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Zoe Perret

Zoe Perret

Partner·Initialized Capital

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Bio

Professional summary

Zoe Perret is a partner at Initialized Capital. Her firm profile says she invests in seed-stage founders across sectors, with interests in generalized AI, energy solutions, and frontier technology. She leads Initialized's follow-on fundraising program, helping portfolio companies secure subsequent rounds. Before Initialized, she worked on fundraising, operations, and growth strategies at BlackRock across private and public lines of business.

Investment focus

Stage, sector, and overall fit

Stage

SeedFollow-on fundraising

Sector

AIEnergy solutionsFrontier technologySoftware

Thesis

Seed-stage foundersGeneralized AIEnergy solutionsFrontier technologyFollow-on fundraising support

How to approach

Framing and angles for outreach

Pitch framing

Lead with a seed-stage story that combines a large technical opportunity with a credible path to the next financing milestone, especially in AI, energy, or frontier technology.

Partneralization hooks

  1. 1Reference her stated interest in generalized AI, energy solutions, and frontier tech.
  2. 2Frame the ask around seed milestones and the plan to earn a strong follow-on round.
  3. 3Mention fundraising or capital strategy if it is central to the company's next phase.

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Abdul (Abdullah) L.

Partner

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Initialized partner investing in fintech, SaaS, and application-layer AI.

Application-layer AIEarly-stageFinancial servicesFintechSaaS
Abdul Ly

Abdul Ly

Partner

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Partner at Initialized Capital focused on early-stage financial services, SaaS, and application-layer AI investments.

Seed investments in software and AI
Andrew Sather

Andrew Sather

Partner

Initialized Capital

Andrew Sather is a partner at Initialized investing in frontier technology, space, and robotics. He is also a serial entrepreneur with experience in product design, deep tech consulting, and startup scaling.

Seed investments in frontier software
Brett Gibson

Brett Gibson

Managing Partner

Initialized Capital

Brett Gibson is a Managing Partner at Initialized Capital. Initialized's team page says he previously wrote software and invests across crypto, developer tools, AI/ML, and cloud infrastructure.

Firm strategySeed investments across software, AI, infrastructure
Kim‐Mai Cutler

Kim‐Mai Cutler

Partner

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Partner at Initialized Capital focused on technology that intersects with the physical world.

Seed investments in software, marketplaces, policy‐adjacent categories

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