Joseph is a Partner at Millennium Technology Value Partners, focused on investments across the TVP strategy. Prior to joining the firm in 2024, Joe spent more than 10 years at the intersection of enterprise technology and capital markets.

Most recently, Joe founded Verdure Capital Management, a private investment firm focused on tactical investing in b2b technology companies. Under Joe’s leadership, the firm deployed $90m into breakout companies in AI & Automation, Data Infrastructure, and Software & Solutions with a mandate spanning growth equity, structured capital, and liquidity solutions. Verdure portfolio companies and affiliate investments include Cents, Wise (LON: WISE), Groq, Domino Data Lab, PayNearMe, Sure, StrongDM, and Unqork, among others.

Prior, Joe was an early employee at Forge Global, helping to build the Institutional Client Group. Across 9-figures of advised client capital deployment, investments included DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN), DoorDash (NYSE: DASH), Slack (NYSE: WORK, acq. by Salesforce), and UiPath (NYSE: PATH). Before Forge, Joe served as the head of business development for Chute (YC W12), an applied AI/ML platform for internet content, helping to drive corporate development pursuits ahead of the company’s eventual acquisition by IgniteTech.

Joe began his career with IBM, first with the Microelectronics Division, where he focused on semiconductor business planning prior to the business unit’s sale to GlobalFoundries. He then went on to join the early corporate development team within IBM Watson, supporting M&A strategy, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and venture portfolio initiatives. Joe covered industries including Financial Services, Industrials, and Consumer Packaged Goods.

Joe holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Vermont. Joe has frequently advised startups in the fields of data, intelligence, and financial technologies, as well as non-profits in the areas of urban redevelopment and cultural preservation.