From Food Stamps to a $20 Million Fund with Nichole Wischoff

Nichole Wischoff is the founder of Wischoff Ventures, a Pre-Seed and Seed firm that invests up to $1 million in non sexy industries. Nichole closed her first fund in 2021, and previously was an early employee at Blend (NYSE:BLND), One (acquired by Walmart in 2022), and Built.

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Topics discussed include:

• Growing up on food stamps in Arkansas

• How studying abroad in Belgium changed Nichole’s life

• How falling in love with running got her into college and her first job

• Why Taylor Swift could be the first female President

• Opening a bakery to pay rent while teaching English in Spain

• Getting her first job at Citi’s non-profit housing financing team

• Leveraging that experience to get a job in fintech

• Making her first angel investment in Vesta

• How Nichole got One Financial its first 25k users

• Helping sell One Financial to Walmart

• How Lee Fixel and Chad Byers helped raise her first $5m fund

• Lessons learned going from a $5m to $20m fund in 2022

• Nichole’s advice for anyone raising their first fund

• Behind the scenes of her viral “Third Tier VC” moment

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Referenced:
•Taylor Swift (Acquired’s Version): https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/taylor-swift-acquireds-version

• Nichole’s $20m Fund Announcement https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/16/solo-gp-nichole-wischoff-raises-20m-fund-backed-by-peter-thiel-to-invest-in-unsexy-businesses/

• J Cal’s “3rd or 4th Investor in Uber” Montage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK4Mku_s4H4

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Where to find Nichole:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/NWischoff

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholewischoff

• Wischoff Ventures: https://www.wischoff.com/

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