Jeremy Stoppelman
About Jeremy Stoppelman
Jeremy Stoppelman co-founded Yelp in 2004 and has been its CEO since then. He has also sat on its board since September 2005. Before Yelp he was a software engineer at Excite@Home from August 1999 to January 2000, then held engineering roles at PayPal from February 2000 to June 2003. He left PayPal as Vice President of Engineering.
He holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He also attended Harvard Business School. He is based in San Francisco.
On LinkedIn, Stoppelman describes himself as a "super angel" who has invested in over 300 companies over about nine years as a solo investor. He names Vercel, Baseten, Onebrief, Benchling and Chai Discovery among them. He also says he built a portfolio tracker with AI coding tools to spot which portfolio companies are breaking out or raising, so he can help founders more proactively.
Database counts differ because each tracks only part of his activity. Crunchbase lists 50 investments and PitchBook lists 65. Tracxn lists 18 companies and names Netlify and Gusto as unicorns in his portfolio. The self-reported figure of over 300 is much higher than any of these.
His most recent listed deal is Enclave, a Tel Aviv startup that finds architectural security vulnerabilities in AI-generated code. It raised a $6M seed round in March 2026 at a reported $33M valuation. 8VC led the round. Other named backers include Patrick Collison, Aaron Levie, Marc Benioff and Stoppelman.
By his own account, his portfolio also includes Baseten and Chai Discovery. He does not give investment years for these in the source we found.
Stoppelman invests as an individual, not through a fund. Tracxn lists his top sectors as Enterprise Applications and Consumer, with investments in the United States, the United Kingdom and two other countries. His listed deals include seed rounds (Enclave, The Librarian, Foraged) and Series A and B rounds (Causal, Streamloots, Quartzy, IfOnly). We found no public statement of his check size or of a thesis for what he looks for.
- Enclave: AI code security startup in Tel Aviv; $6M seed in March 2026, led by 8VC.
- Baseten: named by Stoppelman as a portfolio company; investment year not public.
- Chai Discovery: named by Stoppelman as a portfolio company; investment year not public.
- Vercel: named by Stoppelman as a portfolio company; investment year not public.
- Benchling: named by Stoppelman as a portfolio company; investment year not public.
- Onebrief: named by Stoppelman as a portfolio company; investment year not public.
- Causal: Series A of $20.2M in March 2022, per Tracxn.
- Netlify and Gusto: listed by Tracxn as unicorns in his portfolio.
- linkedin.com/in/jeremystoppelman
- sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1345016/000134501624000025/a10-kwrapars.pd
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Stoppelman
- crunchbase.com/person/jeremy-stoppelman
- pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/105983-38
- tracxn.com/d/people/jeremy-stoppelman/__BhypGX4fzmzcFvhRwkbjrYjUUv_2i3
- newsletter.strictlyvc.com/p/anthropic-accidentally-exposes-claude-code
- signal.nfx.com/investors/jeremy-stoppelman
Investing activity
Jeremy Stoppelman appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $6M. The most recent is Enclave (Seed, $6M, Mar 2026).
Jeremy Stoppelman most often invests alongside 8VC, Aaron Levie, Marc Benioff and Patrick Collison, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Jeremy Stoppelman
Does Jeremy Stoppelman invest in AI startups?
Yes. He backed Enclave's $6M seed in March 2026, and he names Baseten and Chai Discovery among his investments. He is not an AI-only investor, though. His portfolio also covers software, consumer and other sectors.
What is Jeremy Stoppelman's angel check size?
He has not published a check size that we could find. Database figures for individual deals are round totals, not his own checks, so we do not infer a range from them.
What stage does Jeremy Stoppelman invest in?
His listed deals are mostly seed and early-stage rounds, including Enclave (seed), The Librarian (seed), Causal (Series A) and Quartzy (Series B). He usually joins rounds led by other investors, for example 8VC at Enclave.
Does Jeremy Stoppelman invest alone or through a fund?
He says he has invested as a solo investor over the last nine years. We found no public fund or syndicate attached to his angel investing.
Who is Jeremy Stoppelman?
He is the co-founder and CEO of Yelp, which he started in 2004. Earlier he was Vice President of Engineering at PayPal.
How can a founder reach Jeremy Stoppelman?
He has a public LinkedIn profile, and the Lounge deals desk records his Enclave seed. He does not publish a pitch process, so a warm introduction from a shared portfolio founder or co-investor is the likelier route.
Is Jeremy Stoppelman an angel investor?
Yes. Jeremy Stoppelman invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Jeremy Stoppelman invested in?
Jeremy Stoppelman's AI investments include Enclave. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Jeremy Stoppelman invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Jeremy Stoppelman has invested at Seed, with a median round of $6M.
Who does Jeremy Stoppelman co-invest with?
Jeremy Stoppelman's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are 8VC (1 deal), Aaron Levie (1 deal), Marc Benioff (1 deal), Patrick Collison (1 deal) and Matt Huang (1 deal).