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About Stewart Butterfield

Stewart Butterfield is an entrepreneur, an angel investor and a board member. They did their Masters from University of Cambridge in 1998. Their journey in the startup ecosystem started in 2004 through Flickr. Stewart Butterfield has founded 3 companies. They are currently acting as the, and as the co-founder of Slack Fund. Prior to this, Stewart Butterfield co-founded Slack and Flickr. As an angel investor, Stewart Butterfield has a portfolio of 34 companies, focusing primarily on sectors like Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure and 12 more sectors. They invest in companies across United States, Canada and 6 more. Their most notable investments include companies like Carta and Netlify. Stewart Butterfield is currently serving as a board member at NYSE.
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Stewart Butterfield's Investments

Stewart Butterfield has invested in 34 companies. Their most recent investment was in Centralize (Seed Round) on Jul 29, 2026. Their investments are primarily in Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure and 12 more sectors. Their investment portfolio include companies in United States, Canada and 6 more.
Here is the list of recent investments by Stewart Butterfield:
Date
Company
Round
Round Amount
Co-Investors
Jul 29, 2026
Seed
Undisclosed
May 19, 2026
Series A
$75M
Oct 29, 2025
Series A
$20.1M
Jul 17, 2025
Series A
$200M
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Stewart Butterfield's Portfolio Exits

Stewart Butterfield has 5 Portfolio Exits including Etsy, 99designs, Cozy and Summify.
Here is the list of top portfolio exits by Stewart Butterfield:
Company
Description
Location
Total Funding
Founded Year
Exit Type
Exit Date
Online marketplace offering multi-category products from independent designers
Dublin (Ireland)
$98M
2005
IPO
Apr 16, 2015
Provider of platform connecting businesses with freelance graphic design professionals
$45M
2008
Acquisition
Oct 05, 2020
Rental management software
San Francisco (United States)
$18.5M
2012
Acquisition
Nov 08, 2018
Social News Digest and Reader
Vancouver (Canada)
-
2010
Acquisition
Jan 19, 2012
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Stewart Butterfield's Portfolio Unicorns

Stewart Butterfield has 8 unicorns in the portfolio including Carta, Netlify and 6 more.
Here is the list of top portfolio unicorns by Stewart Butterfield:
Company
Short Description
Total Funding
Founded Year
Current Stage
Location
Software-based equity management solutions
$1.16B
2012
Series G
San Francisco
Provider of a platform for web application development and deployment
$212M
2013
Series D
San Francisco
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Stewart Butterfield's Founded Companies

Stewart Butterfield has founded 3 companies namely Slack, Flickr and Slack Fund.
Here are the details of all founded companies by Stewart Butterfield:
Company
Short Description
Total Funding
Founded Year
Current Stage
Location
Developer of communication software for team collaboration and project management
$1.22B
2009
Acquired
San Francisco
Online photography community empowering photographers with tools, inspiration, and connection
-
2004
Acquired
United States
Venture capital firm investing in software companies
-
2015
Unfunded
San Francisco
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Stewart Butterfield's Board Memberships

Stewart Butterfield has 1 current board membership in NYSE.
Here is the detail of this board membership:
Company
Description
Total Funding
Current Stage
Membership Status
Appointment Date
Cessation Date
Stock exchange
-
Public
CURRENT
-
-
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