BITKRAFT Ventures

Bitkraft is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Jens Hilgers, with headquarters in Berlin and an office in New York. The firm specializes in early-stage investments primarily in the esports and gaming sectors, targeting companies across North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Bitkraft focuses on a variety of areas within the gaming industry, including game developers, gaming platforms, and related technologies, as well as emerging fields such as web3, virtual and augmented reality, and blockchain applications. The firm operates multiple funds, including those dedicated to esports and technology, and aims to invest between $0.1 million and $0.4 million in promising ventures. Bitkraft's team is strategically located in key cities such as Berlin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and London, enhancing its ability to engage with the digital entertainment ecosystem.

Malte Barth

Founding Partner

Jasper Brand

Partner

Christian Edler

Venture Partner

Adrian Galea

Vice President, Finance

Martin Garcia

CFO

Jonathan Huang

Principal

Benedikt Hübenthal

Associate

Lenny Langenscheidt

Investor

Ben Naylor

Technical Crypto Analyst

Carlos Pereira

Partner

Scott Rupp

Founding General Partner

Justin Swart

Principal

Nicolas Vereecke

Venture Partner

Past deals in Virtual Reality

Tripp

Series A in 2022
TRIPP Inc. is a company that specializes in developing virtual reality experiences aimed at enhancing emotional well-being. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with a development office in Chicago, TRIPP combines audio-visual elements, gameplay mechanics, and meditation to create immersive experiences that positively influence mood and mental states. Drawing on research indicating that interactive digital experiences can affect brain function, TRIPP positions itself as a pioneer in the intersection of gaming and mindfulness. By leveraging their expertise in game design, the company seeks to redefine the traditional notion of gaming, focusing on the potential of their products to serve as tools for emotional transformation rather than mere entertainment. Ultimately, TRIPP aims to help users achieve desired emotional states, fostering a unique mind-body connection through their innovative offerings.

Ready

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Ready democratizes gaming with The Ready Games- DIY game tournaments- and Ready Maker, a platform for gaming and robotics. Ready opens games creation to the world, with over 1 million makers and players. The Ready Games app delivers three, brand new mobile mini-games every week that anyone can play to win cash prizes. Ready Maker provides a creative platform that builds in the mediums of their client's time - mobile games, robotics, VR/AR.

Playable Worlds

Series B in 2022
Playable Worlds, Inc. is an online game company based in San Marcos, California, founded in 2018. The company specializes in developing cloud-native games that focus on creating immersive, persistent worlds capable of evolving over time. By leveraging advanced technology, Playable Worlds aims to provide rich simulations, regular content updates, and foster strong gaming communities. Their approach allows for vast-scale gaming experiences that offer accessible gameplay while enabling users to engage in a collective online environment. The company's mission is to redefine online gaming by delivering a dynamic and interactive experience that continually adapts to player interactions.

LIV

Series A in 2022
LIV Inc, formerly known as LIV Net Inc, is a technology company based in Prague, Czech Republic, specializing in virtual reality software for gaming. Established in 2013, LIV focuses on enabling VR live streamers to engage with their audiences in real-time, transforming viewers from passive spectators into active participants. Since its inception, the company has redefined the landscape of live-streamed gaming content, allowing creators to enhance their interactive experiences. Since launching in 2018, LIV's innovative approach has garnered over 1.5 billion views, showcasing its significant impact on the virtual reality and gaming communities.

RSTLSS

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a digital fashion label designed to help users express their identities freely and fluidly. The company's platform offers the freedom and access to create and sell multiverse fashion through an engaging, gamified experience and also grows crypto-native brands and onboards traditional internet protocols into the metaverse via curated non-fungible token drops, enabling artists, brands and influencers to create and monetize wearables and merchandise in the metaverse and take ultimate control over their visual identities.

Inworld

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of an AI-based platform designed to populate immersive realities including the metaverse, VR and AR, games, and virtual worlds. The company offers to virtual human characters to build and deploy virtual characters for a variety of use cases, enabling clients to leverage and streamline their creative process.

MYTY

Seed Round in 2021
Operator of a decentralized social platform intended to convert crypto punks NFT into avatars. The company's network allows users to escape the constraints of the real world by using NFT avatars, enabling users to freely express themselves by maximizing their imagination in the social metaverse.

Laguna Games

Seed Round in 2021
Laguna Games is a research and game development studio focused on creating computer and console games that incorporate blockchain technology. The company's offerings are designed to deliver story-based entertainment, emphasizing real-time, large-scale, and highly social competition. By leveraging blockchain technology, Laguna Games aims to enhance the gaming experience and provide quality entertainment for the gaming community.

Spatial

Series B in 2021
Developer of a virtual audio platform intended to offer multi-dimensional sonic experiences for the optimum well-being of people in physical spaces. The company's platform features the ability to build and design core computational audio plugins and creative tools in order to transform spaces and elevate experiences, enabling commercial and enterprise customers to have virtual soundscapes where they work, play, and stay.

Horizon Blockchain Games

Seed Round in 2021
Horizon Blockchain Games Inc. is a video game studio that specializes in leveraging blockchain technology to create decentralized gaming experiences. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the company also has locations in Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle, Mexico City, and Madrid. Horizon develops various games, including Arcadeum, a video game network and wallet built on the Ethereum blockchain, and SkyWeaver, an online card game. The company's platform is designed to empower players by providing a community-driven ecosystem where they can enjoy true digital ownership, open economies, and the ability to earn real-world value through gameplay. By focusing on innovations in web3 gaming, Horizon Blockchain Games aims to reshape the gaming landscape for a new generation of players.

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.

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 businesses to get interactive narrative experiences and technology for various virtual reality platforms.

Pocket Worlds

Series A in 2021
Pocket Worlds is a community-building metaverse platform that enables users to create personalized avatars, environments, and fashion. The platform is designed for social interaction and offers creative tools that enhance user engagement through virtual chats. By focusing on blockchain and user-friendly experiences, Pocket Worlds fosters connections among users, allowing them to express themselves and build friendships across geographic boundaries. The platform's games are developed with a long-term vision, encouraging social play that can be enjoyed for decades.

Tilt Five

Series A 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.

Voicemod

Series A in 2020
Voicemod is a voice modulation software designed for Windows, with plans to expand to Linux and Mac OS X. The platform allows users to alter their voices in real-time, offering various effects such as transforming a voice into a robot or a female character, making it particularly popular for gaming and online chatting. In addition to its software application, Voicemod provides a software development kit (SDK) that enables developers to integrate its voice modulation technology into their applications for iOS and Android, enhancing user engagement through real-time audio modifications.

Playable Worlds

Series A in 2020
Playable Worlds, Inc. is an online game company based in San Marcos, California, founded in 2018. The company specializes in developing cloud-native games that focus on creating immersive, persistent worlds capable of evolving over time. By leveraging advanced technology, Playable Worlds aims to provide rich simulations, regular content updates, and foster strong gaming communities. Their approach allows for vast-scale gaming experiences that offer accessible gameplay while enabling users to engage in a collective online environment. The company's mission is to redefine online gaming by delivering a dynamic and interactive experience that continually adapts to player interactions.

Veritas Entertainment

Venture Round in 2020
Veritas Entertainment GmbH, based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in providing entertainment services for a variety of events, including corporate functions, weddings, and private celebrations. The company also focuses on the esports sector, developing a platform that hosts and streams professional gaming competitions. This platform caters to a wide range of events, from large gaming festivals to smaller community tournaments, allowing professional gamers to compete while engaging a larger audience through online streaming. Veritas Entertainment aims to elevate esports within the broader sports and entertainment industry.

Spatial

Series A in 2019
Developer of a virtual audio platform intended to offer multi-dimensional sonic experiences for the optimum well-being of people in physical spaces. The company's platform features the ability to build and design core computational audio plugins and creative tools in order to transform spaces and elevate experiences, enabling commercial and enterprise customers to have virtual soundscapes where they work, play, and stay.

Playable Worlds

Seed Round in 2019
Playable Worlds, Inc. is an online game company based in San Marcos, California, founded in 2018. The company specializes in developing cloud-native games that focus on creating immersive, persistent worlds capable of evolving over time. By leveraging advanced technology, Playable Worlds aims to provide rich simulations, regular content updates, and foster strong gaming communities. Their approach allows for vast-scale gaming experiences that offer accessible gameplay while enabling users to engage in a collective online environment. The company's mission is to redefine online gaming by delivering a dynamic and interactive experience that continually adapts to player interactions.

Manticore Games

Series B 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.

Ready

Series A in 2019
Ready democratizes gaming with The Ready Games- DIY game tournaments- and Ready Maker, a platform for gaming and robotics. Ready opens games creation to the world, with over 1 million makers and players. The Ready Games app delivers three, brand new mobile mini-games every week that anyone can play to win cash prizes. Ready Maker provides a creative platform that builds in the mediums of their client's time - mobile games, robotics, VR/AR.

Lofelt

Series A in 2019
Lofelt GmbH, founded in 2014 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in developing advanced haptic technology that enhances user interaction with digital devices. The company aims to deliver exceptional haptic experiences by utilizing a high-definition haptic engine capable of recreating music's bass frequencies in high fidelity, allowing users to feel sound physically. Lofelt's notable consumer product, the Basslet, is a wearable device that functions like a subwoofer. The company collaborates with prominent brands to enhance user experiences in various sectors, including gaming, augmented reality, virtual reality, and consumer electronics. A recent partnership with Razer highlights Lofelt's commitment to integrating its technology into widely recognized products. With a team of engineers, developers, and designers, Lofelt is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of haptic technology while maintaining a strong foundation in German engineering.

Spatial

Seed Round in 2019
Developer of a virtual audio platform intended to offer multi-dimensional sonic experiences for the optimum well-being of people in physical spaces. The company's platform features the ability to build and design core computational audio plugins and creative tools in order to transform spaces and elevate experiences, enabling commercial and enterprise customers to have virtual soundscapes where they work, play, and stay.

Network Next

Seed Round in 2019
Network Next, Inc., founded in 2017 and based in Santa Monica, California, specializes in providing a cloud network software that prioritizes internet traffic specifically for online game developers and interactive content creators. The company's innovative platform establishes a reliable and efficient route for data in real-time, effectively creating a dedicated internet fast lane for individual players. This technology enhances the online gaming experience by significantly reducing latency and ensuring consistent, high-quality multiplayer interactions. Through its solutions, Network Next aims to improve accessibility and performance for game enthusiasts.

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.

WTFast

Angel Round in 2017
WTFast operates as a Gamers Private Network (GPN), dedicated to optimizing internet connections for latency-sensitive online gaming applications. By leveraging proprietary, patent-backed technology, WTFast provides gamers with multiple alternative network paths, enhancing their online multiplayer gaming experience. The company primarily targets the MMO and eSports segments, with aspirations to become a crucial infrastructure provider for the emerging VR and AR markets. This focus aims to facilitate smooth connections and reduce motion sickness associated with sophisticated online games, ensuring gamers have access to the fastest and most secure network available.
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