Fundraising Fox

Heather Waibel

Investor

Investor at Ganas Ventures

New York, New York

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

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

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

Education

  1. Middlebury Institute of International Studies at MontereyMBA, International Business2005 — 2007
  2. University of ArizonaBA, German2000 — 2004

Skills & more

Retail2Project Management20Marketing Strategy12Market Research12Social Media7Strategic Planning3Management23Online Marketing15Strategic Partnerships8E-commerce8Product Marketing5Marketing Communications3
+12 moreManagement 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
Edmi Vazquez Ramos
Scout at Ganas Ventures
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

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.

Same school

Also attended Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey12

Gray RobinsonPartner at Congruent VenturesBrooke Milton VogelVenture Partner at IronGate Capital AdvisorsLindsay HooverInvestor at JLSPartick RyanInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsTom BunnPrincipal at iSelect FundAaron BrownSecurity Advisor at Modern Technical

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Also attended University of Arizona91

Tom KalinskeInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersEmily FritzePartner at The Westly GroupLaura SageDirector, Marketing & Investor Relations at Windham Capital PartnersDylan TaylorSSV II Investment Committee at Seraphim SpaceRay CostantiniVenture Partner at Suncoast VenturesDr. Julie PullenChief Scientist and Partner at Cerulean Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Garten3

Andre de HaesCo-Founder, Managing Partner at BackedBryan GrobsteinVP, Sales at AnyRoadMichael HeinrichFounder/CEO at Garten

Also worked at PayPal136

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; PCAST co-chair; former White House AI & crypto czarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesJoe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VC

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