# Vishal Joshi

> Vishal Joshi is the Co-Founder and CEO of Joy, a modern wedding and celebration platform that has helped millions of couples plan their weddings with beautifully designed websites, all-in-one registries, and guest management tools. A former Microsoft Azure product manager who spent nearly a decade helping build cloud infrastructure, Joshi left to co-found Joy in 2014 through Y Combinator's S16 cohort. Joy has raised over $44M in funding from investors including General Catalyst, Sierra Ventures, and celebrity angels Joe Montana and Marc Pincus, and has grown to nearly 500 employees.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Joy
- **Organizations:** Joy (withjoy.com), Microsoft, Y Combinator
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela
- **Known for:** Co-founded Joy, one of the most widely used wedding platforms in the United States, Led Microsoft Azure product experience team and helped build Azure cloud infrastructure for ~9 years, Grew Joy to nearly 490 employees

## Career timeline

- **Early 2000s** — Solutions Architect at Compuware Corporation
- **Mid 2000s** — Technology Architect at West Bend Mutual Insurance
- **2005** — Joined Microsoft as Product Manager, worked on Azure, Visual Studio, ASP.NET, and web development tools
- **~2014** — Left Microsoft after ~9 years to co-found Joy
- **2014** — Founded Joy alongside co-founders Dorian B. and Kaiwalya Kher
- **2016** — Joy accepted into Y Combinator Summer 2016 (S16) cohort
- **2016** — Joy raises $4.5M seed round led by Sierra Ventures and Matrix Partners; named top 7 YC S16 startup by TechCrunch
- **2021** — Joy raises additional funding round
- **2022** — Joy raises $60M Series B led by General Catalyst; Stacy Brown-Philpot joins board

## Achievements

- Co-founded Joy, one of the most widely used wedding platforms in the United States
- Led Microsoft Azure product experience team and helped build Azure cloud infrastructure for ~9 years
- Grew Joy to nearly 490 employees
- Raised $44M+ in total funding from top-tier investors including General Catalyst, Sierra Ventures, and Matrix Partners
- Attracted celebrity angels including Joe Montana, Matt Bellamy (Muse), and Marc Pincus (Zynga founder)
- Named top 7 startup in Y Combinator's Summer 2016 cohort by TechCrunch
- Pioneered zero-fee cash fund registry in the wedding industry

## Latest updates

- **2022-11** — Joy raises $60M Series B led by General Catalyst, with Stacy Brown-Philpot joining the board
- **2022-11** — Joy announces expansion beyond weddings to cover all life events and milestones

## Links

- Website: https://withjoy.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vishaljoshi
- Twitter/X: http://twitter.com/VishalRJoshi
- Facebook: http://facebook.com/joytheapp

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Last updated: 2026-05-20