Worklife
San Francisco, California · Invests in US · Website
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🔒 $•• – $••Thesis
The future of work belongs to individuals and small teams with creative autonomy, distributed locations, and multiple revenue streams. We invest in tools that enable this future and back founders who embody it.
Likely not a fit for
Traditional B2B SaaS teams, hardware-only plays, geographic constraints, non-technical founders
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Leads or follows
- Typical decision
- ~1 week
- Warm intro
- Preferred
- Involvement
- Advisor
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Decision process
- Solo GP
Partners & team
1 contact on file
Portfolio
Webflow is a visual website builder that allows users to create custom websites without needing to write code. It provides tools for design, content management, hosting, and SEO optimization, catering to marketers, designers, and developers.
Tonal is a cutting-edge smart home gym equipment company that offers a unique strength training platform combining digital weight technology, artificial intelligence, and personalized coaching. With a focus on enhancing fitness experiences, Tonal provides tailored workout programs and a membership model that supports users in achieving their fitness goals.
Hopin is now RingCentral Events, providing features for hosting virtual, onsite, and hybrid events with custom branding and engagement tools.
Shortcut (formerly Clubhouse) is a fast and powerful project management tool designed for software teams, featuring AI collaboration and various project management functionalities.
Public Holdings Inc. is a financial services company that operates Public.com, a brokerage platform offering investing services in stocks, bonds, crypto, and options.
Deel is a global payroll and compliance platform that provides HR solutions for businesses looking to hire and manage remote teams. It offers tools for managing international payroll, compliance, and employee benefits, streamlining the hiring process across borders.
Pipe is an embedded finance platform designed to provide small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with access to working capital through innovative financial solutions. By integrating with various services, such as Uber, Pipe empowers businesses to optimize their cash flow and manage their finances more effectively.
Supabase is the Postgres development platform that provides a full-featured, scalable backend, including a Postgres database, authentication, instant APIs, Edge Functions, Realtime subscriptions, storage, and vector embeddings.
Hex is a modern, collaborative workspace for data science and analytics that integrates AI tools to empower users to explore data using natural language, with or without code.
Hightouch is a Customer Data Platform (CDP) that enables marketers to sync data from their data warehouse to various marketing tools, facilitating real-time personalization and audience segmentation.
DEV Community is a community of software developers getting together to help one another out. The software industry relies on collaboration and networked learning. We provide a place for that to happen.
Pietra is an AI-driven platform for small businesses to automate e-commerce operations, including sourcing, supply chain, and marketing. It offers a comprehensive service to set up and manage online stores.
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VentureBeat
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The San Francisco Standard
‘Leave before the B’: The billionaire tax backlash is spreading far beyond billionaires
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Fortune
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Business San Diego
Notable News in April: Several San Diego Startups Land VC Funding, M&A Picks Up
Apr 2025
worklife.news
Why more employers are tapping an overlooked talent pool — those with criminal records
Nov 2024
PAPER Magazine
Inside Brianne Kimmel's Quest to Keep Art Human in the Age of AI
Sep 2024
UC Law San Francisco | (Formerly UC Hastings)
WorkLife Law Wins $150k Grant to Support Pregnant, Postpartum Farmworkers
Aug 2024
nylon.com
Artist Saint No’s Residency At Brianne Kimmel’s Worklife Studios Is An Ode To Desert Life
Aug 2024
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How an anti-hustle CEO built a successful startup
Jul 2024
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A day in the life of a Gen Z startup founder who swapped big-city life for the local touch
May 2024
BBC
Not all employers are tolerating Gen Z's laid-back language
Mar 2024
BBC
DEI is a lightning rod for controversy – but the practice isn't dead
Mar 2024
BBC
Bridgit Mendler, a former Disney actor turned space startup CEO, is reaching for the stars
Feb 2024
worklife.news
Why an economic downturn may be the best time to start a business
Feb 2023
Business Insider
VC Brianne Kimmel Launches AI Startup Bootcamp With $20 Million Pledge
Feb 2023
Business Insider
Meet the 71 rising-star VCs who shook up the industry in 2022
Jan 2023
CNBC
The female venture capitalist creating billions in a new world of work beyond the office
Oct 2022
Business Insider
Half of employees at US tech firms think that returning to the office would improve workplace culture
Aug 2022
worklife.news
Women and minorities owe disproportionate student debt: this startup wants to change that
Jul 2022
The Information
Once Upon a Time in Brianne Kimmel’s Hollywood
Jul 2022
Business Insider
VC Brianne Kimmel got a 7x return for her first fund in less than 3 years. Here's how she did it.
Apr 2022
TechCrunch
Brianne Kimmel’s new $35 million fund isn’t yet tempted by all of web3
Apr 2022
Business Insider
Meet the 30 solo capitalists writing a lot of checks to startups who every founder should scramble to pitch
Sep 2021
dot.LA
LA Venture: How WorkLife Ventures Founder Brianne Kimmel Became a Top Angel Investor
Aug 2021
Barron's
Good Company: How Worklife’s Alternative Approach Is Writing Venture Capital’s Next Chapter
Dec 2020
SiliconANGLE
Cisco acquires Worklife to boost Spark team collaboration service
Oct 2016
ZDNET
Cisco buys collaboration software startup Worklife
Oct 2016
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