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Brianne Kimmel

Founder of Worklife Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Brianne Kimmel is the Founder of Worklife Ventures, investing in various sectors including Human Capital/HRTech, Travel, Robotics, Developer Tools, AI, and SaaS. With a background in social media and marketing, she has made significant investments in companies like Bubbles, Loyal, Omneky, and Polywork, showcasing her expertise in identifying and supporting innovative startups. Having worked at notable companies like Zendesk and Expedia, Inc., Brianne has a proven track record in GTM strategy, social media management, and user acquisition, making her a sought-after investor and advisor in the tech industry.

Work Experience 

  • Founder

    2019 - Current

    The first fund designed for builders, creators & individual contributors We’re operators with a deep network of creators, developer evangelists, product designers and engineers. We’re backed by the founders of Cameo, Spotify, Twitch, Zoom and platforms that have enabled new ways to work.

The first VC firm designed for the new era of builders & creators.

  • Angel Investor

    2019

Webflow is a visual web design platform, CMS, and hosting provider for building production websites and prototypes.

Raised $334,900,000.00 from CapitalG, Draper Associates, Accel, Y Combinator Continuity Fund and Silversmith Capital Partners.

  • GTM strategy - self-serve revenue and technology integrations

    2016 - 2018

    GTM strategy including self-serve revenue, technology integrations and GTM for new products. Built Zendesk for Startups, representing 3,000 startups and 250+ incubators and accelerators including: Y Combinator, Startup Grind Global and an incubation lab at Station F.

Business Made Simple University is disrupting the higher education industry.

  • Instructor on evenings and weekends

    2013 - 2017

    Built 10 week course and taught over 5,000 students at General Assembly and continue to speak on user acquisition and growth marketing.

  • W16 Batch

    2016 - 2016

  • Head of Social Media - user acquisition, product, customer support

    2013 - 2016

    Built social media function from the ground up: performance marketing, global customer support and full-stack technology partners. Worked across engineering, product and customer experience org for Orbitz.com, Hotwire.com and Expedia.com.

Expedia Group is a internet providing company they help people experience the world in new ways and build lasting connections.

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