepen the understanding of consumers. For more information or to request a customized demo, please visit https://canvs.ai/ or email sales@canvs.ai. | $5.6M | Series A | Jan 21, 2016 |  |
| Wedding Spot | Wedding Spot is the first online marketplace that allows users to search, price, and book thousands of wedding venues. Working directly with venues, Wedding Spot gathers all the information required to allow newly engaged couples to easily search for venues based on budget, location, style, and guest count. Users can "build out" theirideal wedding day by selecting specific services and options to see a price estimate and then book a venue viewing appointment with one click of a button. Wedding Spot’s proprietary technology enables wedding venues to manage their entire wedding booking process on its platform, including acquiring customers, organizing content, and marketing inventory. Launched in August 2013, Wedding Spot is based in San Francisco, CA and is backed by leading VC investors. | $3M | Series A | Sep 22, 2014 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Atlas Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlas-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Brave Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brave-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Canyon Creek Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canyon-creek-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eastward Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eastward-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/great-oaks-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hone Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hone-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About HCFP

VC Fund



1 contacts available at HCFP.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Josh Lamstein | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josh-lamstein |

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## FAQ

### What does Josh Lamstein invest in?

Josh Lamstein invests primarily in Events, Mobile and Fashion startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Josh Lamstein last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Josh Lamstein closed in Mar 2016. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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