Where does Brett Gibson work?

Brett Gibson is Managing Partner at Initialized Capital.

What check size does Brett Gibson write?

Brett Gibson typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.

What companies has Brett Gibson invested in?

Investments tracked here include Bison Trails, Talos Trading, TRM Labs, Albedo, Atomic Loans, Automat AI, Azura, Beyond Aero, Bison Trails, CoinAlpha, Datasaur, Fly.io, and 14 more.

Where did Brett Gibson go to school?

Brett Gibson studied at UC Santa Barbara (BA, Philosophy).

What awards has Brett Gibson received?

Gibson earned a spot on Business Insider's list of rising stars in crypto investing.

Does Brett Gibson lead rounds?

Yes — Brett Gibson has led 3 tracked investments.

Brett Gibson

Investor

Managing Partner at Initialized Capital

San Francisco, California

Writes $1M – $5M checks · typically $3M

Find your path to Brett

295 people in our graph share verified history with Brett — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Garry TanunlockedBrett: together at Initialized Capital (2017–2026)

×6Brett: together at Y Combinator

×5Brett: together at Initialized Capital

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.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

b•••@initialized.comreveal

Invests in

ConsumerCrypto & Web3Deep TechHardwareHealthtechSaaS

Beyond investing

Founded: Gibson cofounded DrawHere, a browser drawing startup, which was acquired by DeviantArt a year later. Gibson cofounded Slinkset, an online tool for creating message board sites, which was accepted into Y Combinator's summer 2008 cohort. Gibson was a cofounder of Posterous, the blogging startup that was later acquired by Twitter.
Education: Studied at University of California Santa Barbara (Philosophy)
Awards: Gibson earned a spot on Business Insider's list of rising stars in crypto investing.
Hobbies: Gibson hosts the 'High Bit' podcast about technical problem-solving. Gibson taught himself to code by reading online articles, first learning ActionScript.
More: Gibson built Initialized Capital's internal software, Folio, used to find startups, track investments, and facilitate blind voting on deals.

Mentioned above: the Y Combinator mafia → · the Y Combinator mafia → · the Initialized Capital mafia →

From published sources — common ground for a warm intro.

Experience

Initialized CapitalManaging Partnercurrent2022 — present
Initialized CapitalGeneral Partner2020 — 2022
Initialized CapitalPartner2017 — 2020San Francisco, CA
PosthavenCofoundercurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco, CA
Y CombinatorSoftware2014 — 2015
PosterousCofounder2009 — 2010
SlinksetCofounder2008 — 2009

Investments

Led

Bison TrailsTalos TradingTRM Labs

Investor

AlbedoAtomic LoansAutomat AIAzuraBeyond Aero Bison Trails CoinAlpha Datasaur Fly.ioFoundationGreptile Guide LabsHumankapa.aiKNØXOrderfulParcha AIRepacketRockSolid NetworkShogunTalosTANDAValar Atomics

Per curated public sources.

Colleagues at Initialized Capital

Abdul Ly

Investor at Initialized Capital

Alda Dennis

General Partner at Initialized Capital

Alex Bangash

Managing Director and General Partner at Transpose Platform Management

Alexis Ohanian

General Partner at Initialized Capital

Alina Libova

General Partner at Initialized Capital

Becca Graff

Investor at Initialized Capital

Breanna Ross

Investor at Initialized Capital

Chi An

Investor at Initialized Capital

Network10

Aaron GoldmanScout

Managing Director at General Atlantic

Abdul LyScout

Investor at Initialized Capital

Alda DennisScout

General Partner at Initialized Capital

Andrew J ScottScout

Founding Partner at 7percent Ventures

Cory LevyScout

Investor at NZVC

Daniel DocterScout

Managing Director at Dell Technologies Capital

James TamplinScout

Venture Partner at Founder Collective

John HendersonScout

Partner at AirTree Ventures

Kulveer TaggarScout

Investor

Alina Libova

General Partner at Initialized Capital

Investors connected to Brett in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Brett Gibson?: 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.
Where does Brett Gibson work?: Brett Gibson is Managing Partner at Initialized Capital.
What does Brett Gibson invest in?: Brett Gibson invests in Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Deep Tech, Hardware, Healthtech, SaaS.
What check size does Brett Gibson write?: Brett Gibson typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.
What companies has Brett Gibson invested in?: Investments tracked here include Bison Trails, Talos Trading, TRM Labs, Albedo, Atomic Loans, Automat AI, Azura, Beyond Aero, Bison Trails, CoinAlpha, Datasaur, Fly.io, and 14 more.
Where did Brett Gibson go to school?: Brett Gibson studied at UC Santa Barbara (BA, Philosophy).
What awards has Brett Gibson received?: Gibson earned a spot on Business Insider's list of rising stars in crypto investing.
Does Brett Gibson lead rounds?: Yes — Brett Gibson has led 3 tracked investments.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3 Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1 Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y Combinator Alexis OhanianPartnerFounded Reddit Fred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1 Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1

+ 10,223 more

UC Santa Barbara mafia179

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Logan GreenBAFounded Lyft Nils ReggeBAFounded Developx +2 Michael WitzbaFounded Mob Science +2 Zheng XuPh.D.Founded SolarCity +1 Anita KhamvongsaBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded Venbrook +1 David J. PhillipsB.A.Founded Fondo +1

+ 172 more

Y Combinator mafia24

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Scott AI Immad AkhundPart-time PartnerFounded Mercury Technologies, Inc. +3 Uri LopatinVisiting PartnerFounded Assemblybio +2 Immad AkhundPart-time PartnerFounded Clickpass +1 Rishabh PoddarMemberFounded SuperTokens +1 Eric WuW18 BatchFounded Sobofoods +1

+ 17 more

Initialized Capital mafia8

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Garry TanCo-founder & Managing PartnerFounded Y Combinator +1 Alexis OhanianCo-founder, Managing PartnerFounded Reddit Harj TaggarCo-Founder, GPFounded Triplebyte +1 Rick MorrisonPart-Time PartnerFounded Coordinate HQ +1 Brett GibsonGeneral PartnerFounded Slinkset +1 Alex BangashAdvisorFounded Transposeplatform

+ 1 more

Same school

Also attended UC Santa Barbara489

Logan GreenCo-founder of Lyft Jen WangDeal Operations Manager at Felicis Ventures Arturo LitvinHead of Global Portfolio Development at Intel Capital Kevin ThauInvestor at Spark Capital Erica DelamareInvestor at Daphni Stephanie DuranInvestor at True Ventures

+ 483 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Initialized Capital20

Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Alexis OhanianFounder & General Partner of Seven Seven Six Harj TaggarGeneral Partner at Y Combinator Abdul LyInvestor at Initialized Capital Kim-Mai CutlerInvestor at Initialized Capital Zoe PerretInvestor at Initialized Capital

+ 14 more

Also worked at Posthaven2

Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Brett GibsonGeneral Partner at Initialized Associates

Also worked at Y Combinator429

Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Jessica LivingstonCo-founder of Y Combinator Daniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe Superintelligence Alexis OhanianFounder & General Partner of Seven Seven Six Michael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y Combinator Dalton CaldwellCo-founder of Standard Capital; Partner Emeritus at Y Combinator

+ 423 more

Also worked at Posterous7

Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Brian FrankGeneral Partner at FTW Ventures M. Jackson WilkinsonVenture and Operating Partner at F-Prime Capital Partners Joe HorowitzManaging General Partner at Icon Ventures Ryan BrownVenture Partner at Moxxie Ventures Sachin AgarwalFounder/CEO at Posterous

+ 1 more