Bitkraft Ventures

We focus on Seed, Series A, and Series B investments in game studios, gaming platforms, and gaming-related technology.

Let’s Build a Synthetic Reality®

Physical and digital worlds converge, and gaming leads the charge.

An ever increasing-time of our lives is spent in immersive, virtual worlds In fact, entire generations are already growing up with and inside them This convergence of the physical and digital—a trend we call synthetic reality—is led by visionary entrepreneurs in gaming and interactive media We’re proud to provide venture capital and partner alongside these extraordinary founders

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BITKRAFT was founded in 2016 by gaming and esports veteran Jens Hilgers—founder of ESL, G2 Esports, and Bayes Holding.

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We partner early—sometimes, when a company is no more than an idea fueled by creative spirit and resolute talent.

• Joe Tung CEO of Theorycraft Games Former Executive Vice President for the League of Legends franchise at Riot Games

• Theorycraft Games Former Executive Vice President for the League of Legends franchise at Riot Games

• Jeri Ellsworth CEO of Tilt Five 30-year leader in chip design in augmented / virtual reality at Valve, HTC Vive, Commodore, and TiVo

• Tilt Five 30-year leader in chip design in augmented / virtual reality at Valve, HTC Vive, Commodore, and TiVo

• Trevor Romleski and Stephen Lim Co-Founders of Raid Base Former Head of New Games R&D at Riot Games (Stephen) and Lead Designer on Valorant and League of Legends (Trevor) Raid Base

Trevor Romleski and Stephen Lim

Former Head of New Games R&D at Riot Games (Stephen) and Lead Designer on Valorant and League of Legends (Trevor)

• Matt Schembari CEO of Lightforge Games Former Director of User Intelligence at Epic Games for the Fortnite Platform, overseeing one of the most successful battle royale games of all times

• Lightforge Games Former Director of User Intelligence at Epic Games for the Fortnite Platform, overseeing one of the most successful battle royale games of all times

• Raph Koster CEO of Playable Worlds Legendary polymath game designer, widely recognized for his work as lead designer of Ultima Online and creative director behind Star Wars Galaxies

• Playable Worlds Legendary polymath game designer, widely recognized for his work as lead designer of Ultima Online and creative director behind Star Wars Galaxies

• Ilya Gelfenbeyn CEO of Inworld AI Former Founding Head of Google Assistant Investments, leading the product development of Dialogflow, a cross-platform conversational user experience powered by AI

• Inworld AI Former Founding Head of Google Assistant Investments, leading the product development of Dialogflow, a cross-platform conversational user experience powered by AI

• Dmitry Shapiro and Sean Thielen CEO and CTO of Koji Former Founder and CEO of Veoh and CTO of Myspace building the next-generation content creation engine for the mobile Gen Z audience

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Dmitry Shapiro and Sean Thielen

Former Founder and CEO of Veoh and CTO of Myspace building the next-generation content creation engine for the mobile Gen Z audience

• Travis Boatman CEO of Carbonated Games Experienced mobile games executive and operator with a long history in the space, including senior leadership roles at Electronic Arts, Zynga, and Mattel

• Carbonated Games Experienced mobile games executive and operator with a long history in the space, including senior leadership roles at Electronic Arts, Zynga, and Mattel

• Calin Pacurariu CEO of Spatial Former product, marketing, and business development lead at Apple, building foundations for iPhone software, Healthkit, and Apple TV

• Spatial Former product, marketing, and business development lead at Apple, building foundations for iPhone software, Healthkit, and Apple TV