As a scientist, entrepreneur, and investor, Josué focuses on companies building the next industrial and technological renaissance — from next-generation compute and AI-accelerated discovery platforms to advanced manufacturing, robotics, and physical AI.
Before joining DCVC, Josué was an investor at Fine Structure Ventures, where he backed early-stage companies commercializing breakthrough science across computing, manufacturing, and energy. Before that, he was the CEO of Kyber Photonics, a DARPA- and Activate-supported startup developing lidar-on-a-chip sensors for autonomous vehicles and machines, where he gained firsthand experience with the cost, performance, and reliability requirements that separate laboratory science from commercial deployment. In research spanning nanomaterials, 3D nanoprinting, photonics, and lidar, he co-authored 15 publications (including a 2025 letter in Science on supporting PhDs building deep-tech ventures) with over 2,000 citations over his career. Josué holds a PhD and master’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, where he was an MIT Presidential Fellow, NSF Fellow, and Facebook Fellow, and a bachelor’s in physics with distinction in research from Rice University.
Josué is a Founding Team Member of Science for America, a solutions incubator, and an active Activate Fellowship alumnus. As a first-generation college student and son of immigrants, he brings a deep appreciation that resilience, the audacity to pursue transformative ideas, and access to capital determine who gets to build the future.