Where does Heather Waibel work?

Heather Waibel is at Ganas Ventures.

What check size does Heather Waibel write?

Heather Waibel typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Where did Heather Waibel go to school?

Heather Waibel studied at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MBA, International Business); University of Arizona (BA, German).

Heather Waibel

Investor

Investor at Ganas Ventures

New York, New York

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

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Meera ClarkunlockedHeather: together at PayPal (2013)

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Heather: together at University of Arizona

Heather: together at Ganas Ventures

About

Heather Waibel is Chief Executive Officer at Amelia and a limited partner at Ganas Ventures. She is a two-time founder and exit entrepreneur, having founded Fumee, a retail cigar bar acquired by acigarsmoker.com in 2011, and Welnys, a venture-backed corporate wellness marketplace acquired by Garten in 2022. Prior to her entrepreneurial ventures, she spent six years in business operations at PayPal.

Experience

AmeliaChief Executive Officercurrent2024 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
Ganas VenturesLimited Partnercurrent2022 — present
GartenHead of Product2022New York City Metropolitan Area
WelnysCEO2016 — 2022Jersey City, NJ
New Jersey City UniversityAdvisor to the Business Development Incubator2017 — 2018Jersey City, NJ
PayPalBusiness Operations, Consumer Credit and Consumer Product2014 — 2016
PayPalLead Global Solutions Producer2013 — 2014Berlin Area, Germany
PayPalLead Producer Europe, Middle-East and Africa2013Berlin Area, Germany
PayPalProject Manager/Scrum Master2011 — 2013Austin, Texas Area
Fumee, Inc.Founder2006 — 2011Austin, Texas Area
TXCMA (Texas Cigar Merchant's Association)Board Member2009 — 2011Austin, TX
WebLOQ Inc.Marketing Consultant2007Monterey, CA

Skills & more

Retail2Project Management20Marketing Strategy12Market Research12Social Media7Strategic Planning3Management23Online Marketing15Strategic Partnerships8E-commerce8Product Marketing5Marketing Communications3

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Management ConsultingStrategyCompetitive AnalysisBusiness StrategyCertified Scrum Master CSMCertified TobacconistQuickBooksMS ProjectAsanaLeadershipTeam LeadershipMarketing

Languages English · French · German

Goethe C-1 German competency certificate — Goethe-Institut e.V.
Certified Scrum Master — Scrum Alliance

From Heather's professional profile.

Colleagues at Ganas Ventures

Amad Elia

Investor at Ganas Ventures

Christine Concepción

Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners

James Okpare

Venture Partner at Ganas Ventures

Julio Resendez

Scout at Ganas Ventures

Lolita Taub

General Partner at Ganas Ventures

Maimoona Mohammed

Scout at Ganas Ventures

Nick Tippmann

Partner at Ganas Ventures

Tiasia O'Brien

Scout at Ganas Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Heather Waibel?: Heather Waibel is Chief Executive Officer at Amelia and a limited partner at Ganas Ventures. She is a two-time founder and exit entrepreneur, having founded Fumee, a retail cigar bar acquired by acigarsmoker.com in 2011, and Welnys, a venture-backed corporate wellness marketplace acquired by Garten in 2022. Prior to her entrepreneurial ventures, she spent six years in business operations at PayPal.
Where does Heather Waibel work?: Heather Waibel is at Ganas Ventures.
What check size does Heather Waibel write?: Heather Waibel typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Where did Heather Waibel go to school?: Heather Waibel studied at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MBA, International Business); University of Arizona (BA, German).

Same school

Also attended Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey29

Gray RobinsonPartner at Congruent Ventures Brooke Milton VogelVenture Partner at IronGate Capital Advisors Lindsay HooverInvestor at JLS Candice RezvanianChief Operating Officer at DPI Capital Partick RyanInvestor at Sand Hill Angels Tom BunnPrincipal at iSelect Fund

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Also attended University of Arizona260

Benjamin BrockwellVenture Partner at Copper Sky Capital Mary PattonScientific Advisory Board at InnoCom Bio Equities Tom KalinskeInvestor at Alsop Louie Partners Emily FritzePartner at The Westly Group Phil WickhamExecutive Managing Director at Sozo Ventures Deena RidleyChief Financial Officer at PEARL ENERGY INVESTMENTS

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Shared employers

Also worked at Garten4

Andre de HaesCo-Founder, Managing Partner at Backed Bryan GrobsteinVP, Sales at AnyRoad Michael HeinrichFounder/CEO at Garten Pamela M. PeekeChief Medical Officer at Osteoboost

Also worked at PayPal240

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders Fund Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board member David SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto Czar Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla Ventures Joe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VC; co-founder of Palantir and Addepar Max LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VC

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