E041: Gale Wilkinson: Vitalize VC
October 14, 2021
Gale Wilkinson is the founder and Managing Partner at Vitalize, a seed fund and angel community investing in future of work + learning software. Previously, Wilkinson founded IrishAngels, one of the largest angel groups in the country. Gale has led $65M+ in early stage deals across 80+ portfolio companies. Her experience prior to VC includes founding two failed startups, consulting for new product launches with Nielsen, and strategy with Orbitz.
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Gale Wilkinson is the founder and Managing Partner at Vitalize, a seed fund and angel community investing in future of work + learning software. Previously, Wilkinson founded IrishAngels, one of the largest angel groups in the country. Gale has led $65M+ in early stage deals across 80+ portfolio companies. Her experience prior to VC includes founding two failed startups, consulting for new product launches with Nielsen, and strategy with Orbitz.
Wilkinson received a BBA with honors from Notre Dame and an MBA with honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She was a founding Board member of the C200 Scholars Network, and she is currently a founding Board member of Chicago Blend, an organization focused on increasing diversity in VC and startups.
You can find her on twitter @galeforceVC or on Vitalize's "Talking Venture" YouTube series. She lives in Chicago with her husband Matt and very lovable yellow lab Samson.
Fund Information:
Early stage fund & angel community investing in the future of work & learning. The team recently launched Vitalize Angels, an innovative angel platform that allows both accredited and non-accredited to invest as low as $1,000 into highly vetted startups.
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Twitter @galeforceVC
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