Bri Kimmel

@brianne
Building new tools for your worklife
San Francisco, CA

Founder

Investor

Clubhouse Host

Podcaster

Substack Writer

Startup Enthusiast

Speaker

Future of work

Coffee

Playlist Curator

Dog Person

Nonprofit

Founded Worklife to build and back companies that make work more creative, flexible, and human. Early investor in startups worth over $32B, including Polywork! Hopin, Public, Webflow, and more.

🌙Building beautiful new homes with New Story featured in Architectural Digest, Design Boom. Watch the documentary "Home" on Apple+

⛓ NFT collector. Adam Bomb Squad, Chain Runners

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I'm open to

speaking on podcasts,

live streaming,

content creation,

and organizing a hackathon.

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Resume

Sep 2019 - Present

Founder, Worklife Ventures

Sep 2016 - May 2018

Growth Marketing, Zendesk

Jan 2013 - Jan 2017

Instructor, General Assembly

Mar 2013 - Feb 2016

Head of Social Media, Expedia Group

Portfolio

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Venture Capitalist Brianne Kimmel Gives Advice on Pitching

Worklife Studios

Launching An Invite-Only Bootcamp for AI Startups

Bubbles Seed Funding

Series A Investments

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2020/10/07/video-startup-mmhmm-raises-31-million-pre-launch/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&sh=4b4fa217bcc2

https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/17/transform-metrics/

https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/17/openphone-rings-up-14-million-to-put-your-work-phone-in-an-app/?tpcc=ECTW2020

finsmes.com/2021/03/secureframe-raises-18m-in-series-a-funding.html

Top Tweets

https://twitter.com/briannekimmel/status/1139665201093992448

https://twitter.com/briannekimmel/status/1008458949517950977

Speaking Engagements

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https://twitter.com/SaaStrAnnual/status/1088467812186800128

A Worklife discussion with Linda Lin, previously Zendesk & Slack first CS hire. In this discussion, we'll learn how to create onboarding and adoption playbooks to drive a fast time to first value f...

A discussion with Matt Hodges on zero to one best practices for pricing and packaging: - pricing tests while in closed beta - best practices for pricing & packaging post-launch - optimizing product...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX5VkdaBSz8

Clubhouse Host

https://twitter.com/briannekimmel/status/1262521439736877056

https://twitter.com/briannekimmel/status/1280672892275978240

https://twitter.com/briannekimmel/status/1316180147309961216

https://twitter.com/briannekimmel/status/1355992824701837312

Newsletters

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https://wfh.substack.com/p/5principlesforeffectiveremotework

https://wfh.substack.com/p/why-crossing-the-chasm-doesnt-work

https://wfh.substack.com/p/how-creatives-win-friends-influence

https://wfh.substack.com/p/why-hourly-work-is-more-creative

Press Mentions

https://www.businessinsider.com/rise-of-venture-capital-solo-general-partners-2020-1

https://twitter.com/briannekimmel/status/1248008574615216128 Fast Company featured: While stuck at home, this VC built a virtual version of Silicon Valley

Podcasts

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReMOG_XwVBo

https://twitter.com/briannekimmel/status/1187801391416270848 Listen here.

https://blog.producthunt.com/how-to-launch-an-operator-led-fund-5596203c0713

https://medium.com/wharton-fintech/brianne-kimmel-founder-of-worklife-vc-6-unicorns-solo-capitalists-the-future-of-work-c472c9014158

Early Stage Investments

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https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/02/village-global-accelerator-is-here-to-stay/

https://twitter.com/briannekimmel/status/1120815033229774849

http://briannekimmel.com/airgarage/

https://twitter.com/briannekimmel/status/1239295285064429568