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Initialized Capital Management

Initialized Capital Management

San Francisco, Californiainitialized.com

Overview

Initialized Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in early-stage startups, in areas ranging from software engineering to product design and marketing. The firm's operating focus is on both growth product and growth strategies. They primarily invest in software startups at the seed stage or earlier.

Year Founded

2011

Portfolio Companies

255

Investments

Initialized Capital Management investments
CompanyDateStageLead
Coinbase GlobalSep 2012Seed-
cruiseJan 2014Seed-
RipplingOct 2021Series CCo-investor
RedditDec 2012Series ALead
TalkdeskJun 2015Series A-
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Key People

Garry Tan

Founder & Board Partner

Brett Gibson

Managing Partner

Jennifer W.

Managing Partner

Alda Leu Dennis

General Partner

Adham Waleed

Venture Partner

Abdul Ly

Partner

Kim-Mai Cutler

Partner

Zoe Perret

Partner

Serena H.

Investor Strategic Advisor

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Sector & Stage Mix

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Investment Activity

Yearly cadence, pace, and funding raised over time.

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FAQ

Where is Initialized Capital Management based?

Initialized Capital Management is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

When was Initialized Capital Management founded?

Initialized Capital Management was founded in 2011.

How many portfolio companies does Initialized Capital Management have?

Initialized Capital Management has 255 portfolio companies in Caplight's dataset.

What are some companies in Initialized Capital Management's portfolio?

Portfolio companies visible on Caplight include Coinbase Global, cruise, Rippling, Reddit, Talkdesk.

What was Initialized Capital Management's most recent investment shown here?

Initialized Capital Management's most recent investment in this portfolio sample was in Rippling in 2021.

What sectors does Initialized Capital Management focus on?

Initialized Capital Management focuses on Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Consumer & Commerce, FinTech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Real Estate & PropTech, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Crypto & Web3, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Crypto & Web3, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Energy & Sustainability, Real Estate & PropTech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Telecommunications & Networking, FinTech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Crypto & Web3, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Consumer & Commerce, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, Real Estate & PropTech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Crypto & Web3, Frontier & Industrial Tech, FinTech, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Healthcare & Life Sciences, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Crypto & Web3, FinTech, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Energy & Sustainability, FinTech, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Real Estate & PropTech, Consumer & Commerce, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, FinTech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Energy & Sustainability, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Crypto & Web3, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, Crypto & Web3, Crypto & Web3, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Frontier & Industrial Tech, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Real Estate & PropTech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, FinTech, Crypto & Web3, Crypto & Web3, Energy & Sustainability, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, FinTech, Crypto & Web3, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Energy & Sustainability, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Energy & Sustainability, Crypto & Web3, FinTech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Cybersecurity, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, FinTech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Energy & Sustainability, Real Estate & PropTech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, FinTech, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Crypto & Web3, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, FinTech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Crypto & Web3, Energy & Sustainability, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Real Estate & PropTech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Energy & Sustainability, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, Real Estate & PropTech, Energy & Sustainability, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Real Estate & PropTech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Real Estate & PropTech, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Real Estate & PropTech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Crypto & Web3, FinTech, Real Estate & PropTech, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, FinTech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Real Estate & PropTech, Cybersecurity, Energy & Sustainability, FinTech, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Crypto & Web3, Energy & Sustainability, Crypto & Web3, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Real Estate & PropTech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, FinTech, Energy & Sustainability, FinTech, FinTech, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, FinTech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, FinTech, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, FinTech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, FinTech, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Energy & Sustainability, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Energy & Sustainability, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure.

What company stages does Initialized Capital Management focus on?

Initialized Capital Management typically invests at the Early stage.

What is Initialized Capital Management's AUM?

Initialized Capital Management's assets under management are estimated between $1.0B and $10.0B.

Firmographic Details

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Year Founded2011

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