Worklife is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Managing Director Brianne Kimmel. See contact routes.
Worklife is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Managing Director Brianne Kimmel, established as the first VC firm explicitly designed for builders, creators, and individual contributors rather than traditional institutions. The firm’s investment thesis targets the future of work, backing tools and services for remote, distributed, and creator-driven environments across SaaS, Devtools, Fintech, and CPG/D2C sectors. Worklife typically invests at pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages with historical average check sizes around $150,000 to $2 million, often acting as a lead investor in early rounds. Notable portfolio companies include Webflow, Deel, Hopin, and OpenPhone, reflecting its focus on companies enabling flexible and creative work models. Kimmel distinguishes Worklife by operating partly like a media company, running proprietary programs like SaaS School to generate deal flow and supporting “triple threats” who are simultaneously creators, engineers, and entrepreneurs. Her public writing emphasizes that work is becoming more flexible and human-centered, prioritizing support for technical founders with go-to-market strateg
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