# Chelsea Stoner

> Chelsea Stoner is a General Partner at Battery Ventures who hunts down vertically focused software companies and healthcare-IT operators across North America. She joined Battery in 2006 and has helped scale Avalara, Glassdoor, Guidewire, Marketo, RealPage and WebPT, among others. Recognized on Forbes Midas Hot Prospects and GrowthCap's Top 25 Healthcare Investors.

- **Role:** General Partner at Battery Ventures
- **Organizations:** Battery Ventures, ContinuumCloud (board), Curve Dental (board), Maxio (board), Ontra (board), Redox (board), TrueContext (board), Northwestern University Engineering School Board, University of Chicago Booth Private Equity Council, Cleveland Clinic Healthcare Technology Advisory Council, National Venture Capital Association
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS, Chemical Engineering (with honors), Northwestern University, MBA, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- **Known for:** Backed Avalara (NYSE: AVLR), Glassdoor, Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE), Marketo (NASDAQ: MKTO), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), RealPage (NASDAQ: RP), Intacct, Brightree, ClearCare, Data Innovations, PageUp and WebPT, Forbes Midas 'Hot Prospects' list, Business Insider's 23 Top Venture Capitalists in Enterprise Tech

## Career timeline

- **pre-2006** — Roles at Accenture (tech consulting), Merrill Lynch (investment banking, including Hong Kong), Classified Ventures, and Key Principal Partners (private equity)
- **2006** — Joined Battery Ventures
- **2024** — Appeared on Goldman Sachs Exchanges podcast on being 'stage agnostic' in tech investing

## Achievements

- Backed Avalara (NYSE: AVLR), Glassdoor, Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE), Marketo (NASDAQ: MKTO), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), RealPage (NASDAQ: RP), Intacct, Brightree, ClearCare, Data Innovations, PageUp and WebPT
- Forbes Midas 'Hot Prospects' list
- Business Insider's 23 Top Venture Capitalists in Enterprise Tech
- GrowthCap's Top 25 Healthcare Investors

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — Featured on Goldman Sachs Exchanges podcast discussing stage-agnostic investing.

## Links

- Website: https://www.battery.com/people/chelsea-stoner/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelseastoner
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ChelsStoner
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEFwak8Pe88
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/batteryventures1983

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