# Biz Stone, Co-Founder and CEO

> Biz Stone, Co-Founder and CEO. 9 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/biz-stone (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Palo Alto, US · Partner

# Biz Stone

Co-Founder and CEO

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Stages *Series A* *Seed*

Backs *AI* *Generative AI* *VR & AR* *Big Data & Analytics*

Latest rounds

- **Board** Series A · $20M Jun 2026
- **Sociability** Seed · $3.5M Jun 2025
- **AI Foundation** Round · $10M Sept 2018

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Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 9 last Jun 2026
- **Filings:** - with regulators
- **Books:** 2 written

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 9 rounds name them
- **On filings** No filing names them
- ✓ **Own investor record** Their cheques, held under their name
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date.

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## Their investor record

[**Biz Stone, investing** Every cheque we watched them write, on one record **1** cheques in 12 months **9** all time **0** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/biz-stone)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 9
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $846.9M
- **Active:** 2009–26

2026

- [Board](https://millionrounds.com/company/board) *Series A* **$20M** *US* Jun 2026 Joined · +6 investors

2025

- [Sociability](https://millionrounds.com/company/sociability) *Seed* **$3.5M** *AU* Jun 2025 Joined · +5 investors

2018

- [AI Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/company/ai-foundation) *Round* **$10M** *US* Sept 2018 Joined · +2 investors

2016

- [Magic Leap](https://millionrounds.com/company/magic-leap) *Round* **$793.5M** Feb 2016 Joined · +17 investors

2015

- [Lookup](https://millionrounds.com/company/lookup) *Series A* **$2.5M** *IN* Oct 2015 Joined · +4 investors · historical
- [Lookup](https://millionrounds.com/company/lookup) *Series A* **$3M** *IN* May 2015 Joined · historical

2012

- [Intercom](https://millionrounds.com/company/intercom) *Seed* **$1M** *US* Jan 2012 Joined · +16 investors · historical

2011

- [Message Bus](https://millionrounds.com/company/message-bus) *Series A* **$3.4M** *US* Mar 2011 Joined · +10 investors · historical

2009

- [Square](https://millionrounds.com/company/square) *Series A* **$10M** *US* Nov 2009 Joined · +18 investors · historical

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By stage

- Series A **5**
- Seed **2**
- Round **1**
- Round **1**

What they backed

AI **4** Generative AI **2** VR & AR **1** Big Data & Analytics **1** B2C **1** Healthcare **1**

Alongside

- [First Round Capital *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital)
- [500 Startups *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)
- Alibaba Group Holding *1*
- [Alphabet *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alphabet)
- [Andreessen Horowitz *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)
- [Andrew Rasiej *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrew-rasiej)
- [Andy McLoughlin *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andy-mcloughlin)
- [BoxGroup *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [AI Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/company/ai-foundation)
- [Beyond Meat](https://millionrounds.com/company/beyond-meat)
- [Blue Bottle Coffee](https://millionrounds.com/startup/blue-bottle-coffee)
- [Factmata](https://millionrounds.com/startup/factmata)
- [Faraday Bicycles](https://millionrounds.com/startup/faraday-bicycles)
- [GYANA](https://millionrounds.com/startup/gyana)
- [Intercom](https://millionrounds.com/company/intercom)
- [Jelly](https://millionrounds.com/startup/jelly-3)
- [Kosas](https://millionrounds.com/startup/kosas)
- [Launchpad Toys](https://millionrounds.com/startup/launchpad-toys)
- [Lookup](https://millionrounds.com/startup/lookup)
- [Magic Leap](https://millionrounds.com/company/magic-leap)
- [Medium](https://millionrounds.com/startup/medium)
- [Message Bus](https://millionrounds.com/startup/message-bus)
- [Millions](https://millionrounds.com/startup/millions)
- [Nest](https://millionrounds.com/startup/nest-2)
- [Pinterest](https://millionrounds.com/company/pinterest)
- [Scoodle](https://millionrounds.com/startup/scoodle)
- [Slack](https://millionrounds.com/company/slack)
- [Transparent Financial Systems](https://millionrounds.com/startup/transparent-financial-systems)
- [Visit](https://millionrounds.com/startup/visit)
- [YOLO](https://millionrounds.com/company/yolo)
- [≈åURA](https://millionrounds.com/startup/ura)
- Bridgefy
- Jelly Industries
- Oxwash
- Twitter
- Workpop

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## Their books

- Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of the Creative Mind Biz Stone · 2014 3.93 from 3,915 ratings on Goodreads About the book Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter, discusses the power of creativity and how to harness it, through stories from his remarkable life and career. Things a Little Bird Told Me From GQ 's "Nerd of the Year" to one of Time 's most influential people in the world, Biz Stone… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Who Let the Blogs Out?: A Hyperconnected Peek at the World of Weblogs Biz Stone · 2004 3.35 from 49 ratings on Goodreads About the book Blogs--or weblogs--are a huge phenomenon on the internet. From ultra-personal diary entries to specialized information on a wide variety of subjects (teen ranting to presidential campaigns), blogs are the new way to create a virtual community that can effect real-world change.… On AmazonListen on Audible

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