Companies funded by Initialized Capital

Garry Tan's firm focused on early-stage technical founders.

Ranked by current headcount across companies in Initialized Capital's disclosed portfolio. Refreshed daily.

1
Coinbase· First, West Virginia, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 7.5k employees
- Founded 2012
2
Rippling· San Francisco, California, United States
- Series G
- 7.2k employees
- Founded 2016
3
Reddit, Inc.· San Francisco, California, United States
- Series F
- 4.7k employees
- Founded 2005
4
Clipboard· San Francisco, California, United States
- Series C
- 3.4k employees
- Founded 2016
5
Slack· San Francisco, California, United States
- Secondary
- 3k employees
- Founded 2009
6
Flexport· San Francisco, California, United States
- Convertible note
- 2.8k employees
- Founded 2013
7
Cruise· San Francisco, California, United States
- Corporate
- 1.6k employees
- Founded 2013
8
Flock· Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- series i
- 1.5k employees
- Founded 2017
9
Ro· New York, New York, United States
- Series unknown
- 1.4k employees
- Founded 2017
10
Arrive· Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
- Series unknown
- 1.4k employees
- Founded 2006
11
The Mom Project· Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Series C
- 1.2k employees
- Founded 2015
12
Patreon· San Francisco, California, United States
- Secondary
- 1.2k employees
- Founded 2013
13
Weave· Lehi, Utah, United States
- Secondary
- 1.1k employees
- Founded 2008
14
Papa· Miami, Florida, United States
- Series D
- 1k employees
- Founded 2017
15
GOAT Group· Los Angeles, California, United States
- Series unknown
- 985 employees
- Founded 2011
16
Algolia· Palo Alto, California, United States
- Series D
- 852 employees
- Founded 2012
17
Genius· New York, New York, United States
- Series unknown
- 764 employees
- Founded 2009
18
Blend· San Francisco, California, United States
- Private equity
- 758 employees
- Founded 2012
19
7 Cups· Palo Alto, California, United States
- Seed
- 740 employees
- Founded 2013
20
Mode· San Francisco, California, United States
- Series D
- 664 employees
- Founded 2013
21
Color· Burlingame, California, United States
- Series unknown
- 632 employees
- Founded 2014
22
Front· San Francisco, California, United States
- Series D
- 531 employees
- Founded 2013
23
Ava Labs· New York, New York, United States
- Corporate
- 524 employees
- Founded 2018
24
Skip· San Francisco, California, United States
- Series A
- 519 employees
- Founded 2018
25
eero· San Francisco, California, United States
- Series D
- 500 employees
- Founded 2014

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Initialized Capital’s portfolio is a curated bet on the next wave of category-defining companies. The list above ranks Initialized Capital-backed companies by current headcount, drawn from public LinkedIn and Crunchbase records. With 239 matching companies in our index, the depth of senior engineers, founders, and operators is significant.

Initialized Capital’s companies tend to share a profile — strong technical founders, fresh capital, and access to the Initialized Capital network. Hiring from these companies often means hiring from one of the most curated talent pools in tech.

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