The document outlines a venture firm focused on building the future of work, backed by prominent tech leaders and featuring a strong network of operators and angel investors. It highlights their successful track record with unicorns and high returns on investments, as well as their proprietary programs like SaaS School for sourcing and supporting startups. The firm is committed to fostering a community of founders and executives, facilitating connections, and hosting events to drive innovation in the tech industry.

1. A specialized venture firm
building the future of work
Backed by Zoom CEO Eric Yuan, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield
& a collective of early builders of breakout tech companies.

2. We back the best teams
leaving the best companies.
We incubate startups and write the first check for the very best who are ready to build (again!)

3. We partner with the best founders
building their next big company.
We’re a thought partner to founders who have built products used by millions of users.
75 million users and $1+ billion valuation Acquired by Epic Games
Seed & Series A Seed

4. We have 7 unicorns in our first fund.
We’re outbound focused and deliver tangible value to invest in breakout companies.
$5.65B $2.1B $4B
$1.2B
$2B
$1.6B
$1.25B

5. Portfolio Highlights:
Co-investors & follow-on investors:
Fund I: $10M angel fund
We’ve early investors in companies backed by
top-tier firms and valued >$100M post.
Performance in 1.5 years:
• MOIC: 2.93
• SPV MOIC: 4.49
• Net IRR: 141.7%
• 7 unicorns, 19 markups
100% of follow-on has been led by T1 firm.

6. About the General Partner
Brianne Kimmel, previously Zendesk
and active angel investor.
Twitter: 50,000+ followers
Newsletter: 30,000 subscribers
Expert on enterprise software
featured in:

7. We bring in the best operators & angels
Eric Yuan Stewart Butterfield Jon Oberheide Shishir Mehrotra Vlad Magdalin Eric Boduch
Andrey Khusid Clark Valberg
Cristina Cordova Stephanie Friedman
Steven Galanis Dylan Field
Abhinav Asthana Mathias Biilmann Nat Friedman Jason Warner
Our network

8. Our strategy
We’re a specialized firm with the right experience and supercharged network

9. How we source startups
40% of deals sourced from a proprietary
program called SaaS School.
Attendees
Experts
Seed/Series A deal flow
Attendees become speakers
Portfolio support & community
Execs looking for next startup
Network of sector-aligned angels
network
A program built on evenings and weekends by a
collective of executives.
We see 300+ applications per program and select
30 companies to attend.
Technical founders learn go-to-market best
practices including growth engineering, customer
success & developer community building.

10. Our growth engine
The on-demand content and actionable
playbooks establish our credibility and serve as a
competitive advantage in oversubscribed rounds.
How to build a self-service SaaS business
How to sell direct to developers
How to build a metrics framework
Notion's content acquisition engine
How Superhuman makes work more like a game
Crossing the Enterprise Chasm
For more context. see our videos & guides.
How David Sacks built the first bottom-up playbook
Companies we’ve met
through the program

11. Investments sourced at SaaS School:
Investments won through program content:
Our wins through programming

12. Our founder network is our greatest asset
Founders in our network vouch for us to invest in
oversubscribed rounds.
Deon Nicholas, Forethought
(angel in Series A led by NEA)
Vlad Novakovski, LunchClub
(angel in Seed led by a16z)
(Series A led by Lightspeed)
WorkOS CEO, portfolio company & SaaS School expert
Postman CEO, current valuation $2B
Seed investor in Lunchclub, current valuation $100M
Angel investor in Forethought, current valuation $100M

13. Worklife is in the trenches with founders
We’re building a modern institution that’s grounded in my roots
as an operator angel
Enterprise investor, a16z
YC, now Elpha

14. We’re building a modern institution
In one year, we’ve built a distinguished brand and a trusted institution.

15. We’re a trusted source for current trends
Executives from top companies join our highly curated discussions.
We’re a trusted source for trusted publications.

16. We’re different by design
In less than a year, we’ve hosted over 50
community events.
Our Zoom events have a 100% attendance rate
with execs from Cameo, Figma, 100 Thieves,
Notion, Webflow & more.
• Our access comes from investing in the best as
a friendly angel & early stage vehicle
• Our community is self-organized by operators
at the best companies
• Our value is delivered immediately by the best
angels, network of execs looking for their next
startup & a support system for early hires

17. We’re building an institution with global impact
Our annual meeting is a three day event spanning
the worlds of business, venture capital, and culture.
“Sun Valley meets SXSW”
• 15 original events: live talks & invite-only culture events
for Worklife partners & journalists from Vice, BOF, NYT
• Results: 5,000 new contacts, 1,500 attendees from
Figma, Notion, Peloton, Patreon, MSCHF & values-
aligned companies for customer introductions & future
portfolio company hires
counity
talent
ex: Grammy nominated R&B artist and NPR Tiny Desk guest,
Alex Isley! Alex's dad Ernie is a member of the Isley Brothers.
Spot up-and-coming cultural leaders including internet
creators, artists, mixologists & future founders.

18. We’re plugged into Stanford & top schools for technical teams

19. We source, close, and retain diverse talent for companies
Community,
Founding Designer,
TechCrunch Feature
Worklife coverage (1st close)
Developer Success Engineer,
Head of D&I,

20. Our early angel bets have created future deal flow

21. Thank you.
Brianne Kimmel
brianne@worklife.vc