Kristian Segerstrale

Kristian Segerstrale

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CEO

Bio

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.

Location

San Francisco, California, United States, North America

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Primary Organization

Super Evil Mega Corp

Super Evil Mega Corp

Founded

2012

Employees

51-100

Industry

Mobile, Gaming, PC Games

Jobs history

2

Tiny Rebel Games

Advisor / Angel Investor

Invalid date - Current

Super Evil Mega Corp

Investor, COO & Executive Director

2014 - 2016

Board and Advisor Roles

0

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Profile Resume

Kristian Segerstrale is the CEO at Super Evil Mega Corp, based in United States, North America. With a background in Mobile, Kristian Segerstrale has a rich history of leadership and innovation. Kristian Segerstrale studied MA Economics @ University of Cambridge. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.

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Investment portfolio

Kristian Segerstrale has made 13 investments. Their Latest investment was Seed Round - Harmony Games on Oct 25, 2023

Number of investment

13

Number of exits

0

Personal investment

13

Annouced DateOrganization NameFunding RoundMoney Raised
Mar 03, 2022
Petaverse Network Petaverse Network
Pre Seed Round - Petaverse Network
7.0M
Mar 08, 2022
Lightforge Games Lightforge Games
Series A - Lightforge Games
15.0M
Mar 30, 2022
Battlebound Battlebound
Seed Round - Battlebound
4.8M
Oct 25, 2023
Harmony Games Harmony Games
Seed Round - Harmony Games
3.0M

Partner investment

0

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Exits

0

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