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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
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Alternative SaaS funding models will grow in Silicon Valley
“It's been really interesting to see. I think this is something that It will be a growing trend in Silicon Valley.”
Brianne Kimmel Oct 14, 2019 ▶ 7:03 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
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
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
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
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
Assertion Supported
Worklife Ventures is backed by Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, and Eric Yuan
“But to our show today, and I've been looking forward to releasing this one for quite a long time now, and so I'm thrilled to welcome Brianne Kimmel, founder and managing partner at Work Life Ventures, a very new firm focused on the future of work, backed by so…”
Harry Stebbings Oct 14, 2019 ▶ 0:07 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
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