Initial Capital

Initial Capital Initial Capital is an investor and accelerator for seed and early-stage technology companies with a We know because we've been there.

Initial Capital is an investor and accelerator for seed and early-stage technology companies with a focus on games, consumer services and technology enablers. We partner with world class entrepreneurs and teams to build global category winners. Based out of London and Silicon Valley, we partner with world class entrepreneurs and teams to build global category winners. We've played a key part in gr

owing companies like Glu Mobile ($350M IPO in 2007), Playfish ($400M sale to EA in 2009) and Supercell (Finland-based global leader in iOS-based games). Our philosophy is that early stage fund raising is a recruitment exercise by founders. As a founder, you need more than money, you need the best team around you that are not only helpful but fun to work with. If you're a world class technology startup, we'd love to talk about being partners.

We are really excited to announce our investment in Playpulse who are launching an exercise bike that motivates people t...
27/09/2021

We are really excited to announce our investment in Playpulse who are launching an exercise bike that motivates people to work out using games!

We are proud to announce our seed round of US$ 2 million, led by Courtside Ventures, Initial Capital, and several angel investors with highly relevant backgrounds, including Jamie Brooker and Johan Brand from Kahoot!, Jasmine Maietta from Peloton, and Walter Cruttenden from Acorns.

Getting these globally renowned investors onboard is a strong validation of the big potential in our vision, and will provide tremendous value in growing our company fast in the coming years. We couldn’t be more excited.

Full steam ahead!

Read the full story here: https://rcl.ink/p7d1j

10/06/2018

Retweeted Richard Branson ():

Currently, there are 2.1 billion people playing games for 16 billion hours per week – read how is leveraging games as a powerful source of good: https://t.co/O40JvvesMf

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28/03/2018

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Google is acquiring the mobile GIF keyboard and search engine Tenor in a move that should help the advertising giant bolster its search data and offer its marketers an increasingly popular advertising format. Both companies announced the deal on Tuesday, but the financial terms were not disclosed.

Retweeted TechCrunch ():Google acquires GIF platform Tenor https://t.co/SXTOhNsqBy by
27/03/2018

Retweeted TechCrunch ():

Google acquires GIF platform Tenor https://t.co/SXTOhNsqBy by

Google will be acquiring Tenor, which powers a variety of GIF keyboards on phones and messengers like Facebook Messenger, the companies announced today. Tenor will continue to operate as a separate…

14/03/2018

Retweeted TechnologyWillSaveUs ():

A big day in Tech Will Save Us towers. Series A has landed and we've partnered with !

Thanks to all of our investors, grown-ups and children that continue to support our mission.

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Lead Engineer Backend & Infrastructure
06/02/2018

Lead Engineer Backend & Infrastructure

This is a unique opportunity to be among the first 20 employees of an industry changing company. We recently secured our Series A investment from leading investors in companies such as Facebook, Dropbox, Supercell and KING - the largest in our industry in recent years. We create next generation mobi...

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04/12/2017

Retweeted Strange Quest ():

A group of former King employees have raised $2.2 million in a seed investment round to fund their new mobile games start-up Strange Quest. The ex-King staff behind the company are Adam Schaub, An...

Retweeted TechCrunch ():First Minute Capital joins $5.8M seed for AR treasure hunt game Sn**ch https://t.co/n9Wynw32uo b...
02/11/2017

Retweeted TechCrunch ():

First Minute Capital joins $5.8M seed for AR treasure hunt game Sn**ch https://t.co/n9Wynw32uo by

Pokemon Go is a game that spawns cute monsters for players to try to catch. But the massive popularity of the augmented reality title, which saw hoards of..

Retweeted Index Ventures ():Mobile games developer  raises $4m Series A, launches  https://t.co/O66cIUb3sr Congrats  & t...
13/10/2017

Retweeted Index Ventures ():

Mobile games developer raises $4m Series A, launches https://t.co/O66cIUb3sr Congrats & team!

Supersolid, a London-based mobile games developer with more than 50 million downloads, has raised $4 million in its latest round of investment, led by In...

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