Joanne Wilson

Angel investor and writer (gothamgal.com) - Gotham Gal Ventures

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Background

Joanne Wilson is a New York angel investor and writer who has published the Gotham Gal blog for many years and describes herself on her own site as an entrepreneur, early-stage angel investor and philanthropist. She began investing in 2007, her first investment being Curbed, and her site states she has built a portfolio of over 140 companies with a focus on female entrepreneurs, naming Food52, Eater and Parachute Home among them. She invests through Gotham Gal Ventures, which Wikipedia describes as a vehicle she co-manages with her husband Fred Wilson, cofounder of Union Square Ventures. Her earlier career ran from a retail apparel role at Macy's to sales at Silicon Alley Reporter, and she chaired the education non-profit MOUSE and Hot Bread Kitchen's board from 2010 to 2015. Alongside investing she chairs The Public Housing Community Fund, sits on the board of Friends of the High Line, is a founding member of the residential developer Frame Home, and founded GOTHAM, a New York cannabis concept store.

Strategic capabilities

Industry Network
Co-founded the Women Entrepreneurs Festival in 2010 with Nancy Hechinger of NYU and served as first co-chair of Path Forward; has built a portfolio of over 140 companies focused on female entrepreneurs.
Operations
Founding member of Frame Home, a Brooklyn-based residential development company, and founder of GOTHAM, a cannabis concept retail store run in partnership with STRIVE at its flagship location.

Attributable investments

12 of 12 carry a researched sector. An investment appears here only where a public source names Joanne Wilson against that company.

Curbed
Consumer
Food52
Consumer
Rick's Picks
Consumer
DailyWorth
Consumer
Scoot
2012 - Mobility
Blue Bottle Coffee
2014 - Consumer
Spoon University
2015 - Consumer
Nestio
2015 - Real Estate Tech
Octavia Wellness
2017 - Consumer Health
Beboe
2017 - Consumer
Eater
Consumer
Parachute Home
Ecommerce

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