Josh Cohen is the Managing Partner and co-founder of City Light Capital. See portfolio, sector focus and contact routes.
Josh Cohen is the Managing Partner and co-founder of City Light Capital, a New York-based venture firm he established in 2004, and previously led direct investments for a St. Louis family office while working in technology investment banking at Deutsche Banc Alex Brown. His investment thesis targets Seed and Series A companies in education, safety and care, and environment/climate, focusing on experienced entrepreneurs using technology to make the world safer, smarter, and more sustainable. The firm typically acts as a lead or co-lead investor with check sizes ranging from $50,000 to $3 million, emphasizing analytical rigor alongside quantified impact theses. Notable portfolio companies include 2U and StraighterLine, for which Cohen serves as a board observer, and HeroX, a joint venture with the X Prize Foundation where he sits on the Board. Cohen distinguishes his approach by publicly framing City Light around the belief that competitive venture returns and solving social problems reinforce each other, a view central to his co-founding of The ImPact, a membership organization for impact investors. Through The ImPact, he advocates for investors w
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