Mitch Lasky
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Mitchell Harold "Mitch" Lasky (born January 18, 1962) is a general partner at the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Benchmark[1] and a former entrepreneur and video game executive.
Education and early career
Lasky received a B.A. degree in History and Literature from Harvard College and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.[2]
Early in his career, Lasky practiced law at the Los Angeles firm Irell & Manella, where he worked on various technology-related intellectual property cases.[3] In 1993, he joined The Walt Disney Company.[4] He left Disney in 1994 to launch a multiplayer online game company, Serum Entertainment Software.[2]
Lasky subsequently spent five years at video game publisher Activision, including a stint as executive vice president of Worldwide Studios,[5] helping to launch Quake 3, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, and Spider-Man.
In 2000,[6] he joined mobile games company JAMDAT as CEO,[7] and took the company public in 2004.[8] Electronic Arts acquired JAMDAT for $680 million in 2006.[4] Lasky served as executive vice president of mobile and online games at Electronic Arts from 2006 to 2007, after the JAMDAT acquisition.[9]
Benchmark
Lasky joined Benchmark in 2007 as a general partner.[10] He focuses on identifying investment opportunities in mobile, games, digital privacy and identity, and online education.[10] He has led the firm’s investments in and serves on the boards of Snapchat, Ubiquity6,[11] CyanogenMod, Engine Yard, Gaia, Riot Games, PlayFab,[12] Vivox, Grockit, Gaikai, RedRobot, Meteor Entertainment, thatgamecompany, and NaturalMotion.[4][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Personal life
Mitch Lasky is the father of musician and former YouTuber Benjamin "Quadeca" Lasky.[19]
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