Biz Stone Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 69

  • Portfolio
  • 33

  • Exits
  • 29

Exits

Biz Stone General Information

Description

Mr. Biz Stone is a Co-Founder of AI Foundation. He co-founded X Corp. Mr. Stone serves as Advisor at Pinterest. He served as a Board Member at Chroma. He served as Advisor at Intercom. He co-founded Future Positive. He is a Co-Founder of Medium, and Jelly. A progenitor of social media, and an early Google employee, he has been developing large-scale systems that serve the global conversation for twenty years. As an investor, he has backed Square, Pinterest, Slack when it was called Speck, Nest, and Beyond Meat (where he remains on the board as Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee), among others. In 2016, Stone's Jelly, a "human in the loop" AI search service, was acquired by Pinterest. After the sale, Twitter requested him to return full-time to lead the company's strategic vision, brand, and internal culture objectives alongside co-founder Jack Dorsey. He has been recognized as INC Magazine Entrepreneur of the Decade and one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in the World. He is also an author, filmmaker, and Fellow at both Oxford University and Berkeley.

Business Details

Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • San Francisco, CA
  • United States

Biz Stone Investments (69)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
Yupp AI 13-Jun-2025 Seed Round Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
koodos labs 04-Feb-2025 Information Services (B2C) Generating Revenue
Vantage Discovery 01-Jun-2024 Information Services (B2C) Out of Business
Karat Financial 19-Jul-2023 Other Financial Services Generating Revenue
Vantage Discovery 16-Jun-2023 Information Services (B2C) Out of Business
Config 06-Jun-2023 Electronic Equipment and Instruments Generating Revenue
Runic 01-May-2023 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
OpenStudio 25-Apr-2023 Multimedia and Design Software Startup
Plantd 27-Dec-2022 Early Stage VC Building Products Generating Revenue
Oxwash 30-Aug-2022 Later Stage VC Other Services (B2C Non-Financial) Generating Revenue

Biz Stone Exits (29)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Vantage Discovery 14-Mar-2025 Merger/Acquisition
Chroma (Multimedia and Design Software) 19-Nov-2024
Onyolo 13-Aug-2024
Gifs.com 20-Mar-2024
Transparent Financial Systems 31-Oct-2023
Magic Leap 26-Dec-2022
Factmata 17-Nov-2022
Gyana 21-Jul-2022
Airlift (Logistics) 12-Jul-2022 Bankruptcy: Liquidation
Ok Play 02-Jun-2022 Merger/Acquisition

Biz Stone Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

Investments by Industry

Investments by Year

Investments by Region

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Biz Stone Co-Investors (290)

Name With Exits Lead Partner Series Industry
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Biz Stone FAQs

  • Who is Biz Stone?

    Biz Stone is an angel Investor who has made 69 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Biz Stone?

    Biz Stone is an angel investor.

  • What does Biz Stone do?

    As an angel investor, Biz Stone invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • How many board seats does Biz Stone hold?

    Biz Stone holds a board seat in R8 Capital (Financial Software).

  • What has Biz Stone invested in?

    Biz Stone has made numerous investments in companies like Yupp AI, koodos labs, and Vantage Discovery within the Business/Productivity Software and Information Services (B2C) industries.

  • What has Biz Stone invested in recently?

    Biz Stone's latest investment was on 13-Jun-2025 in Yupp AI, a company within the Business/Productivity Software industry.

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