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Initialized Capital portfolio in San Francisco

Garry Tan's firm focused on early-stage technical founders. Filtered to companies headquartered in San Francisco.

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Ranked by current headcount across Initialized Capital-backed companies in San Francisco. Refreshed daily.

  1. 1
    Rippling· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series G
    • 7.2k employees
    • Founded 2016
  2. 2
    Reddit, Inc.· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series F
    • 4.7k employees
    • Founded 2005
  3. 3
    Clipboard· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series C
    • 3.4k employees
    • Founded 2016
  4. 4
    Slack· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Secondary
    • 3k employees
    • Founded 2009
  5. 5
    Flexport· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Convertible note
    • 2.8k employees
    • Founded 2013
  6. 6
    Cruise· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Corporate
    • 1.6k employees
    • Founded 2013
  7. 7
    Patreon· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Secondary
    • 1.2k employees
    • Founded 2013
  8. 8
    Blend· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Private equity
    • 758 employees
    • Founded 2012
  9. 9
    Mode· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series D
    • 664 employees
    • Founded 2013
  10. 10
    Front· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series D
    • 531 employees
    • Founded 2013
  11. 11
    Skip· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series A
    • 519 employees
    • Founded 2018
  12. 12
    eero· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series D
    • 500 employees
    • Founded 2014
  13. 13
    Envoy· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series C
    • 449 employees
    • Founded 2013
  14. 14
    Lob· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series C
    • 402 employees
    • Founded 2013
  15. 15
    TRM Labs· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series C
    • 387 employees
    • Founded 2018
  16. 16
    Torch· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series C
    • 364 employees
    • Founded 2017
  17. 17
    Clever Inc.· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series B
    • 340 employees
    • Founded 2012
  18. 18
    Tilt· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series B
    • 305 employees
    • Founded 2012
  19. 19
    Sift· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Secondary
    • 291 employees
    • Founded 2011
  20. 20
    Ottimate· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series B
    • 263 employees
    • Founded 2014
  21. 21
    Laurel· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series C
    • 255 employees
    • Founded 2018
  22. 22
    Rescale· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series D
    • 235 employees
    • Founded 2011
  23. 23
    TriNet Zenefits· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series unknown
    • 231 employees
    • Founded 2013
  24. 24
    Pano AI· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series B
    • 206 employees
    • Founded 2019
  25. 25
    Apollo GraphQL· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series unknown
    • 186 employees
    • Founded 2016

Initialized Capital portfolio companies in San Francisco

Initialized Capital’s San Francisco portfolio is one of the most active recruiting pools in the market. The list above ranks Initialized Capital-backed companies headquartered in San Francisco by current headcount, drawn from public LinkedIn and Crunchbase records. With 95 matching companies in our index, you can see exactly where the Initialized Capital thesis has landed locally.

Initialized Capital companies in San Franciscotend to attract a specific type of operator — a founder or early hire bought into both the firm’s thesis and the city’s ecosystem. That makes the engineers and designers at these companies particularly valuable signals.

Refolk lets you reach this pool. Ask for Initialized Capital companies in San Franciscohiring founding engineers” or “founders of Initialized Capital-backed companies in San Francisco who left in the last year” and Refolk returns a ranked shortlist with evidence behind each match.

How this list is built

Refolk pulled companies whose disclosed Crunchbase investor list includes Initialized Capital and whose HQ is in San Francisco, ranked them by current employee count, and kept those with at least 5 employees. The list refreshes once a day.

Last refreshed: Thu, 07 May 2026 07:25:20 GMT

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