Brett Gibson
InvestorFounderManaging Partner at Initialized Capital
San Francisco, California
Writes $1M β $5M checks Β· typically $3M
About
Self-taught coder and Posterous founder who went from philosophy student and pizza maker to VC, he built his firm's blind-voting decision software and focuses on technical crypto infrastructure investments.
Invests in
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Deep TechHardwareHealthtechSaaS
Founder at PosterousYC S08
Intro paths
Brett went through Y Combinator (Summer 2008) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Brett can intro founders to Posterous's investors below.
Posterous's investors Β· 7
Co-founders at Posterous
Founder at SlinksetYC S08
Intro paths
Brett went through Y Combinator (Summer 2008) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Brett can intro founders to Slinkset's investors below.
Slinkset's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Slinkset
Experience
- Initialized CapitalManaging Partnercurrent2022 β present
- Initialized CapitalGeneral Partner2020 β 2022
- Initialized CapitalPartner2017 β 2020San Francisco, CA
- PosthavenCofoundercurrent2013 β presentSan Francisco, CA
- Y CombinatorSoftware2014 β 2015
- PosterousCofounder2009 β 2010
- SlinksetCofounder2008 β 2009
- Sonific, LLCDeveloper2006 β 2008
- Occasional Good Idea Co.Cofounder2005 β 2006
- Grand Central CommunicationsSoftware Engineer2004 β 2005
Education
- UC Santa BarbaraBA, Philosophy
Same school
Also attended UC Santa Barbara170
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Shared employers
Also worked at Initialized Capital19
+ 13 more
Also worked at Posthaven1
Also worked at Y Combinator66
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Colleagues at Initialized Capital
Network12
Investors connected to Brett in public investor directories β a warm-intro map.