# Initial Capital

> Initial Capital is a VC fund in London backing Gaming and Mobile. See 95 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 95
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 26%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/2154584
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/initialcapital
- Website: http://www.initialcapital.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/initialcapital

Initial Capital is an investor in seed and early-stage technology companies with a focus on games, consumer services & technology enablers.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Initial Capital. Shizune tracks 8 team members at Initial Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/initial-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $796k–$4.2M |
| Series A | $988k–$12M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 20 | 21% |
| Mobile | 19 | 20% |
| Software | 16 | 17% |
| Video Games | 13 | 14% |
| Apps | 11 | 12% |

110 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 47 | 49% |
| Series A | 20 | 21% |
| Funding Round | 7 | 7% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 4% |
| Series B | 3 | 3% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 23 | 24% |
| United States | 18 | 19% |
| Finland | 11 | 12% |
| Brazil | 3 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |

15 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ken Lamb | Limited Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ken-lamb |
| Mayra Tama | Principal | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mayra-tama |
| Sam Lababidi | Founder & Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sam-lababidi |
| Tarek Abuzayyad | Founder & Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tarek-abuzayyad-2 |
| Tareq Naqib | Limited Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tareq-naqib |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Antidote | Antidote is a London Bitcoin hub for aspiring entrepreneurs, builders and hackers. | $3.3M | Seed | Oct 29, 2025 |  |
| Saf.money | Saf.money is a next-generation lightning fintech platform that seamlessly bridges digital assets with traditional banking, accessible instantly through WhatsApp. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 25, 2025 |  |
| Salto Games | Salto Games is a mobile game studio focused on creating accessible games with strategic depth for a wide range of players. Their first game is currently under development. In January 2024, Salto Games secured $546,000 in early-stage venture capital funding from Lvl Up Partners. ​ | $575K | Pre-Seed | Jan 14, 2025 |  |
| Bipa | Bipa is a Brazilian fintech and digital account built around Bitcoin and USDT. Founded in 2020, Bipa connects the traditional financial system to digital assets — allowing users to buy and sell crypto starting from R$1 via Pix, pay any bill using Bitcoin, earn Bitcoin cashback (Satsback®) on every card purchase, and self-custody their funds viaLightning Network and on-chain withdrawals. | $2.8M | Seed | Dec 05, 2024 |  |
| Hot Wave Fitness | Hot Wave Fitness which owns the HOTME brand provides personalized, and private fitness services. | $12M | Series A | Aug 09, 2024 |  |
| Viker | Viker is a mobile studio that designs, develops and publishes mobile and computer games for OS and Android systems. | $4.1M | Seed | Nov 08, 2022 |  |
| ZBD | Zebedee develops software and infrastructure to introduce Bitcoin and Lightning support into digital experiences and environments. Its platform allows players, developers, streamers, and watchers to interact and instantly exchange value in a frictionless manner. | $35M | Series B | Jul 19, 2022 |  |
| Yoko Robotics | Yoko is the world's first robot chef for everyone. We believe in a home were you really can relax, take a load off, and everything around you is taken care of. A home where living a healthy life is made as easy and low-cost as possible. That is why we are starting here with the most important part of the home, the kitchen. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 16, 2022 |  |
| Pok Pok | Pok Pok is an award-winning, female-founded edtech company raising the next generation of creative thinkers through digital play. | $3M | Seed | Jun 15, 2022 |  |
| Sanlo | We exist because we believe that finance should not be mysterious and every gaming company with great products should have access to advice and money that they need to grow. | $10M | Series A | Jun 02, 2022 |  |

10 of 95 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [LVP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/london-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [BACKED VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/backed-vc) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Force Over Mass Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/force-over-mass-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Sisu Game Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sisu-game-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Fulgur Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fulgur-venture) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Initial Capital invest in?

Initial Capital invests primarily in Gaming, Mobile and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 95 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Initial Capital's check size?

Initial Capital typically joins rounds of $796k–$4.2M at Seed and $988k–$12M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Initial Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Initial Capital?

Public channels for Initial Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Initial Capital?

The team at Initial Capital includes Ken Lamb (Limited Partner), Mayra Tama (Principal) and Sam Lababidi (Founder & Partner), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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