Have you ever walked into a doctor's office and thought to yourself, "This experience could be so much better?"
Power to the Patient: Our Bets on the New Revolution in Healthcare
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.
How to hire engineers in a distorted job market
What startups should do to attract the best engineering talent in this distorted job market.
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
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.
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
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…
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…
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…
Adyton: Mobile software to address the military’s daily challenges
Adyton’s solutions are transforming the way the U.S.
The Web3 Creator Economy Is Here. Manifold Paves The Way Forward With The Decentralization Of NFTs.
Manifold gives creators digital sovereignty like never before.
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.
Formic: Building robots that solve problems and creating outcomes as a service for US manufacturers
Formic is where fintech meets robotics.
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
How Real Movements Start, Then Change the World
Billion-dollar startups are ideas that are turned into movements with passion and hard work.