Joshua Powe, Angel Investor

A prolific entrepreneur and angel investor, Joshua Powe is known for bringing innovative ideas to life. With deep experience across a variety of sectors, including digital media, publishing, hospitality, entertainment, and educational technology, Josh continues to leverage his passion and expertise across a growing number of early-stage ventures as both an investor and advisor via Brandgevity, the early-stage investment firm and venture studio he founded. In 2010, Josh co-founded LinkIt! and served as CEO of the web-based K–12 assessment and analytics SaaS platform for over 10 years before assuming the role of Executive Chairman. With over 500 enterprise clients, the profitable company is currently poised for its next phase of growth after partnering with private equity firm Serent Capital in December 2022. In addition to his experience at LinkIt!, Josh also served as Lead Strategist for Team CCI, whose “Pubbly” solution was selected as one of 5 finalists in the prestigious Global Learning XPrize sponsored by Google. The Pubbly team won a $1M innovation prize from Elon Musk for its development of a no-code design platform for digital learning content and will soon launch the Pubbly Learning Marketplace at www.Pubbly.com in an attempt to democratize the design and distribution of premium learning content for children around the world.