# Abdul Ly

> Abdul Ly is a seed investor at Initialized Capital backing Software and Social Media. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Initialized Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/initialized-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdully/
- Website: http://firstround.com/person/abdul-ly/

Abdul Ly is a seed investor at Initialized Capital in San Francisco focused on Software and Social Media. Abdul Ly serves as a Principal at Initialized Capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Social Media | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bluesky | Bluesky is a new social media platform. | $8M | Seed | Jul 05, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Automattic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/automattic) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Neo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-innovation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Neo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Protocol Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/protocol-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Initialized Capital

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Initialized Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on the seed. Initialized has 6 investing partners and over $3.2B under management over five core funds since its founding in 2012. The firm's startups have created in aggregate over $200B in market value so far.

5 contacts available at Initialized Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anson MacKinney | Venture Capital Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anson-mackinney |
| Zoe Perret | Head of Strategic Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zoe-perret |
| Abdul Ly | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abdul-ly |
| Alda Dennis | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alda-leu-dennis |
| Andrew Sather | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-sather |

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## FAQ

### What does Abdul Ly invest in?

Abdul Ly invests primarily in Software and Social Media startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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