BITKRAFT Ventures
Status
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Wildcard