Why Initialized funded Shelf Engine Stefan Kalb ran a multi-million dollar business in selling sandwiches and salads to Seattle-area cafes and supermarkets.…
Welcome Eric, Vince and Jen to the Initialized Capital Team
The Initialized team has grown, and we’re very lucky to call these talented people our partners.
How Lever Got To 50–50 Women and Men
For two years, Sarah Nahm was the only woman at Lever, the company she co-founded and now runs as CEO.
The Outlook For Bay Area Startup Office Space in 2017
One of my favorite things to do is to riff on Bay Area real estate and tech — of all kinds, residential,…
The Public Policy Implications of Artificial Intelligence
Jack Clark and I are both lapsed technology journalists, and he writes one of my favorite new newsletters of this year, Import…
How A Rust Belt Native and Silicon Valley Technologist Is Re-Thinking American Manufacturing
Nick Pinkston grew up in rural Pennsylvania in a family that has spent more than three generations in the manufacturing industry.
Why Initialized Invested In WorkRamp & The Future of Employee Training
Work is changing a lot these days, and great software remains at the heart of that.
Fascism and The Historical Irony of Facebook’s “Fake News” Problem
Fred Turner is a Stanford-based historian of 20th century media, who chronicled the emergence of what became the Internet from the ideals…
Flexport CEO: The corporation is a relic of a bygone military era
One of the things we’ll be doing at on Initialized Capital’s blog is checking in with portfolio founders and sharing tactical advice…