Gale Wilkinson is the founder and GP of Vitalize VC, an early-stage fund & angel community investing in worktech software, and financing at the pre-seed and seed stages. Her portfolio companies include Placer, The Mom Project, and, Workmade.

In this episode, we discuss Gale’s journey from Angel to Venture, what decisions she made to get where she is, and how her due diligence process has changed through time. She is a big proponent of opening access to investing to everyone, especially women. Vitalize VC is working to shift and change the LP landscape and make it more approachable and welcoming to the public and fledgling investors.

In this episode:

• Gale’s career story as an entrepreneur and MBA grad running Irish Angels
• Vitalize’s investment thesis and strategy for investing into any b2b software that dramatically affects work outcomes
• Common themes found in the unicorns in Gale’s portfolio
• How Gale’s typical due diligence process has changed over the years
• The potential angel exits in comparison to a 30x from VC
• Co-founder dilemmas: checking out troubling relationships and interactions
• Who should and shouldn’t go after venture capital
• Suggestions for who should invest in this asset class
• The stage when you should invest micro checks and how much you should invest
• What needs to happen to get more underrepresented people funded and writing checks

Resources:

Gale Wilkinson LinkedIn

Gale Wilkinson Twitter/X

Ruffin Mitchener LinkedIn

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