BITKRAFT Esports Ventures is a Berlin, Germany based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Jens Hilgers, Markus Fuhrmann, Scott T. Rupp and Malte Barth.
The firm prefers to invest in Esports startups and specializes in early stage venture and seed investments.
The notable investment portfolio of BITKRAFT Esports Ventures includes Anzu.io, Bit Fry Game Studios, Five Vectors, Manticore Games, META Games, PatronGG, Playable Worlds, Ready, Strafe, VENN.
As of February 2020, BITKRAFT Esports Ventures has made 33 investments and had 1 exit.
Timeline
Funded Companies
Manticore Games is the developer and operator of CORE, a digital playground and community designed to unleash imagination and explore new play experiences.
eSports platform
PlayBrain is a Japan-based company founded by Michael Sheetal.
Ready is a Vancouver-based mobile payment company founded in 2015.
People
Jasper Brand
Senior Analyst
Jens Hilgers
Founding Partner
Lenny Langenscheidt
Principal
Malte Barth
Founding Partner
Martin Garcia
CFO
Scott Rupp
Founding Partner
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
Anzu.io
Bit Fry Game Studios
Five Vectors
Manticore Games
META Games
PatronGG
Playable Worlds
Ready
Strafe
VENN