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A team entirely unique to venture...
...with varied passions, perspectives, and professional backgrounds — founders, builders, engineers, designers, journalists, and more.
Committed to our Founders for the Long Haul
Our team is built to guide you from 0 to 1, but we're your advisors for life. We provide seed stage founders — from enterprise SaaS to sustainability, health to hard tech, artificial intelligence to infrastructure, consumer to crypto — with the tools to build companies and navigate the venture landscape.
We are grateful for the opportunity to do so.
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This month, we’re sitting down with eqtble CEO Joseph Ifiegbu. eqtble is an HR Analytics platform that assists companies in deciding whom to hire, promote, and retain. Here is a slightly edited version of the conversation: Q: Tell us a little about your background and why you decided to become a founder. A: I’ve known I wanted to be a founder […]
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Climatetech in 2024: Back to Building
When Initialized began methodically investing in climate as a category a few years ago, we were riding an exuberant wave with Congress’ negotiating what eventually became the landmark climate-focused $370 billion Inflation Reduction Act. While we aren’t sure how supportive the next government will be in fighting climate change, the problem remains one of the […]
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Episode Recap: Navigating the Frontier of Safer Financial Systems with TRM’s Rahul Raina
TRM Labs Co-founder and CTO, Rahul Raina, joined Brett Gibson to share insights into their mission of creating a safer financial system and discusses the launch of their “signatures” feature. As a company, TRM Labs aims to tackle financial crimes, and the challenges of processing massive amounts of data in the ever-evolving world of crypto. […]
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