Dick Costolo

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

Since October 2010, Dick has been the Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, where he was responsible for the growth and management of the overall business. Previously, as Twitter’s Chief Operating Officer, he oversaw monetization and day to day operations.

Before joining Twitter, Dick was co-founder and CEO of FeedBurner, a digital content syndication platform that was acquired by Google in 2007. While at Google, Dick was Group Product Manager on the Ads team responsible for social media ads.

Previously, Dick lived and worked in Chicago, where he founded and ran two digital media companies: SpyOnIt, a web page monitoring service, and Burning Door Networked Media, a web design and development consulting company. Dick was also an improv performer with the acclaimed Annoyance Theater.

He graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in Computer Science.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
7
Dick Costolo has made 7 investments. Their most recent investment was on Aug 10, 2021, when Saturn Technologies raised $44M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Aug 10, 2021 Saturn Technologies Series Unknown $44M Apps Detail
Nov 17, 2020 Levels Seed $12M Biometrics Detail
Sep 1, 2020 Common Room Series A $16.30M Communities Detail
Aug 25, 2020 Split Software Series C $33M A/B Testing Detail
Mar 1, 2020 Common Room Seed $4.30M Communities Detail
Nov 6, 2019 Digits Series A $10.50M Artificial Intelligence Detail
Mar 1, 2017 Netomi Seed $4.70M Artificial Intelligence Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
2
Dick Costolo has 2 current jobs including Board of Directors at BuildOps , Advisor at Stream and .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
BuildOps Board of Directors May 18, 2023 Detail
Stream Advisor Jul 31, 2020 Detail