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Sami Lababidi
Partner at Initial Capital
London, England
Overview
Sami Lababidi is an accomplished entrepreneur and investor based in London, with a background in video games, mobile applications, and Amazon Web Services. Notable highlights from his career include co-founding Mindshapes and serving as the Chief Technology Officer at Playfish, Glu Mobile, and Macrospace.
Currently, Sami Lababidi is a Partner at Initial Capital, where he invests in companies at various stages, primarily focusing on the gaming, eSports, and FinTech sectors, with notable investments including Space Ape at Series C.
Work Experience
Partner
2012 - Current
Co-founder
2011 - 2014
Entrepreneur in Residence
2011 - 2013
Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Advisor
2011 - 2011
VP, CTO, Playfish
2009 - 2011
Electronic Arts delivers games, content, and online services for internet-connected consoles, PCs, mobile phones, and tablets.
Raised $2,200,000.00 from TCV and TCV.
Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder
2007 - 2009
Chief Technology Officer, EMEA
2005 - 2007
Glu Mobile is a technology platform developing entertainment-focused freemium games for smartphones and tablet devices.
Raised $420,346,250.00 from Tencent, Tencent, Scale Venture Partners, Notable Capital, Cannell Capital, Greenway Capital, Stephens Investment Management, Kleinheinz Capital Partners, SRB Management and Cypress Capital.
Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder
2001 - 2005
Head of Applications Development
1998 - 2000
Lead Developer, Electronic Trading
1996 - 1998