# Joel Spolsky, Co-Founder at Stack Overflow > Joel Spolsky, Co-Founder at Stack Overflow. 2 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/joel-spolsky (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) New York City, US · Partner # Joel Spolsky Co-Founder at Stack Overflow Email Stages *Series A* *Series B* Backs *AI* *Social Media* Latest rounds - **Lore** Series B · $5M Jan 2012 - **Lore** Series A · $5M Jan 2012 Follow Joel Spolsky and see their new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fperson%2Fjoel-spolsky) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 2 last Jan 2012 - **Filings:** - with regulators - **Podcasts:** 1 episodes - **Books:** 3 written What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 2 rounds name them - **On filings** No filing names them - **Linked to a firm** No firm on record - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=joel-spolsky)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=joel-spolsky) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 2 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $10M - **Active:** 2012 2012 - [Lore](https://millionrounds.com/company/lore) *Series B* **$5M** *US* Jan 2012 Joined · +6 investors · historical - [Lore](https://millionrounds.com/company/lore) *Series A* **$5M** *US* Jan 2012 Joined · +4 investors · historical By stage - Series A **1** - Series B **1** What they backed AI **2** Social Media **2** Alongside - [IA Ventures *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) - [Michael Kearns *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-kearns) - [Peter Thiel *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-thiel) - [The Social+Capital Partnership *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-social-capital-partnership) - [BoxGroup *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) - [Social Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names. ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [HASH](https://millionrounds.com/startup/hash-2) - [Lore](https://millionrounds.com/company/lore) - [The Labz](https://millionrounds.com/startup/the-labz) - ProductionPro ## Their books - Joel on Software Joel Spolsky · 2004 4.13 from 3,384 ratings on Goodreads About the book Someone once said that the task of a writer is to "make the familiar new and the new familiar". For years, Joel Spolsky has done exactly this at www.joelonsoftware.com. Now, for the first time, you can own a collection of the most important essays from his site in one book, with… On AmazonListen on Audible - The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky Joel Spolsky · 2005 3.88 from 680 ratings on Goodreads About the book It's nice having a collection of high-quality writing related to software and the business in one place instead of trawling the Web for it. Meryl K. Evans, meryl....an entertaining read with a number of enlightening insights into what I do for a living... The whole book is… On AmazonListen on Audible - More Joel on Software: Further Thoughts on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest to Software Developers, Designers, and... or Ill Luck, Work with Them in Some Capacity Joel Spolsky · 2008 4.05 from 549 ratings on Goodreads About the book Joel, Apress, Blogs, and Blooks …I was learning the hard way about how to be a publisher and probably spending way too much time looking at web sites and programming than I should have in response to that. Anyway, one day I came across this web site called, which was run by a… On AmazonListen on Audible - Find the books for what you are building, or how you invest. [Open the Reading List](https://millionrounds.com/reading-list) As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. ## Hear them before you pitch them - [The NFX Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/nfx) · 24 Aug 2020 · 15 min The Founders' List: Joel Spolsky (Co-Founder of Trello & Stack Overflow) on "Strategy Letter I: Ben and Jerry’s vs. Amazon" With [Joel Spolsky](https://millionrounds.com/person/joel-spolsky) Their book [Joel on Software](https://millionrounds.com/person/joel-spolsky#books) About this episode This is The Founders' List - audio versions of essays from technology’s most important leaders, selected by the founder community. This essay was written and published on May 12, 2000 by Joel Spolsky, Co-Founder of Trello & Stack Overflow. Read the full article here:… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? 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