Number of Portfolio Companies 13
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 5
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed

Kristian Segerstrale is the Co-founder of Initial Capital and Board member of Supercell, as well as the Co-founder and CEO of Playfish. Kristian has been at the forefront of the rapidly transforming game industry since 2001.

He was a co-founder of mobile gaming pioneer Macrospace – today Glu Mobile (Nasdaq: GLUU) in 2001 through the successful

IPO in 2007. He left to co-found Playfish, the social gaming pioneer, where he served as CEO through the company’s rapid growth to 60 Million players and the subsequent acquisition by Electronic Arts for $400M in 2009.

After a period as EVP Digital at Electronic Arts driving the aggressive transformation of the company from packaged goods to digital, Kristian left in March 2013 to focus on startups. Today Kristian leads seed stage investments with Initial Capital and serves on the board of Supercell, the #1 iOS game company.

Kristian has previously served on the board of LOVEFiLM, the European streaming video pioneer until its acquisition by Amazon.com.

Number of Investments 13
Kristian Segerstrale has made 13 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - Harmony Games on Oct 25, 2023, when Harmony Games raised
$3M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Oct 25, 2023
Harmony Games
Seed Round - Harmony Games
$3M
Mar 30, 2022
Battlebound
Seed Round - Battlebound
$4.8M
Mar 8, 2022
Lightforge Games
Series A - Lightforge Games
$15M
Mar 3, 2022
Petaverse Network
Pre Seed Round - Petaverse Network
$7M
Jan 17, 2022
nCore Games
Series A - nCore Games
$10M
Oct 7, 2021
Original Games
Seed Round - Original Games
$6M
May 27, 2021
Noice
Angel Round - Noice
$5M
May 12, 2021
Sanlo
Seed Round - Sanlo
$3.5M
Apr 19, 2021
Ace Games
Seed Round - Ace Games
$7M
Jun 24, 2020
Treehouse Games
Seed Round - Treehouse Games
$2.6M
Number of Partner Investments 3
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Oct 22, 2013
BetterDoctor
Initial Capital
No
Seed Round - BetterDoctor
$2.6M
May 25, 2011
Supercell
Initial Capital
No
Series A - Supercell
$12M
Oct 1, 2010
Supercell
Initial Capital
Seed Round - Supercell
€750K
Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 5
Kristian Segerstrale has 2 current jobs as CEO at Super Evil Mega Corp and Co-founder at Initial Capital. Additionally, Kristian Segerstrale has had 5 past jobs including Investor, COO & Executive Director at Super Evil Mega Corp.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Super Evil Mega Corp
Investor, COO & Executive DirectorMay 2014Dec 2016
Electronic Arts
Executive Vice President, DigitalDec 2011Mar 2013
Playfish
CEO & Co - FounderOct 1, 20072012
LOVEFiLM
Non-Executive Director20102011
Glu Mobile
Co-Founder & VP of EMEA Studios & Publishing20012007
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 5
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 3
Kristian Segerstrale holds 5 board and advisor roles including Investor & Advisor at OnMyBlock, Board Observer at BetterDoctor, and Advisor / Angel Investor at Tiny Rebel Games.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Tenor
Investor/Board MemberNov 2013Mar 2018
Supercell
Seed Investor & Board Director20102013
LoopMe
Board Advisor2014
Number of News Articles 125
Funding RoundOct 25, 2023
Harmony Games raised $3,000,000 / Seed from Akin Babayigit and 2 other investors
Funding RoundMar 30, 2022
Battlebound raised $4,800,000 / Seed from Alex Price and 9 other investors
Funding RoundMar 8, 2022
Lightforge Games raised $15,000,000 / Series A from BITKRAFT Ventures and 14 other investors
Funding RoundMar 3, 2022
Petaverse Network raised $7,000,000 / Pre Seed from 1Up Ventures and 21 other investors
Funding RoundJan 17, 2022
nCore Games raised $10,000,000 / Series A from Akshay Chaturvedi and 17 other investors
Funding RoundOct 7, 2021
Original Games raised $6,000,000 / Seed from Anton Gauffin and 3 other investors
Funding RoundMay 27, 2021
Noice raised $5,000,000 / Angel from Alexis Bonte and 9 other investors
NewsMay 12, 2021
Funding RoundMay 12, 2021
Sanlo raised $3,500,000 / Seed from Charley Ma and 8 other investors