Initial Capital is a seed and early-stage technology investment firm co-founded by Shukri Shammas and Tareq Naqib, with a particular focus on the Bitcoin ecosystem, games, consumer products, and technology enablers. Initial Capital's Twitter Score is 5.8 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #160,336 among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Initial Capital was founded by Shukri Shammas and Tareq Naqib and operates as a group of serial entrepreneurs that actively partners with its portfolio teams rather than functioning as a conventional venture capital fund. Its investment activity is organized across four areas: Bitcoin, games, consumer services, and technology enablers. The firm is affiliated with Initial Capital LP and Initial Capital TVF 1 GP Limited as related legal entities, and has received backing from Antidote.
Initial Capital's portfolio includes ZBD, World Eternal Online, The GRAPES and VIKER. Initial Capital has published 350 posts on the platform. Initial Capital has been mentioned by 13 accounts, with 18 total mentions.
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Initial Capital has 1,743 followers as of July 2026 on the platform. The accounts that follow Initial Capital include 30 founders, 7 angel investors, 9 influencers and 9 VCs. Among them are Kyle Samani, Marguerite, Samson Mow, Camilla McFarland, Kyle Torpey and Ryze.