# Josh Silverman

> Josh Silverman is a seed investor at Scripted.com (New York) backing B2B and Apps. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Scripted.com](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scripted)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Mar 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuasilverman
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jgsilverman
- Website: https://chandravanshi.org

Josh Silverman is a seed investor at Scripted.com in New York focused on B2B and Apps. Josh Silverman is based out of New York, New York and is the Executive Chair of Etsy. Josh previously worked at American Express as a President of Consumer Products and Services. Josh Silverman attended Brown University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $520k–$6.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 20% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Video | 1 | 20% |
| Drones | 1 | 20% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Angel | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 80% |
| Israel | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Common Room | Common Room makes it easy for organizations to deepen relationships across their communities, anywhere people are. | $4.3M | Seed | Mar 01, 2020 |  |
| SiteAware | SiteAware solves quality control for construction exterior by transforming physical inspections performed on the jobsite into a digital, cloud based automated processes. Siteaware's online and continuous quality conformation technology and analytics enables timely correction of errors and omissions that eliminate costly rework and projectdelays. Real estate developers and their providers can make data-driven decisions that enable higher performance, better quality and improved profitability with lower risk to workers. | $1.5M | Seed | Sep 09, 2015 |  |
| Gusto | Gusto develops web-based payroll solution for small- and medium-sized businesses. It operates an online platform that provides payroll, benefits, human resources, and integration services for employers and employees in the United States.Gusto offers health benefits and workers’ compensation benefits that include medical insurance, commuterbenefits, and 401(k) contributions as well as workers’ compensation insurance plans, time tracking, and integration services, and access to employees for processing payroll from web-enabled devices such as smartphones and tablets. It also provides access to employees and contractors to browse their previous pay stubs, review their payroll forms, verify their personal details, and statistics about their pay, tax payments and federal forms filing services, and security and support services.Gusto serves startups, coffee shops, doctors, creative agencies, lawyers, and boutiques. Edward Kim, Joshua Reeves, and Tomer London founded ZenPayRoll in 2011 that became Gusto, with its headquarters in San Francisco in California with an additional office in Denver in Colorado. | $6.1M | Seed | Dec 11, 2012 |  |
| Sidecar | Sidecar Technologies provides B2B delivery transportation network in the world. It is building the world's most convenient and affordable transportation network created for and powered by everyday people. All drivers are pre-vetted for safety and are free to give rides whenever they want. Sidecar safety system includes driver backgroundchecks, driver and rider rating systems, GPS tracking features, and the ability to share details of your trip in real-time. Sidecar was founded in San Francisco in 2011 and currently operates in ten cities and has facilitated more than half a million rides. | $520K | Seed | Dec 01, 2011 |  |
| Ownza | ShopSquad is now Ownza! Ownza lets you share, discover and discuss cool products. Unlock personalized discounts based on what you own. Ownza also allows users to see what other people, including their friends and trendsetters, own and want. We offer advertisers the unique ability to offer highly targeted promotions to people who own or want theiror their competitors' products. | $1.3M | Angel | Mar 23, 2011 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [137 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/137-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aspect Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aspect-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DCVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/data-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Designer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/designer-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Emergence Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emergence-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Scripted.com

VC Fund · Las Vegas, United States

Scripted provides original written content for small and large businesses. Order anything from tweets to white papers, and everything in between.

5 contacts available at Scripted.com.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Arun Penmetsa | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arun-penmetsa |
| Hung Dinh | Volunteer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hung-dinh |
| Jake Kring | Director of Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jake-kring |
| Jeremy Bellinghausen | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-bellinghausen |
| Josh Silverman | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josh-silverman |

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## FAQ

### What does Josh Silverman invest in?

Josh Silverman invests primarily in B2B, Apps and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Josh Silverman's check size?

Josh Silverman typically joins rounds of $520k–$6.1M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Josh Silverman participates in.

### When did Josh Silverman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Josh Silverman closed in Mar 2020. Shizune tracks 5 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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