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Migraines cost U.S. employers $13B a Year. Here’s How Mable Health is Helping to Personalize Migraine Treatments

July 27, 2022 Parul Singh Healthtech
How Mable fits into our healthtech thesis on data driving new advances in precision medicine and better patient experiences and outcomes. 
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It’s Time to Take Oral Health Seriously. How Bristle Helps Fill The Preventative Care Gap in the $145B Dental Market 

Bristle’s drill-free vision for the future of preventative care in dental health is tapping into a $145B U.S.

July 25, 2022 Parul Singh Healthtech

5 sales strategies to weather the market downturn

This is part of a new series featuring our in-house experts offering early-stage founders advice for our new community hub, the Honeybadger Den.

July 21, 2022 Jennifer Wolf Uncategorized
Go To MarketSales

Vibe Bio and Patient Driven Drug Development

My parents shared the grim news.

June 22, 2022 Parul Singh Healthtech
CryptocurrencyHealthcareNews From Us

Leading with empathy during a market downturn

How founders should think about conserving capital, layoffs, and leading with compassion amid the chaos of a market downturn.

June 6, 2022 Jennifer Wolf Uncategorized

The commercialization of deep space is about to be feasible

We’re excited to be part of this journey with AstroForge by leading a $13M round to make asteroid mining a reality.

May 26, 2022 Andrew Sather Space

The Metrics to Raise a Series B (Downturn Edition)

Given current market conditions, the baseline metrics required to raise a Series B have shifted.

May 24, 2022 Alda Dennis Uncategorized

Power to the Patient: Our Bets on the New Revolution in Healthcare

Our three predictions for the future of healthcare driven by patient experience (PX) and outcomes.

May 5, 2022 Parul Singh Healthtech

Meet Ari Bloom: Bagel Chain Creator Turned Consumer Brand Whisperer

Meet Ari Bloom, the bagel franchise-creator turned DTC whisperer building personal care brands for underrepresented communities.

March 17, 2022 Candy Cheng Uncategorized
ConsumerCulturediversityFounder ProfileFundraising

How to hire engineers in a distorted job market

What startups should do to attract the best engineering talent in this distorted job market. 

March 10, 2022 Scott Moss Return to Work
CultureHiringNews From Us

What post-pandemic office life looks like: flexible, social, and scheduled

Survey: 60% of employees want to work on-site midweek and sit next to their work friends 

March 3, 2022 Candy Cheng Return to Work
CultureEnvoyFuture of Work

Announcing Abdul Ly as our fourth principal

Abdul Ly is the fourth principal to join Initialized and the third member of our investment team to join through our open search recruitment process in just ten months.

February 3, 2022 Jennifer Wolf Uncategorized
Culturefinancial servicesHiringNews From UsSoftware

The Road from Burning Man to Investor and Talent Coach

Lessons from a former Burning Man musician turned investor on how to bring your full authentic self to work

January 28, 2022 Candy Cheng Uncategorized
Black Rock Cityburning manCultureHRInitialized CapitalJen WolfKat SteinmetzKepi and KatNews From UsTalentVivan Chaves

Our commitment to storytelling for the next generation of founders

We’re growing our marketing team to support our portfolio with expertise in content, community building, and communications.  Initialized is about to turn…

January 20, 2022 Jennifer Wolf Uncategorized

My journey from journalism to Initialized

I’ve spent my career telling stories and breaking news about the tech and venture world, but today I have news of my…

January 20, 2022 Candy Cheng Uncategorized

Announcing Initialized Fund VI

We’ve raised $700M across two funds to invest in early stage founders I’m excited to share that Initialized has raised $700M across…

December 14, 2021 Garry Tan Uncategorized

Adyton: Mobile software to address the military’s daily challenges

Adyton’s solutions are transforming the way the U.S.

November 30, 2021 Garry Tan Uncategorized
Software

The Web3 Creator Economy Is Here. Manifold Paves The Way Forward With The Decentralization Of NFTs.

Manifold gives creators digital sovereignty like never before.

November 16, 2021 Garry Tan Uncategorized
Vlog

CapWay Is Filling The Gaps Left By Traditional Banking With Its Own Neobank For Everyone

Founder Sheena Allen is building more than just another digital bank.

October 14, 2021 Jennifer Wolf Uncategorized
Fintech

Metawork Is Taking The Guesswork Out Of Programming

Often the hardest part of programming, even when you are just programming along on your own computer, is understanding what your program…

October 12, 2021 Brett Gibson Uncategorized

Welcoming Our First Principals – Kat Steinmetz, Scott Moss, and Andrew Sather

With collective expertise in the areas of talent & culture, brand & design, engineering, crypto, and entrepreneurship, we’re growing our team to…

October 7, 2021 Jennifer Wolf Uncategorized
HiringNews From Us

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on Cryptocurrency and the Future of Decentralization

In May, I sat down with the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong.

October 6, 2021 Garry Tan Uncategorized
Cryptocurrency

How To Negotiate A Term Sheet Against A VC

Startup founders have to be great at many things —  building, recruiting, managing people, raising capital — negotiating isn’t always at the…

September 15, 2021 Alda Dennis Uncategorized

Investing In KINLÒ, A Skincare Line For Melanated Skin By Naomi Osaka

While the increased efforts for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the last year are a good thing, they are frankly also long…

September 10, 2021 Alda Dennis Uncategorized
Consumer

6 Ways to Use Co-founder Conflict To Your Startup’s Advantage

You know how to build a product — but it’s different from building a company.

September 8, 2021 Jennifer Wolf Uncategorized

Formic: Building robots that solve problems and creating outcomes as a service for US manufacturers

Formic is where fintech meets robotics.

September 7, 2021 Garry Tan Uncategorized
FintechRobotics

What is a Virtual Data Room and Why You Should Have One During Fundraising

Written by Alejandra Calvo and Daniel Tovbin, Associates at Initialized Capital You’re raising a new round and starting conversations with investors.

August 26, 2021 The Honeybadger Uncategorized
Fundraising

Meet Clockwork, The Company Making Robots that Can Paint Your Nails in 10 Minutes for less than $10

Using new computer vision technology, this startup is bringing the world its first quick serve beauty service Straight from the future, meet…

August 13, 2021 Jennifer Wolf Uncategorized
Consumer

Helm: Protecting privacy and preventing corporations from having access to everything you do, say, and think

Online privacy and security is becoming an important part of our decentralized future, and with Helm’s $200 computer software, everyone can have…

August 10, 2021 Garry Tan Uncategorized
Software

The Future of Care: How Papa Cures Loneliness Through Connection And On-Demand Assistance

Papa is making a positive impact on the world and achieving product-market fit at the same time.

August 4, 2021 Garry Tan Uncategorized
Healthcare

We Welcome Parul Singh as our newest Partner and Livingston Miller as our first General Counsel

We’re growing our team to support our founders with more expertise in healthtech, SaaS and analytics, and to foster more relationships across…

July 15, 2021 Jennifer Wolf Uncategorized
HiringNews From Us

The Metrics You Need To Raise a Series A

With thanks to Alejandra Calvo and Daniel Tovbin While there is a wealth of information around both publicly-traded companies and what you…

June 29, 2021 Alda Dennis Uncategorized
FundraisingMarketplacesSaaS

How Real Movements Start, Then Change the World

Billion-dollar startups are ideas that are turned into movements with passion and hard work.

June 23, 2021 Garry Tan Uncategorized

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