STAND, a San Francisco, CA-based personal philanthropy social network, secured $2.25m in funding.
The round was led by Resolute Ventures with participation from Jack Dorsey, Twitter/Square; Greylock Discovery (Josh Elman); Fresco Capital (Tytus Michalski and Stephen Forte); Meng Tan, Google; Doug Bowman, former Creative Director at Twitter; Avi Hager, The Regah Group, and Bob Lee, former CTO at Square, Roma Khanna, MGM, Kevin Eyres, Linkedin and Debby Hopkins, CITI Ventures.
In addition to the funding, STAND appointed Biz Stone as chairman.
Founded in 2014 by Eric Harr and Tony Daniel, STAND is a photo-friendly mobile application that puts the individual at the center of the experience, enabling people to discover and connect with others who share their values.
It is due for release in summer 2015.
FinSMEs
25/06/2015