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ACTIVE
Global HQ
Denver, United States
Countries of investment
  • United States
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
  • Singapore
  • South Korea
  • Japan
  • Brazil
  • Canada
Investment stages
  • Seed
  • Series A
  • Series B
  • Series C
Industries
  • Gaming
  • Esports
  • GameFi
  • Interactive Media
  • Web3 Gaming
  • Metaverse
  • AI Gaming
  • Sports Tech
About
BITKRAFT Ventures is a Denver-based gaming and esports VC. Their focus spans gaming, esports, GameFi, interactive media, Web3 gaming, metaverse, AI gaming, and sports tech across the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Brazil, and Canada. The firm supports founders from Seed through Series C.
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$1M
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$15M
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Investment Thesis

BITKRAFT Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital firm deploying capital across gaming, esports, GameFi, interactive media, Web3 gaming, metaverse, AI gaming, and sports tech sectors. They invest as one of the largest dedicated gaming and esports VCs globally with both Web2 and Web3 gaming focus. The firm differentiates itself through founder Jens Hilgers' prior ESL (Electronic Sports League) co-founder operating expertise, $750M+ AUM across multiple funds, dedicated gaming and esports specialist thesis, and cross-border German-US-global positioning.
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Manager's Experience

Jens Hilgers (Founder & General Partner) founded BITKRAFT Ventures bringing unparalleled gaming and esports industry expertise from his prior role as Co-Founder of ESL (Electronic Sports League, the world's largest esports company) and G2A.com; he is widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of professional esports globally. The firm has built $750M+ AUM across multiple funds with dedicated gaming and esports specialist thesis spanning Web2 and Web3 gaming, esports, and interactive media.

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Team

Jens Hilgers - Founder & General Partner

Malte Barth - General Partner

Carlos Pereira - General Partner

Scott Rupp - General Partner

Anton Backman - General Partner

Piers Kicks - Partner

Moritz Baier-Lentz - Partner

Portfolio

Discord

Epic Games

Theorycraft Games

Yuga Labs

Animoca Brands

Carry1st

Dapper Labs

Faceit

FlowGPT

Gridmark

Helika

Heroic Story

Jambo

Liquid X

MMA Global

Niantic

Recur

Sky Mavis

Skybound Games

Spatial Labs

Stardust

Theorycraft

Triple Studios

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