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We champion some of today’s most inspired and obsessive builders and thinkers.

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A team entirely unique in the VC landscape...

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...with varied passions, perspectives, and professional backgrounds — founders, builders, engineers, designers, journalists, and more.

Meet Initialized

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 early stage founders — from enterprise SaaS to sustainability, health to hard tech, artificial intelligence to infrastructure, consumer to crypto — with the tools to build their companies and navigate the venture landscape.

We are grateful for the opportunity to do so.

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Why I’m Joining Initialized Capital as a Partner
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I am delighted to be joining Initialized Capital as a partner.  My passion for investing was ignited by the profound influence of our first investor, Scott Friend, during the formative years of Rent the Runway. Scott’s involvement went beyond mere investment; he was with us in the trenches, always available for guidance, sharing in each […]

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We Welcome Jenny Fleiss As Our Newest Partner
We Welcome Jenny Fleiss As Our Newest Partner

I am extremely excited to welcome Jenny Fleiss to the Initialized Capital team as a partner. We set out to find a partner highly aligned with our team-centric, founder-focused investing approach who also had demonstrably been through the gauntlet of starting and scaling a company. It’s hard to imagine a better fit than Jenny. From […]

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Talent Den: Initialized Capital’s Platform for Startup-Ready Talent
Talent Den: Initialized Capital’s Platform for Startup-Ready Talent

There are currently over 1,300 open jobs across the Initialized portfolio. However, job seekers are often not aware of these opportunities. Introducing the Initialized Talent Den — your portal for startup ready talent. The Talent Den is a new platform to help our portfolio companies source and connect to job seekers, advisors, and contractors looking to work in early stage companies. Prior […]

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