Brianne Kimmel, Founder of Worklife Ventures - 6 Unicorns, Solo Capitalists, & the Future of Work‪!‬ Wharton FinTech Podcast

In today's episode, Ryan Zauk sits down with Silicon Valley investor, entrepreneur, angel, community builder, and super-connector Brianne Kimmel. Brianne is the Founder of Worklife Ventures, a future of work-focused fund investing in the tools and services powering the next wave of work.

Worklife is backed by a who's who of tech including a16z partners Marc Andreesen and Chris Dixon, Stewart Butterfield of Slack, the CEOs of Zoom and Cameo, the Co-Founder of Twitch, Alexis Ohanian, and many more!

Her fund includes 6 unicorns - Webflow, Tonal, Hopin, Clubhouse, and former Wharton Fintech guests Pipe and Public. Business Insider also recently named Brianne a top angel investor that every startup should know.

In today's episode, they discuss:

- The rise of the 'solo capitalist' model
- The transition from angel to VC
- The booming creator economy, creator tools, and the future of work
- Building "Stay at Home Valley" on Figma, and surprising Figma's CEO with it on a walk
- Her investment and sourcing methodology through the lens of Pipe Webflow, and Hopin
and much more!

Brianne: briannekimmel.com
Worklife: worklife.vc
Building "Stay at Home Valley: https://wfh.substack.com/p/why-i-built-silicon-valley-in-figma

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