Haley Brannan is a partner at Operator Collective, investing in early-stage B2B software founders. She previously held roles at data.world, Unusual Ventures, and EY, and founded Forget-Me-Not.

What Haley can write

Writes checks of$500K to $3M
Comes in atSeed, Series ACan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

Operator Collective writes $500K to $3M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. EY · Certified Public Accountant
  2. Forget-Me-Not · founder
  3. Unusual Ventures · founding investment team member
  4. data.world · VP of Business Operations
  5. Operator Collective · Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Forget-Me-Not

Investments named in public bios

CoScreenVerta.aiVivun

Focus

b2b softwareearly-stage investingearly-stage founders

Education

Harvard Business School, MBAThe University of Texas at Austin, BBA and MPA in Accounting

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Who is Haley Brannan?

Haley Brannan is a partner at Operator Collective, investing in early-stage B2B software founders. She previously held roles at data.world, Unusual Ventures, and EY, and founded Forget-Me-Not.

How much does Haley Brannan invest?

Haley Brannan invests through Operator Collective, which writes checks of $500K to $3M at seed, series a.

How do I pitch Haley Brannan?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Haley in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Operator Collective backed works better.

What did Haley Brannan do before Operator Collective?

Certified Public Accountant at EY; founder at Forget-Me-Not; founding investment team member at Unusual Ventures; VP of Business Operations at data.world.

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