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London, U.K.
PropTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Gaming (& eSports) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Entrepreneur and Investor
Partner & Co-founder at Initial Capital | Director & Co-founder at Summix
Shukri Shammas is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Initial Capital. Shukri is an entrepreneur with a passion for games, technology, finance and property. He is Partner and Co-Founder of Initial Capital and serves on both the Investment Committee and the board of the General Partner. Shukri is also Partner and Co-Founder of property development firm Summix. Previously, he was Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Co-Founder of Playfish, a leading developer of social games, up to the company's acquisition by Electronic Arts in November 2009. Before Playfish, he was Managing Director and Co-Founder of Macrospace which merged with Sorrent to become Glu Mobile (NASDAQ:GLUU), a global publisher of mobile games. Prior to Macrospace, he was Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Domainia, an Internet services provider, after starting his career at accounting firm Westbury Schotness. He holds current or former board roles on behalf of Initial Capital: Armada, Dazzle Rocks, Divido, Gamee, Grey Area, Jist, Ministry of Games, Nexmo, OWLR, Peak, Quikkly, Superbitmachine, Supercell, Supersolid, Traplight Games. He serverd as Board Member at Another Place. He served as the Board Member at miDrive. He holds a Bachelor's in Business Administration from the American College, London. He served as a Board Member at BravoCo
London - Los Angeles - San Francisco Bay Area - New York - Portland - Oregon, U.S.A. - U.K.
Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Entertainment (& Sports) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Nanotechnology
Most Interested In
Sports Tech – Marketing Tech – Connected Commerce – IoT – Hospitality – Digital Media - Blockchain (non crypto/fintech)
Not Interested In
Fintech
New York, U.S.A. - U.K.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Media • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Entertainment (& Sports) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • Developer tools • Local commerce • Online Social
Founder & Chief Executive Officer at HIFI
Cambridge, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Gaming (& eSports) • Material Science • Robotics • Real Estate (& Construction) • Investment Management
Founding Partner, IQ Capital.vc
Founding Partner, IQ Capital.vc
Paris France, France
IT (& TMT) • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Gaming (& eSports)
Cofondateur et President de WeRaiseStartup / Sibessor 2 / CBAI / WeLikeStartup / Président d'honneur de Investessor
Cofondateur et President de WeRaiseStartup / Sibessor 2 / CBAI / WeLikeStartup / Président d'honneur de Investessor
Krakow Poland - San Francisco California - California - U.S.A., United States
IT (& TMT) • Education • Gaming (& eSports) • Mobile Apps
CEO & Co-Founder at Silvair, Inc
Rafal Han is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Silvair. He also serves as a Business Advisor at Duckie Deck and Lingapp. Prior to that, he served as Chief Executive Officer at Hanbright. He has a Masters degree in Environmental Science from Jagiellonian University in 1999.
Palo Alto California - United Kingdom; Switzerland; Lausanne Switzerland; Moscow Russia; London United Kingdom; San Francisco California United State, Singapore
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Gaming (& eSports) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Robotics • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Consumer
Daydreamer Fund, Partner
Alexander Elenskiy serves as Board Member and Investor at Zingaya. Elenskiy is an Angel Investor and is an Investor in Wheely's Cafe International, Ambronite and Faraday Bicycles. He received his Master's degree in Law from Lomonosov Moscow State University.
London, U.K. - U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Payments • Consumer • Woman Focused
Early Stage Investor
Most Interested In
The next big platform. For example, I invested in Unity which is the biggest platform for game developers globally.
Not Interested In
no interest in ICO's. The world has enough currencies.
Turin Italy, Italy
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Education • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Gaming (& eSports) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars) • Mobile • Consumer
Chairman at PubCoder
Giovine is a co-founder of PubCoder and serves as its Chief Executive Officer.
Cambridge England United Kingdom - United Kingdom - U.K., United Kingdom
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Gaming (& eSports)
Advisor, Investor, Consultant and Mentor - Digital Entertainment and Technology
Rob Precious is the Founder at Incubyte. Precious previously held VP and Director roles at Geomerics and ARM respectively. He is an Angel Investor. He is now an Investor and Advisor to a number of exciting, technology start-ups providing gaming based technology solutions to wider enterprise. These include PlayCanvas, Wrnch, Fantasy Festival, Mantle Technologies and tpoint solutions. He is an Advisory Board Member for the seed fund and venture capital provider, Mercia Technologies plc and a Business Mentor and Advisor at MassChallenge where he originally met and mentored the 2015 London cohort Diamond Award winning team, Mantle Technologies.
London, U.K.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics
Partner at Eight Roads Ventures