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Brett Gibson is a Managing Partner at Initialized Capital based in San Francisco, California. Promoted to this position in August 2022 following Garry Tan's departure, he co-leads the firm alongside Jen Wolf and helps manage its $700 million Fund VI. Gibson directs the firm's investment team, specifically leading early-stage deals across developer tools, cryptocurrency, and enterprise software, with notable investments in Bison Trails, TRM Labs, and Talos Trading. Before transitioning to venture capital, he worked as a software engineer building internal systems for Y Combinator and co-founded multiple technology platforms. His entrepreneurial career includes founding the 2008 Y Combinator-backed Slinkset, co-founding Posthaven, and achieving two notable startup exits when Twitter acquired Posterous and DeviantArt purchased DrawHere. Today, his professional focus centers on leveraging his technical engineering background to identify and fund early-stage software and infrastructure founders.
Brett Gibson is Head of Washington Office at Brown Advisory, based in San Francisco, CA, USA.
Brett Gibson has founded companies and has also been involved with Initialized Capital, NextGen Venture Partners, Slinkset, Posterous, LivingSocial, Harvard Business School, The Carlyle Group, Patriot Caliber, Army National Guard, Deloitte.
