Biz Stone Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Professionals
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1

- Investments
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69
- Portfolio
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33
- Exits
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29

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
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- San Francisco, CA
- United States
Biz Stone Investments (69)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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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 |
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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
Biz Stone Co-Investors (290)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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Evan Sharp | 5 |
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Future Positive |
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Scott Belsky |
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20VC |
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Andreessen Horowitz |
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Biz Stone FAQs
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Who is Biz Stone?
Biz Stone is an angel Investor who has made 69 investments.
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What kind of investor is Biz Stone?
Biz Stone is an angel investor.
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What does Biz Stone do?
As an angel investor, Biz Stone invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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How many board seats does Biz Stone hold?
Biz Stone holds a board seat in R8 Capital (Financial Software).
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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.
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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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