Brianne Kimmel is the founder and managing partner of Worklife Ventures. See sector focus and contact routes.
Brianne Kimmel is the founder and managing partner of Worklife Ventures, a San Francisco-based venture firm she launched in 2019 after two years in go-to-market strategy at Zendesk and teaching growth marketing at General Assembly. Her investment thesis targets the future of work, focusing on Seed and Series A companies in sectors like HRTech, AI, SaaS, and enterprise tools that empower distributed teams. Worklife typically writes the first check to one or two founders at the idea stage, with initial ticket sizes ranging from $50,000 to $250,000 and later checks averaging $2 million. Notable portfolio companies include Deel, Supabase, Webflow, and Hopin, with her fund backing several unicorns including Metronome, which achieved a zero-to-$1B exit. Kimmel is a published author and recognized expert on remote work and creator technology, frequently contributing insights to the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Washington Post. She also opened Worklife Studios, a physical gathering space for founders and technologists who believe collaboration thrives when people are together in person.
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