Lisa Stone

Founder, builder, investor. I work across the consumer value chain to create profit centers and bankable financials powered by tech, innovation and consumer trust.

Role
General Partner Vc at Braintrust Fund
Location
Palo Alto, CA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Lisa Stone

Lisa Stone is a Silicon Valley builder with multiple, venture-backed exits turned investor. Lisa Stone is currently the founding Managing Partner and a General Partner at the BrainTrust Fund, a $15M traditional venture fund investing in breakthrough beauty and wellness companies led by inclusive teams. Investments in seed and Series A rounds include Loved01 by John Legend, Julie, Thirteen Lune, CurlMix and Myavana. Lisa also is a member of the Committee of 200, Broadway Angels and the Wellesley Business Leadership Council.For 35 years, Lisa Stone has built diverse teams with inclusive cultures as the fastest path to creating significant, measurable value, grounded in her early experiences as a journalist and entrepreneur. Her track record’s consistent throughline is putting millions of dollars into the pockets of women. Superpower: Storytelling with data. Awards include Fortune’s MPW Entrepreneur Award, Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, recognition as Goldman Sachs 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneur, and a Nieman Fellowship from Harvard University. Lisa has raised $100M+ in venture investment for companies she founded or helped lead, and built five customer movements to success (25-245M unique visitors/month) from lifestyle to enterprise, using pricing, programs and platforms she designed (BlogHer, She/Penske, Ellevest, Law.com, Women.com/Hearst, Fortune 100 clients, and various startup advisory boards). As an investor, Lisa to date has helped raise $140M+ from limited partners, including family offices and institutional investors.

Experience

  1. General Partner Vc

    Braintrust Fund

    Apr 2022 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

    We invest in cultural and commercial leadership via breakthrough beauty and wellness products and services that everyone buys.

Education

  • Wellesley College

    Bachelor’s Degree, Political Science, Spanish minor.

  • University of Oxford

    St. Hilda's College, visiting scholar, Politics, Philosophy and Economics.

  • Wellesley College

    Bachelor of Arts - BA, Political Science and Government

  • Harvard University

    Nieman Fellow, First internet journalist awarded Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University.

    2001 — 2002

Skills

  • Blogging
  • Advertising
  • Social Media
  • Integrated Marketing
  • Digital Media
  • Publishing
  • Publications
  • Entertainment
  • Blogger
  • Content Strategy
  • Community Sites
  • SEO
  • Online Advertising
  • Wordpress
  • Copywriting
  • Strategy
  • Content Management
  • Magazines
  • Social Networking
  • Digital Strategy
  • Start-Ups
  • Marketing
  • Community Development
  • Women's Issues
  • Online Publishing
  • Online Marketing
  • New Media
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

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