Kate Brodock

Founder & General Partner at 9Fresh (We bought a college campus and turning it into an innovation district!) // General Partner at The W Fund // CEO of SWITCH // Think Big. Break Things. Build Bolder. Repeat.

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 10 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested May 2026
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May 2026
Your network is scattered across LinkedIn, email, calendar, and memory. Most professionals accept that. Goodword fixes it. Consolidate every contact youve ever made into one place. Save the context youd otherwise forget. Search and use your network the moment you need it. In the age of AI, your network is the one advantage no algorithm can replicate. Goodword is how founders and operators actually use it. 7-day free trial. No credit card.
Lead Investor
May 2026
The Fourth Effect is the platform for the advisory economy. Half of all professionals will work across multiple companies by 2030 — as advisors, board members, and fractional executives. Its already happening, and theres no system for any of it. We built it. For startups, its how you find the right people, structure the relationship properly, and manage your advisory bench over time. For professionals, its how you build a portfolio career with real structure, real equity, and a reputation that compounds. Powered by a global community of 20,000+ founders, executives, advisors, board directors, and investors across 60+ countries. New platform launches late June 2026. Join the early access list at thefourtheffect.com
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Jan 2026
Old Hillside Bourbon company was created out of the love for bourbon, friendship, and camaraderie. The idea of quality time, great conversation, and enjoying good spirits brought this team together. Our vision is fueled by optimism, integrity, and a sense of responsibility to build a successful household Bourbon brand that people can cherish and love.
Board Member
Mar 2022
🎥 The programmatic influencer marketing platform 🎥 Buy, manage, and track conversion on your creator-read video ads, all in your ad studio.
Board Member
Feb 2022
Haloos AI-powered platform delivers instant professional trademark searches, fail-safe trademark applications, and automated brand enforcement to SMBs, enterprise brands, and naming agencies. Trusted by the worlds leading brands, Haloo delivers the most complete and accurate search report possible, so you can go to market with confidence. Built by attorneys, Haloo is trademark confidence— at a fraction of the cost.
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Jan 2021
Rookie Road is a one of a kind digital sports destination that provides the rules, lingo, and gameplay for all sports around the world.
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Jan 2021
Round21 is a sports lifestyle brand founded in 2021 by a former pro athlete, that puts the ART in SPORT to honor the unique identities of sports fans everywhere. What began as a passion project has evolved into a multi-sport platform that creates products and experiences for fans beyond the game.
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Jan 2020
EnrichHER is a financial technology platform that matches revenue-generating companies led by women and founders of color to individual and institutional sources of funding. A Certified B Corporation™ and portfolio company of Techstars, Fearless Fund, and Georgia Tech's ATDC Accelerate program, EnrichHER has been in-market since 2019, deploying $14M in capital to traditional businesses from 47 states. Our network has engaged with over 98,000 companies through our digital community and in-person activations. Named one of Atlanta Business Chronicle's 2021 "Atlanta Startups to Watch" and winner of the FinTech South Challenge, EnrichHER is proud to fuel the fastest-growing demographics of business owners -- Black women and diverse-led companies -- by providing capital, coaching, and connections. Because EnrichHER offers a turn-key Fintech platform with access to over 98,000 New Majority business owners, we partner with foundations, corporate giving departments, and impact investment groups to deploy $10 Million impact funds to our ecosystem. Check us out here: https://www.EnrichHER.com
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Jan 2020
Goal Five is the sports brand for her. By reimagining the game and designing striking apparel that fits her needs, Goal Five has dedicated itself to empowering girls and women in sport. By giving 5% of profit to organizations helping more girls around the world gain access to sport, Goal Five is leading a movement to achieve gender equality in the beautiful game.
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Jun 2016
untapt, headquartered in New York, NY, is a Data Science and Technology Company who focus exclusively in the field of Talent. The untapt AI framework allows us to develop custom solutions quickly to your exact specification. Using data science we help our clients make sense of talent data, and using technology we help them transform the candidate experience. As your tech partner, our approach frees your team to focus on the human side of recruitment. Weve developed a suite of algorithms that apply across the spectrum of human capital management, from internal mobility to the identification of top candidates for a given opening. We’ve analysed millions of resumes, interviews and hiring decisions at various organisations to understand the personal and professional factors that predict success
Experience · 16 entries
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2026
Investor
May 2026
Your network is scattered across LinkedIn, email, calendar, and memory. Most professionals accept that. Goodword fixes it. Consolidate every contact youve ever made into one place. Save the context youd otherwise forget. Search and use your network the moment you need it. In the age of AI, your network is the one advantage no algorithm can replicate. Goodword is how founders and operators actually use it. 7-day free trial. No credit card.
Lead Investor
May 2026
The Fourth Effect is the platform for the advisory economy. Half of all professionals will work across multiple companies by 2030 — as advisors, board members, and fractional executives. Its already happening, and theres no system for any of it. We built it. For startups, its how you find the right people, structure the relationship properly, and manage your advisory bench over time. For professionals, its how you build a portfolio career with real structure, real equity, and a reputation that compounds. Powered by a global community of 20,000+ founders, executives, advisors, board directors, and investors across 60+ countries. New platform launches late June 2026. Join the early access list at thefourtheffect.com
Investor
Jan 2026
Old Hillside Bourbon company was created out of the love for bourbon, friendship, and camaraderie. The idea of quality time, great conversation, and enjoying good spirits brought this team together. Our vision is fueled by optimism, integrity, and a sense of responsibility to build a successful household Bourbon brand that people can cherish and love.
2023
Founder & General Partner
Dec 2023
9Fresh is reshaping what former college campuses can become: hubs for big ideas, community life, and future-ready, aspirational living. Cazenovia College in Upstate NY is where this new legacy begins.
Entrepreneur in Residence
Jan 2023
Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)
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