Joe Marchese

Joe Marchese, General & Build Partner at Human Ventures

Joe Marchese is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Human Ventures, a venture capital firm based in New York City. He is also the co-founder and Chairman of Groundswell.io.12

As General Partner at Human Ventures, Joe partners with portfolio founders to build and scale their companies. He also leads Human.AI, the venture's dedicated studio exploring the potential for AI to reshape the attention economy.1

Joe is a widely recognized leader in the media and technology industries. He was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Achievement in 2016 and currently serves on the Board of Directors for several companies, including12:

• Clear Channel Outdoor
• Cox Media Group
• Adelaide Metrics
• Team Rubicon (veteran-led non-profit)
• National CineMedia (NCM)
• Tribeca Film Institute

Prior to co-founding Human Ventures, Joe was the President of Advertising Revenue for Fox Networks Group, overseeing billions in annual ad revenue for FOX Broadcast, FX, National Geographic and FOX Sports.12

He was also the founder and CEO of true[X], an engagement advertising technology company acquired by 21st Century Fox in 2015. Joe co-founded restaurant reservation platform Reserve, which was acquired by Resy in 2018.12

Human Ventures, which Joe co-founded with Heather Hartnett, is currently raising its second fund and has approached the $50 million threshold. The firm focuses on investing in "categories that we think aren't really categories yet", according to Hartnett.3

Human Ventures has over 60 portfolio companies, including three unicorns, and about half of its backed founders are women.3