LISA STONE

Lisa Stone is a Silicon Valley builder with multiple exits turned investor. Lisa has raised $100MM+ in venture investment for companies she co-founded or helped lead, and built five customer movements (25-245M unique visitors/month) from lifestyle to enterprise, using pricing, programs and platforms she designed to achieve business goals (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.

Today Lisa is a General Partner at the BrainTrust Fund, a $15M traditional venture fund investing in breakthrough beauty and wellness products and services founded by inclusive teams. Investments in seed and Series A rounds to date include Loved01, Julie, Thirteen Lune, Relevant, Parfait, Myavana and CurlMix. Lisa also is a member of the Wellesley Business Leadership Council and the Committee of 200.

For 25 years, Lisa has built diverse teams and inclusive cultures as the fastest path to creating significant, measurable value, spurred by her early experiences as a journalist and entrepreneur. Her track record’s consistent theme 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 and a Nieman Fellowship from Harvard University.