Investing Profile

Susan Kimberlin(71)

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Founding Limited Partner, Venture Partner at Backstage Capital

goodanduseful.substack.comSan Francisco, California

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Current Investing Position

Backstage Capital Venture Partner

Investment Range

$1K - $250K

Sweet Spot

$25K

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$36M

Susan Kimberlin's Investments On Record (8)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Question Base	Pre SeedSep 2023$600K	$600K
Co-investors: Suzanne Fletcher (Zelda Ventures), Andres Barreto (Firstrock Capital)
Yobs	SeedMar 2021$2M	$2M
Co-investors: Kelvin Beachum Jr., Fabio Mondini de Focatiis
Fiifi	Pre SeedJan 2020
Co-investors: Eric Ries (O'Reilly Media), Meredith Finn (March Capital)
Fireflies.ai	SeedOct 2019$5M	$19M
Co-investors: Sandhya Venkatachalam (Social Capital), Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka (Canaan Partners), Ari Qayumi (Mindful Venture Capital), April Underwood (Adverb Ventures), Armando Mann
Pavilion	SeedMay 2019$2M	$49M
Co-investors: Marco Zappacosta (Unknown Ventures), Peter Fallon (Elephant Partners)
Visage	SeedNov 2017$2M	$13M
Co-investors: Henri Deshays (NewFund), Andrew Felbinger (Vitalize Venture Capital), Robin Pimentel (K5 Ventures)
mSURVEY	SeedAug 2016	$4M
Co-investors: Marlon Nichols (MaC Venture Capital), Nadav Ben-Chanoch (Pareto Holdings), Jon Oringer (Shutterstock), Edward Lando (Biowear), Steven Tamm
People Data Labs	SeedAug 2016$2M	$55M
Co-investors: Leo Polovets (Susa Ventures), Guillaume Cabane (Sequoia Capital), David Namdar (Coral (Coral Defi)), Auren Hoffman (SafeGraph), Mike Marg (Craft Ventures), Jeff Fluhr (Craft Ventures), Sandy Kory (HorizonVC), Joel Englander (Scal.io)

Susan Kimberlin's Media (3)

Operator Collective was early to bring on operators as LPs. Now it's doubling down

techcrunch.com

Tech companies normally rally behind social and political causes. Now one CEO is pushing back.

www.protocol.com

Backstage Capital - jOURney documentary

vimeo.com

most interested in

Founders, business & funding models, and support for entrepreneurs that promote inclusion and more opportunity for overlooked and underestimated people. AI and related tech categories, especially NLP & ML. Sustainability. Distributed & collaborative problem solving.

not interested in

Ridesharing, Co-working Spaces, Scooters, Food Delivery...

Susan Kimberlin's Experience

Knowledge Engineer AEA Technology Plc.Present

Computational Linguist Spanlink Communications (formerly Discern Communications)Present

Computational Linguist AEA Technology Plc.Present

Search Analyst PayPal, an eBay companyPresent

Search Analyst PayPalPresent

Singer, Finance & Business Operations AEA Technology Plc.Present

Singer, Finance & Business Operations The Loose InterpretationsPresent

Product Management Leader Salesforce.comPresent

Product Management Leader SalesforcePresent

Product Manager, Search SalesforcePresent

Senior Product Manager, Search SalesforcePresent

Board of Directors, Advisor About FacePresent

Board of Directors, Advisor AEA Technology Plc.Present

President, Board of Directors AEA Technology Plc.Present

Director of Product Managment, Search SalesforcePresent

Director of Product Management, Search SalesforcePresent

Investor & Advisor AEA Technology Plc.Present

Owner, Business Manager AEA Technology Plc.Present

Owner, Business Manager Tammberlin Vineyards (aka Silver Pines Vineyard)Present

Advisor, LP, GP Forum VenturesPresent

Executive Producer AEA Technology Plc.Present

Executive Producer Good & Useful (Self)Present

LP Operator Collective 🔆Present

Founding Limited Partner, Venture Partner Backstage CapitalPresent

Susan Kimberlin's Education

University of California, San Diego BA Linguistics, minors in Contemporary German Studies & German Literature

UC San Diego BA Linguistics, minors in Contemporary German Studies & German Literature

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