Joseph Ros, Partner at EF on Talent-First Investing & Global Scale

Joseph Ros is a Partner and General Manager at Entrepreneur First (EF), the pioneering global platform that invests in exceptional individuals before they have an idea or co-founder. Based in San Francisco, Joseph has backed early-stage technology companies across AI, biotech, robotics, hardware, and climate tech in markets including Singapore, India, Europe, and North America. At EF, he leads talent investing and follow-on capital while driving EF’s global pipeline that connects top technical talent from Europe and India to Silicon Valley. Before joining EF, Joseph was a founder and self-taught engineer, building and scaling consumer web products that reached millions of users across industries like gaming, legaltech, and edtech.Topics:

• Talent-first investing: Why backing individuals before ideas produces outlier companies
• How EF evaluates founders at day zero (signal, grit, and technical edge)
• Building global founder pipelines: Europe & India as the next AI power centers

#VentureCapital #TalentInvesting #EarlyStageVC #AIStartups #GlobalFounders