Biz Stone

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

Biz is a co-founder of Twitter, Medium, and Jelly. A progenitor of social media, and early Google employee, Biz has been developing large scale systems that serve the global conversation for twenty years. As an investor, Biz has backed Square, Pinterest, Slack when it was called Speck, Nest, Intercom 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 Biz return full time to lead the company's strategic vision, brand, and internal culture objectives alongside co-founder Jack Dorsey. Biz 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.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
11
Biz Stone has made 11 investments. Their most recent investment was on Apr 16, 2013, when Blue Bottle Coffee raised 0.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Aug 31, 2021 Syndicate Series A $20M Cryptocurrency Detail
Feb 5, 2020 Transparent Financial Systems Series A $14M Banking Detail
Oct 5, 2019 Haystack Pre-seed $2M Human Resources Detail
Jan 24, 2019 Liquid Death Seed $1.60M Food and Beverage Detail
Oct 23, 2018 Envoy Series B $43M Facility Management Detail
Jun 26, 2017 Pinterest Secondary Market Internet Detail
Jun 4, 2015 Blue Bottle Coffee Series C $72M Coffee Detail
Apr 27, 2014 Slack Series C $42.75M Collaboration Detail
May 13, 2013 Beyond Meat Series C Food and Beverage Detail
Apr 16, 2013 Blue Bottle Coffee Series A Coffee Detail
Jan 31, 2012 Beyond Meat Series B Food and Beverage Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
2
Biz Stone has 2 current jobs including Adviser at Pinterest , Board Member at Beyond Meat and .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Pinterest Adviser Jan 1, 2017 Detail
Beyond Meat Board Member Jan 1, 2012 Detail