Bitkraft

Bitkraft is a private equity firm founded in 2015 and headquartered in Berlin, with an additional office in New York. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in the esports sector, targeting companies across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Established by entrepreneur Jens Hilgers, Bitkraft has assembled a team of diverse professionals, including entrepreneurs, operators, and investors, who are dedicated to developing businesses and technologies that enhance the esports ecosystem for players, fans, and stakeholders globally. With a presence in major cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London, Bitkraft actively engages in the dynamic landscape of video games and esports, fostering innovation and growth in this rapidly evolving industry.

Malte Barth

Co-Founding General Partner

Jasper Brand

Senior Associate

Martin Garcia

Chief Financial Officer

Jens Hilgers

General Partner

Scott Rupp

Co-Founding General Partner

217 past transactions

Starform

Seed Round in 2021
Starform was started by industry veterans with the goal of changing the way people play games together. It puts together small, autonomous teams of talented game developers and provides them with the tools, infrastructure, and support to design and build games in partnership with players, enabling gamers to get state of the art graphics and quality entertainment. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Runtime GmbH produces and sells sports nutritional products. It offers buff food, performance drinks, runtime shakers, and starter packs online. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

PlayBrain

Series A in 2020
Frictionless Game Marketing (Community, Esports, Influencer Media)
Anzu.io, Inc. develops an advertising solution that creates connections between people and brands through digital game world. Its solution empowers top-tier game studios to bring name brand ads into their titles, as well as brand advertisers to engage with digital audiences. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel with a location in Berlin, Germany.
Ready Makers Inc. is a cross platform for programming environment for personal robotics. It enables people without any coding experience to program games, Arduino, and other software projects. It is compatible with major robotics platform and enables creating and sharing Unity3D games that play anywhere. The platform provides customizable professional grade behaviors, including bullet movement, move towards, counter; a physics engine which provides gravity, drag, torque, and force; user interface and text elements, including input, timer, and score; and visual coding language, including flap, sensing, and flapper. Ready Makers Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in New York, New York.
Manticore Games develops Core, a platform and community to build, share, and play online games. Manticore Games was started by industry veterans with experience in PC, console, mobile, and VR games. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.
LILA Games designs and develops mobile free-to-play (F2P) shooter game codenamed Project B.L.A.C.K. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Bengaluru, India.

Manticore Games

Series C in 2021
Manticore Games develops Core, a platform and community to build, share, and play online games. Manticore Games was started by industry veterans with experience in PC, console, mobile, and VR games. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Lost Lake Games

Seed Round in 2022
Lost Lake Games is an independent studio committed to making games that blaze new trails and spark the next adventure. It was founded by veteran game developers with a shared love of their craft.
Bit Fry Game Studios, Inc. develops game titles for the next generation of console and mobile gaming platforms. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire with with additional offices in Los Angeles and New York City.
Starform was started by industry veterans with the goal of changing the way people play games together. It puts together small, autonomous teams of talented game developers and provides them with the tools, infrastructure, and support to design and build games in partnership with players, enabling gamers to get state of the art graphics and quality entertainment. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Wagr

Series A in 2022
Wagr operates as an online sports betting mobile application. The company provides a platform to the users to make and share sports bet with friends. The user can challenge friends, start groups, and track leaderboards through the platform. Wagr is based in the United States.
Level99 Inc. offers esports marketing and advertising services. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

Tonk Tonk Games

Private Placement in 2018
Tonk Tonk Games, LLC develops and offers 3D animated video games. The company provides multi-player games under the name uFighter. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

WTFast

Angel Round in 2017
WTFast is the Gamers Private Network (GPN). Our goal is to have the fastest and most secure network on the Internet. While we currently have a large addressable market with MMO and eSports segments, we aim to have the must have infrastructure for the emerging VR/AR market to ensure a smooth connection without motion sickness for sophisticated online games.

Infinite Canvas

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Infinite Canvas is a publisher for user-generated, creator-led games.

LILA

Series A in 2022
LILA Games designs and develops mobile free-to-play (F2P) shooter game codenamed Project B.L.A.C.K. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Bengaluru, India.
The Queens Gaming Collective, Inc., a gaming lifestyle company for women, provides women creators, streamers, and competitors with an access to infrastructure, resources, and agent representation. Its services include sourcing funding for a female-written comic book, finding distribution for a female-hosted gaming podcast, etc. The company also provides services in the areas of E-Commerce and merchandise, content and multimedia, and brand partnerships. The Queens Gaming Collective, Inc. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in West Hollywood, California.

Koji

Series A in 2020
GoMeta, Inc. develops an augmented reality (AR) platform to create interactive posts to share on social media. It offers Metaverse, an application that discovers and interacts with characters and builds interactive experiences for others to discover; and Kojis mini apps that can be shared on all social platforms, embedded in any website, and sent via messengers and email. GoMeta, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in San Diego, California.

Superbloom

Seed Round in 2022
Superbloom is a new game development studio. Superbloom intends to make mobile games with a lifestyle focus, based on hobbies that are common among women.
Red Pill VR Inc. owns and operates a platform for the creation and distribution of music experiences in virtual reality. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

FuzzyBot

Seed Round in 2021
FuzzyBot is building genre-crossing games within imaginative worlds that spark excitement and creativity. Founded in 2020, FuzzyBot is a team of experienced and versatile industry veterans with AAA backgrounds from studios like Ubisoft, Bungie, and EA. Our development philosophy is around dreaming big, but building smart – maintaining a pragmatic, flexible, and down-to-earth approach focused on shipping games. We are focused on creating games that connect players across generations by creating universes of curiosity and excitement, combining the joy of creation with the thrill of AAA action.
Kek eSports app. The free app, which is in public beta, is an eSports video aggregation platform that integrates multi­-source livestreams and game video replays, as well as news, statistics and tournament feeds into one socially-curated experience for the growing audience of Asian eSports fans.

TRIPP

Series A in 2022
TRIPP inc. develops and offers a virtual reality (VR) game, or experience that focuses on changing the way a person feels. The product/ experience have a combination of audio and visual elements, gameplay mechanics, and meditation. It taps into research that shows that digital and interactive experiences can have an effect on the brain. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Los Angeles, California with a satellite development office in Chicago, Illinois.

Frost Giant Studios

Series A in 2022
Frost Giant Studios, Inc. develops video games. It offers real-time strategy games. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Malibu, California.

Tier One Entertainment LLC

Tier One Entertainment LLC is headquartered in the United States.
SplitmediaLabs, Ltd., a software development company, engages in the creation of multimedia applications and technology. It offers XSplit Broadcaster, an application that is used worldwide for live Webinars, video podcasting, esports, and music to sporting and charity events; and XSplit Gamecaster, an application that enables gamers to share their gameplay. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong.

Veritas Entertainment

Venture Round in 2020
VERITAS Entertainment GmbH, a corporate entertainment company, offers entertainment services for blue chip corporate events, weddings, Christmas parties, birthday parties, and private events. The company is based in Berlin, Germany.

Bayes Holding

Series A in 2017
Dojo Madness GmbH develops a set of tools that helps gamers to master their play. The company offers LOLSumo, an Android and iOS based real-time virtual coaching application for League of Legends that enables gamers to build orders and crucial information about their match; OVERSUMO, an overmatches virtual coach, which features detailed performance analysis, gameplay tips, and hero guides; DOTASUMO, a virtual coach for DOTA 2 players seeking to improve their game. It offers post-game insights, and enables users to analyze and improve his or her gameplay; and Shadow.GG, a SaaS platform providing analytics and data visualizations for Counter-Strike. It also offers BRUCE.GG, a platform that allows gamers to get their own plays as videos, share them with their friends, rate their clips, and coach each other with its tools; and offers automatically generated top scenes, match analysis, and tactical insight for coaching. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

Voicemod

Series A in 2020
Voicemod is the best free voice changer software for Windows (coming soon for Linux and Mac OSX). An online voice modifier with effects capable of converting your voice into robot, female or girl online. It’s great for games and chatting as an app. They also offer an SDK for developers to integrate Voicemod's tech on iOS and Android.
Advergame Technologies Private Limited, trading as Gamezop, develops and operates online casual games and win money from it. The company offers games, such as LUDO, VEGETABLES CHEF, MONSTERJONG, CYBER FUSION, Submarine Dash, Sticky Goo, Sway Bay, Penguin Skip, The Sea Lion Act, Monsters Burn Too, Pixel Brothers, Monsterjong, Tic Tac Toe, Snack Time, Craigen Stones, Battleships Armada, Cheat Spidy, Algerian Solitaire, Little Bouncing Guys, and Pebble Boy. Advergame Technologies Private Limited was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Gurugram, India.

Splash

Series A in 2021
Popgun is using Deep Learning to develop an Artificial Intelligence that can create awesome original pop songs.
The Action Network is a sports media start-up that builds products and creates content to inform and entertain the sports bettor

GGWP

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of an artificial intelligence platform designed to detect disruptive behavior and automatically respond to incidents and player reports. The company's platform utilizes machine learning and smart behavioral models to identify, prioritize, and help triage toxic incidents in real-time and make moderation more efficient and accurate, enabling game developers to create and nurture positivity in video games.
AAA Internet Publishing, Inc., doing business as WTFast, operates as a gamers private network that provides data network for MMO gamers and their game data. Its network enables users to optimize connection speed and their gaming performance. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Kelowna, Canada with an additional office in San Francisco Bay Area, California.
Bazooka Tango, Inc. develops computer and mobile games. Bazooka Tango, Inc. was formerly known as White Water Games, Inc. and changed its name to Bazooka Tango, Inc. in April 2020. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

CyBall

Seed Round in 2021
CyBall — CyBloc Football, is a soccer-themed, NFT-based game with a play-to-earn model that allows users to collect, trade, mentor, and ultimately battle with CyBlocs.
PlayBrain Inc. provides marketing and communication services for esports industry. It organizes esports events, provides media buying, Web development, game development, and consulting services. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Voicemod, S.L. develops an application that modulates voice in real time. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Valencia, Spain.
Playable Worlds is a computer games company that specializes in the fields of game development, online games, and gamification. The company is driven by its mission is to build a truly cloud-native game, taking advantage of technology to create a true persistent work that involves and changes over-time.

Alethea AI

Funding Round in 2021
Alethea AI empowers creators to create photorealistic AI-generated media with a synthetic media platform. The company was founded in 2020 by Arif Khan.

LILA

Seed Round in 2020
LILA Games designs and develops mobile free-to-play (F2P) shooter game codenamed Project B.L.A.C.K. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Bengaluru, India.

Esports Business Solution

Seed Round in 2015
Esports Business Solutions is an eSports media and technology company. The company is listed in the commercial register of the local court Charlottenburg (Berlin). Founded in 2014, EBS is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Arcturus

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of volumetric video editing software designed to expand the boundaries of imagination and to fit artistic and production goals. The company's software offers a toolset for the production and adaptive streaming of volumetric video, enabling users to get interactive narrative experiences and technology for various virtual reality platforms.

Bazooka Tango

Private Placement in 2020
Bazooka Tango, Inc. develops computer and mobile games. Bazooka Tango, Inc. was formerly known as White Water Games, Inc. and changed its name to Bazooka Tango, Inc. in April 2020. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Tonk Tonk Games

Seed Round in 2019
Tonk Tonk Games, LLC develops and offers 3D animated video games. The company provides multi-player games under the name uFighter. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Frost Giant Studios

Private Placement in 2020
Frost Giant Studios, Inc. develops video games. It offers real-time strategy games. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Malibu, California.

Tilt Five

Private Placement in 2020
Tilt Five, Inc. develops and manufactures augmented reality (AR) products for tabletop games. It offers social kits, including AR glasses to project holograms, game board to turn window into the holographic world, and wand to interact with the holographic realm. Tilt Five, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in San Jose, California.

PatronGG

Seed Round in 2019
PatronGG is a tech startup built by esports veterans with the goal of changing the way fans follow esports by providing them with a central place to track their favourite teams and players, take part in discussions & compete to be the #1 fan. Join our journey and build amazing fan experiences with us! Our first app “Fnatic Nation” was built as the official fan app for Fnatic to help them grow, retain and monetize their fanbase. Now, we're scaling our mission across all teams by building one central app that unites all fans and teams in one place.

Runtime

Seed Round in 2018
Runtime GmbH produces and sells sports nutritional products. It offers buff food, performance drinks, runtime shakers, and starter packs online. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

Gaming 247, Inc.

Private Placement in 2019
Gaming 247, Inc., trading as VENN, provides post cable network services for gaming, e-sports, and entertainment applications. It offers media platform and original programming services. Gaming 247, Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Playa Vista, California.

Carbonated

Private Placement in 2020
Carbonated's main focus is its upcoming mobile shooter, which uses AI to make the typically hardcore genre more accessible and easier to play with just one hand. It is also developing its own live ops system, Carbyne, which it will use to quickly deliver updates to its game.

Legendary Play

Seed Round in 2017
META Games GmbH develops and publishes mobile games. It operates as an esports manager for games for mobiles. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Legendary Play

Seed Round in 2019
META Games GmbH develops and publishes mobile games. It operates as an esports manager for games for mobiles. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Anzu.io

Series A in 2019
Anzu.io, Inc. develops an advertising solution that creates connections between people and brands through digital game world. Its solution empowers top-tier game studios to bring name brand ads into their titles, as well as brand advertisers to engage with digital audiences. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel with a location in Berlin, Germany.

PatronGG

Seed Round in 2017
PatronGG is a tech startup built by esports veterans with the goal of changing the way fans follow esports by providing them with a central place to track their favourite teams and players, take part in discussions & compete to be the #1 fan. Join our journey and build amazing fan experiences with us! Our first app “Fnatic Nation” was built as the official fan app for Fnatic to help them grow, retain and monetize their fanbase. Now, we're scaling our mission across all teams by building one central app that unites all fans and teams in one place.

VENN

Series A in 2020
VENN is a new 24/7 post-cable network aimed at gaming, esports and entertainment audiences. Launching in 2020 and broadcasting live from studios in New York and Los Angeles, VENN will be distributed across a broad range of media platforms and offer original programming produced in-house and in partnership with some of the biggest names and creators across industries.

Anzu.io

Series B in 2021
Anzu.io, Inc. develops an advertising solution that creates connections between people and brands through digital game world. Its solution empowers top-tier game studios to bring name brand ads into their titles, as well as brand advertisers to engage with digital audiences. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel with a location in Berlin, Germany.

Carbonated

Seed Round in 2020
Carbonated's main focus is its upcoming mobile shooter, which uses AI to make the typically hardcore genre more accessible and easier to play with just one hand. It is also developing its own live ops system, Carbyne, which it will use to quickly deliver updates to its game.

Network Next

Seed Round in 2019
Network Next, Inc. provides Internet lane for online game developers and other interactive content. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Santa Monica, California.

Manticore Games

Series A in 2017
Manticore Games develops Core, a platform and community to build, share, and play online games. Manticore Games was started by industry veterans with experience in PC, console, mobile, and VR games. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Koji

Private Placement in 2020
GoMeta, Inc. develops an augmented reality (AR) platform to create interactive posts to share on social media. It offers Metaverse, an application that discovers and interacts with characters and builds interactive experiences for others to discover; and Kojis mini apps that can be shared on all social platforms, embedded in any website, and sent via messengers and email. GoMeta, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in San Diego, California.

Runtime

Private Placement in 2018
Runtime GmbH produces and sells sports nutritional products. It offers buff food, performance drinks, runtime shakers, and starter packs online. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

Bit Fry Game Studios

Private Placement in 2020
Bit Fry Game Studios, Inc. develops game titles for the next generation of console and mobile gaming platforms. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire with with additional offices in Los Angeles and New York City.

Ready Makers Inc.

Private Placement in 2019
Ready Makers Inc. is a cross platform for programming environment for personal robotics. It enables people without any coding experience to program games, Arduino, and other software projects. It is compatible with major robotics platform and enables creating and sharing Unity3D games that play anywhere. The platform provides customizable professional grade behaviors, including bullet movement, move towards, counter; a physics engine which provides gravity, drag, torque, and force; user interface and text elements, including input, timer, and score; and visual coding language, including flap, sensing, and flapper. Ready Makers Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in New York, New York.

Legendary Play

Private Placement in 2019
META Games GmbH develops and publishes mobile games. It operates as an esports manager for games for mobiles. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Manticore Games

Private Placement in 2019
Manticore Games develops Core, a platform and community to build, share, and play online games. Manticore Games was started by industry veterans with experience in PC, console, mobile, and VR games. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Anzu.io

Private Placement in 2019
Anzu.io, Inc. develops an advertising solution that creates connections between people and brands through digital game world. Its solution empowers top-tier game studios to bring name brand ads into their titles, as well as brand advertisers to engage with digital audiences. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel with a location in Berlin, Germany.

Brandbow

Convertible Note in 2021
Brandbow provides efficient e-commerce management. Direct monetization, data analytics, performance marketing, and an on-demand supply chain. It is A SaaS B2B Platform where Licensors can easily interact with Licensees in full transparency. Their services are aimed at minimizing management efforts while reducing time to market and optimizing asset monetization. Their primary features include full control of e-commerce channels, AI-powered online retail, trust layer, and real-time bi tools and reporting. Brandbow was founded by Elad Shahar and Oren Guli, in 2019, in Israel.

Carbonated

Series A in 2024
Carbonated's main focus is its upcoming mobile shooter, which uses AI to make the typically hardcore genre more accessible and easier to play with just one hand. It is also developing its own live ops system, Carbyne, which it will use to quickly deliver updates to its game.

Forge

Seed Round in 2023
Forge, Inc. develops a gaming application for gamers to share short clips of their in-game moments with friends. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Wagr

Series A in 2022
Wagr operates as an online sports betting mobile application. The company provides a platform to the users to make and share sports bet with friends. The user can challenge friends, start groups, and track leaderboards through the platform. Wagr is based in the United States.

Infinite Canvas

Venture Round in 2023
Infinite Canvas is a publisher for user-generated, creator-led games.

Redemption Games

Seed Round in 2023
Redemption Games is a mobile gaming company that develops casual games. It offers hundreds of thousands of games in the app store and to be able to rise to the top requires a unique combination of skill and effort, from how the game is designed to how its marketed and operated as a live service. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.

Carry1st

Series B in 2023
ADG Technology Inc. designs and develops interactive mobile applications for African consumers. The company matches gaming demand in Africa to the youth’s demands. The company's products include Carry1st Trivia and Hyper! games. ADG Technology Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in New York, New York.

Methodical Games

Series A in 2022
Methodical Games is a studio that allows developers to push the boundaries of their craft and work directly with other creative minds. It takes pride in its detail-oriented approach to game development, with an emphasis on meticulously crafted gameplay. The company was founded in 2022 and is based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

MetaJuice

Venture Round in 2022
MetaJuice is building blockchain-driven assets that unlock the value of the metaverse where users can create, earn, own and shape the future. Through meta tokens such as VCORE and VCOIN, and NFTs, MetaJuice will realize its vision; creating a world where everyone can participate and share in its success.

Ruckus Games

Seed Round in 2022
Ruckus Games is to create unparalleled player experiences through style interactivity and emergence.

OpenBCI, Inc.

Venture Round in 2021
What Is OpenBCI? OpenBCI is a low-cost, programmable, open-source EEG platform that gives anybody with a computer access to their brain waves. Our vision is to realize the potential of the open-source movement to accelerate innovation in brain science through collaborative hardware and software development. Behind the many lines of code and circuit diagrams, OpenBCI has a growing community of scientists, engineers, designers, makers, and a whole bunch of other people who are interested in furthering our understanding of the brain. We feel that the biggest challenges in understanding what makes us who we are cannot be solved by a company, an institution, or even an entire field of science. Rather, we believe these discoveries will be made through an open forum of shared knowledge and concerted effort by people from many different disciplines. What Makes OpenBCI Different? Today, the leading brain-computer interface (BCI) companies distribute fixed devices with limited or closed access to the algorithms that translate raw EEG signals to meaningful data. These devices are powerful and effective for application development but not ideal for R&D requiring adjustable hardware setups and direct control over the signal processing techniques. OpenBCI is fully accessible and powered by an open-source community of hardware and software builders, making it easy for creators of any skill level and ideal for researchers who haven’t yet settled on the perfect system design. The OpenBCI platform is intended to serve as a malleable starting point in the rapidly growing field of brain-computer interfacing.

Bit Fry Game Studios

Seed Round in 2017
Bit Fry Game Studios, Inc. develops game titles for the next generation of console and mobile gaming platforms. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire with with additional offices in Los Angeles and New York City.

Arcturus

Series A in 2022
Developer of volumetric video editing software designed to expand the boundaries of imagination and to fit artistic and production goals. The company's software offers a toolset for the production and adaptive streaming of volumetric video, enabling users to get interactive narrative experiences and technology for various virtual reality platforms.

Audiotool

Venture Round in 2022
Audiotool is a browser-based powerful online music production studio that allows its users to create, remix, and share music online. It's fully browser-based and stores data in the Audiotool cloud. Users can collaborate in real-time regardless of their physical location. It also allows its users to publish their finished tracks from the application to the website, sound cloud, YouTube, and Facebook.

Noice

Series A in 2023
Noice is an early-stage startup building an innovative social platform in one of the fastest-growing areas of the games industry.

Voicemod

Series A in 2023
Voicemod is the best free voice changer software for Windows (coming soon for Linux and Mac OSX). An online voice modifier with effects capable of converting your voice into robot, female or girl online. It’s great for games and chatting as an app. They also offer an SDK for developers to integrate Voicemod's tech on iOS and Android.