Overview
- Gender
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male
- Investor Type
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Investment Partner,Angel
- Investor Stage
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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
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
Biz Stone has 2 current jobs including
Adviser at Pinterest
,
Board Member at Beyond Meat
and
.