# Eric M. Stone

> Eric M. Stone is a seed investor at Kapor Capital (San Francisco) backing SaaS and Mobile. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kapor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kapor-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericmstone1

Eric M. Stone is a seed investor at Kapor Capital in San Francisco focused on SaaS and Mobile. Eric Stone is the former co-founder and CEO of Velano Vascular (acquired by Becton Dickinson) and currently serves as an Advisor to Kapor Capital and as a Board member of Answers Now and Executive Chair of Kinnos. He is a company Advisor to multiple healthcare upstarts and an active investor. He attended the Wharton School, Harvard University andthe University of Pennsylvania.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |
| Medical | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Analytics | 1 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cellevolve | Cellevolve Bio is a development and commercialization company focused on cell therapies. | $6M | Seed | Nov 18, 2021 |  |
| Cellevolve | Cellevolve Bio is a development and commercialization company focused on cell therapies. | $6M | Seed | Nov 18, 2021 |  |
| Oshi Health | Oshi Health is a virtual-first gastroenterology (GI) clinic that diagnoses, treats and remotely monitors digestive (GI) conditions. Patients work with Oshi Health's integrated care team of gastroenterologists and GI-specialized nurse practitioners, registered dietitians, behavioral psychologists and health coaches to determine the root causesof their symptoms and use a personalized care plan that includes medication, dietary interventions and stress/anxiety reduction to get symptoms under control. This yields improved health outcomes, quality of life, satisfaction with care and workplace productivity while reducing overall healthcare cost. | $23M | Series A | Oct 12, 2021 |  |
| Embrace | Embrace is the only user-focused observability platform that ties technical performance to end-user impact. Powered by OpenTelemetry, Embrace provides Real User Monitoring (RUM) across mobile and web, giving engineering teams the visibility and context they need to prioritize and resolve issues faster, optimize performance, and deliver exceptionaldigital experiences.Embrace is a member of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and contributes to several OpenTelemetry Special Interest Groups (SIGs). Embrace counts AllTrails, Amazon, Cameo, GOAT, Hyatt, The New York Times, and many more as customers. Supported by NEA, AV8 (Allianz), Greycroft, and Eniac, Embrace is a YCombinator (YC Growth) company based in Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Buenos Aires, and London. | $4.5M | Seed | May 23, 2017 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Frist Cressey Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frist-cresseyventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hibiscus BioVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hibiscus-bioventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Jumpstart Health Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jumpstart-health-investors) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Operator Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/operator-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Resilience](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/resilience-e701) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Kapor Capital

VC Fund · Oakland, United States

Kapor Capital is an investment firm that invests in early-stage tech-enabled startups. They are an Oakland-based fund that understands that startup companies have the ability to transform entire industries and to address urgent social needs as they do so. It was founded in 1999 and headquartered in Oakland, California.

5 contacts available at Kapor Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Chen | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-chen-7d9b |
| Batul Joffrey | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/batul-joffrey-3976 |
| Brian Dixon | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-dixon-2 |
| Cliff Worley | Senior Director of Portfolio Growth Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cliff-worley |
| Eric M. Stone | Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-stone-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Eric M. Stone invest in?

Eric M. Stone invests primarily in SaaS, Mobile and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 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 Eric M. Stone last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Eric M. Stone closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 4 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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