# David Jones

> David Jones is a seed investor at Bull City Venture Partners backing Art and Handmade. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bull City Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bull-city-venture-partners)
- Location: Chapel Hill, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidsjones
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/davidstjones
- Website: https://x.com/davidstjones
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dsjones1

David Jones is a seed investor at Bull City Venture Partners in Chapel Hill focused on Art and Handmade. David Jones is based out of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Bull City Venture Partners. David previously worked at Biospatial, Inc. as a Board Member. David Jones attended the University of Virginia.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Art | 1 | 33% |
| Handmade | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 33% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ferretly | With Ferretly, employers can limit risk to their brand, employees and profits by identifying candidates and employees that have exhibited undesirable behavior online. Ferretly combines sentiment analysis with sophisticated machine learning algorithms to flag both text and images contained in online posts. Within typically 30 minutes or less, theuser receives a legally defensible report that identifies toxic/obscene language, hate speech, violence, self-harm and even drug/alcohol related images included among 13 distinct risk classifications. | $1.5M | Seed | May 31, 2023 |  |
| biospatial | Biospatial is a company building a national collaborative to provide early warning of health events and trends. The company's mission is to build a national network of data partners and operational users to support public health preparedness, enable an informed emergency response, and strengthen national security.Founded in 2017, Biospatialis headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. | $3.4M | Series A | Mar 28, 2022 |  |
| Spoonflower | Spoonflower is a community built around fabric and textile design. It offers custom fabric printing with no minimum order as well as as a marketplace of thousands of unique fabric designs by independent designers from around the world. The company has expanded its products to include custom wallpaper and gift wrap, in addition to fabric.Spoonflower uses eco-friendly digital textile printing technology and prints each order on demand using water-based inks.Crafters and small businesses use custom fabric, wallpaper and gift wrap from Spoonflower to make quilts, clothes, pillows, dolls, blankets, framed textile art and many, many other products. | $25M |  | Aug 26, 2015 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alerion Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alerion-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cofounders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cofounders-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [East Carolina Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-carolina-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Front Porch Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/front-porch-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gratus Private Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gratus-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Guidepost Growth Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guidepost-growth-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Bull City Venture Partners

VC Fund · Raleigh, United States

Bull City Venture Partners invests in early-stage technology companies. The firm evaluates investments based on innovation and growth potential. It provides capital and support to these companies. The industries served include technology, healthcare, and consumer products.

5 contacts available at Bull City Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Jones | Co-Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-jones-3 |
| Jason Caplain | Co-Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-caplain |
| John G. Scanlon | Limited Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-g-scanlon |
| Michael Lee | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-lee-6d34 |
| Noreen Allen | Limited Partner and Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/noreen-allen |

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## FAQ

### What does David Jones invest in?

David Jones invests primarily in Art, Handmade and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did David Jones last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Jones closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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