Stacy Brown-Philpot
About Stacy Brown-Philpot
Stacy Brown-Philpot is from Detroit. She holds a BS in economics from the Wharton School and an MBA from Stanford. Early in her career she worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Goldman Sachs. She joined Google in 2003 and spent nearly a decade there leading global operations for products including Search, Chrome and Google+. She also ran online sales and operations for Google India. She then spent time as an entrepreneur-in-residence at Google Ventures.
She joined TaskRabbit as its first COO in 2013 and became CEO in 2016. TaskRabbit was acquired by IKEA's parent company, Ingka Group, in 2017. She stepped down as CEO in August 2020 and became a founding member of the SoftBank Opportunity Fund, which backed Black, Latinx and Native American founders.
She has served on the boards of HP Inc. (since 2015), Nordstrom, Noom, StockX and Joy. She became a Stanford trustee in 2025. She founded Cherryrock Capital with Saydeah Howard. In February 2025 Bloomberg reported that its first fund had raised $172 million, with backers including JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Reid Hoffman and Sheryl Sandberg.
PitchBook lists seven personal investments. These include Braintrust (listed as a 2018 seed), Threads (2019), Shef (2020), Grouparoo (2020), Tinycare (2021), Zestworld (2022) and a November 2022 seed round recorded as Verix, which Crunchbase lists as Virtualness. Other data providers date the Braintrust round to 2020, so treat that year as uncertain. She is also an Operator LP in Operator Collective's funds.
In October 2026 she was named among the backers of OptimizeGEO.ai's seed round. The company, founded in 2026 by Kirthiga Reddy and Saurabh Doshi, sells a generative engine optimization platform. It tracks how brands appear in answers from AI systems such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. Press coverage of the round described the amount as undisclosed. On LinkedIn she called the company's milestone of 100+ brand clients across 20 countries exciting.
Through Cherryrock, she co-led Coactive AI's Series B in 2025, according to Crunchbase. NFX Signal lists her as a Coactive AI board director.
Cherryrock describes itself as an early-stage firm investing in software companies led by underinvested founders, including Black and Latine entrepreneurs. Its stated aim is to help startups scale from $1M to $100M+ with operational support. Bloomberg reported that the firm targets the period after angel and seed rounds. Cherryrock co-led a $26 million Series A for Flourish Health, so it is not limited to AI.
Her personal angel check size is not stated by her. NFX Signal, a third-party database, lists an investment range and sweet spot of $25K. Treat that figure as unconfirmed.
- OptimizeGEO.ai: generative engine optimization platform for brands; seed round, October 2026
- Coactive AI: Cherryrock co-led the Series B in 2025
- Flourish Health: Cherryrock co-led the $26M Series A
- Braintrust: angel investment, listed as 2018 by PitchBook and 2020 by Tracxn
- Shef: angel investment, 2020
- Grouparoo: angel investment, 2020
- Tinycare: angel investment, 2021
- Virtualness (listed by PitchBook as Verix): seed, November 2022
- bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-19/stacy-brown-philpot-raises-172-
- finance.yahoo.com/news/ex-taskrabbit-ceo-raises-172-143007764.html
- investor.hp.com/governance/board-of-directors/person-details/default.a
- urban.org/author/stacy-brown-philpot
- techcrunch.com/?p=736367
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy_Brown-Philpot
- solve.mit.edu/articles/tse-stacy-brown-philpot
- westboundequity.com/team/stacy-brown-philpot
Investing activity
Stacy Brown-Philpot appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $80M. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $80M. The most recent is OptimizeGEO.ai (Seed, $80M, Oct 2026).
Stacy Brown-Philpot most often invests alongside Young Capital, Michael Kassan, Kiran Mani and Mauria Finley, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Stacy Brown-Philpot
Does Stacy Brown-Philpot invest in AI startups?
Yes. She was a backer of OptimizeGEO.ai's seed round in October 2026. Through Cherryrock Capital she co-led Coactive AI's Series B in 2025.
What stage does Stacy Brown-Philpot invest in?
Her angel investments are mostly seed. Cherryrock Capital, her firm, focuses on early-stage software companies and targets the period after angel and seed rounds.
What is Stacy Brown-Philpot's check size?
She has not published one. NFX Signal lists a $25K range and sweet spot, but that is a third-party figure and not confirmed by her.
What does Cherryrock Capital look for?
It backs software companies led by underinvested founders, including Black and Latine entrepreneurs. It offers operational support to help them scale from $1M to $100M+.
Who is Stacy Brown-Philpot?
She is the former CEO of TaskRabbit and a former Google executive. She is now founder and managing partner of Cherryrock Capital and sits on boards including HP Inc.
How can founders reach Stacy Brown-Philpot?
She is active on LinkedIn and on X as @sbp04. Her firm is Cherryrock Capital.
Is Stacy Brown-Philpot an angel investor?
Yes. Stacy Brown-Philpot invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Stacy Brown-Philpot invested in?
Stacy Brown-Philpot's AI investments include OptimizeGEO.ai. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Stacy Brown-Philpot invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Stacy Brown-Philpot has invested at Seed, with a median round of $80M.
Who does Stacy Brown-Philpot co-invest with?
Stacy Brown-Philpot's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Young Capital (1 deal), Michael Kassan (1 deal), Kiran Mani (1 deal), Mauria Finley (1 deal) and Gulshan Verma (1 deal).