Brianne Kimmel

10 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Oct 14, 2019 by Brianne Kimmel · said 14 times in 10 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Oct 14, 2019
Disclosure
Kimmel wrote $25k to $50k checks as an angel investor
“Coming from an angel point of view, I was typically playing around the 25 to 50 K check mark.”
Brianne Kimmel Oct 14, 2019 ▶ 9:06 20VC: Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on Why More Operators Should Start Their Own Fund, How To Structure Your Round for the Highest Signal Round & What The Multi-Stage Funds Playing At Seed Means For The Rest of The Asset Class
Oct 14, 2019 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Early-stage venture investors are currently on the sell side
“I highly encourage entrepreneurs to really keep in mind that at this moment in time you know, in the tech ecosystem, investors are on the sell side.”
Brianne Kimmel Oct 14, 2019 ▶ 33:47 20VC: Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on Why More Operators Should Start Their Own Fund, How To Structure Your Round for the Highest Signal Round & What The Multi-Stage Funds Playing At Seed Means For The Rest of The Asset Class
Oct 14, 2019 negative
Insight
Traditional mentorship fails due to over-reliance on single perspectives
“I disagree with the traditional notion of having a mentor. And the reason for that is I often find with a mentorship relationship, I think that oftentimes the mentee is typically over indexing on information and inputs from one data point.”
Brianne Kimmel Oct 14, 2019 ▶ 36:17 20VC: Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on Why More Operators Should Start Their Own Fund, How To Structure Your Round for the Highest Signal Round & What The Multi-Stage Funds Playing At Seed Means For The Rest of The Asset Class
Oct 14, 2019 bullish
Disclosure
Worklife Ventures invested in Pace, a flexible payment platform for SaaS
“So my most recent investment is a company called Pace. Pace enables SaaS companies to offer flexible payments on annual contracts while getting paid up front. So there's no debt, no payment risk. You can think of it as a firm for software businesses.”
Brianne Kimmel Oct 14, 2019 ▶ 37:58 20VC: Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on Why More Operators Should Start Their Own Fund, How To Structure Your Round for the Highest Signal Round & What The Multi-Stage Funds Playing At Seed Means For The Rest of The Asset Class
Oct 14, 2019 negative
Insight
Founders should focus on their core company over angel investing
“I think the greatest thing an entrepreneur can do today is to stay focused, and I know that that's quite a conservative point of view. However, I think that right now in the ecosystem, there are a lot of distractions, and I think that when you look at the hist…”
Brianne Kimmel Oct 14, 2019 ▶ 15:11 20VC: Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on Why More Operators Should Start Their Own Fund, How To Structure Your Round for the Highest Signal Round & What The Multi-Stage Funds Playing At Seed Means For The Rest of The Asset Class
Oct 14, 2019
Disclosure
Worklife Ventures writes $100k to $150k checks
“My average check is around a 101 50 and I can scale up to 200 K.”
Brianne Kimmel Oct 14, 2019 ▶ 9:19 20VC: Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on Why More Operators Should Start Their Own Fund, How To Structure Your Round for the Highest Signal Round & What The Multi-Stage Funds Playing At Seed Means For The Rest of The Asset Class
Oct 14, 2019 neutral
Assertion Supported
Zendesk for Startups grew to 3,000 startups under Kimmel
“And prior to starting Worklife, Brianne spent two years at Zendesk on their go-to-market strategy, building Zendesk for startups, ultimately representing 3000 startups and 250 accelerators.”
Harry Stebbings Oct 14, 2019 ▶ 0:36 20VC: Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on Why More Operators Should Start Their Own Fund, How To Structure Your Round for the Highest Signal Round & What The Multi-Stage Funds Playing At Seed Means For The Rest of The Asset Class
Oct 14, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
Kimmel's angel portfolio includes Webflow, Tandem, and Lunchclub
“To date, though, Brianne's also invested in the likes of Webflow, Tandem, Lunch Club, and Girlboss, just to name a few.”
Harry Stebbings Oct 14, 2019 ▶ 0:30 20VC: Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on Why More Operators Should Start Their Own Fund, How To Structure Your Round for the Highest Signal Round & What The Multi-Stage Funds Playing At Seed Means For The Rest of The Asset Class
Oct 14, 2019
Disclosure
Kimmel typically backs technical co-founders needing go-to-market help
“Oftentimes I invest in two strong technical co-founders where typically they need a little bit more support on the go-to-market side.”
Brianne Kimmel Oct 14, 2019 ▶ 5:35 20VC: Worklife Ventures' Brianne Kimmel on Why More Operators Should Start Their Own Fund, How To Structure Your Round for the Highest Signal Round & What The Multi-Stage Funds Playing At Seed Means For The Rest of The Asset Class
Feb 4, 2020
Disclosure
Todd Jackson is an LP in funds by Stanton, Ling, and Kimmel
“I've gotten to see a lot of my friends who are great investors. Katie Stanton, like you mentioned, love, love the episode with her, by the way, Ben Ling, Brianne Kimmel start their own funds as solo GPs. And I'm actually an LP in those funds.”
Todd Jackson Feb 4, 2020 ▶ 25:32 Breaking News: Meet First Round Capital's Newest Partner, How To Approach Generational Transition as a Venture Firm & The Dangers of Attribution In Venture
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