JH

Jens Hilgers

Serial Entrepreneur in Esports and Gaming since 1997

Berlin, Berlin

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $2,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $3,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Janitor

    2016

    BITKRAFT Ventures started as the first global Esports investment platform, now covering Gaming, Interactive Entertainment and Esports backed by some of the most influential entrepreneurs and companies from around the globe, offering early-stage and growth-stage capital and support to build category-leading companies! To date, BITKRAFT has launched 7 venture funds. Our Seed Fund, Token Fund I and Venture Fund I are out-invested and our Venture Fund II and Opportunity Fund I and Token Fund II are currently actively investing. BITKRAFT spans a portfolio of over 150 companies globally. Having a hands-on approach with the companies we are involved in, we love to support founders and management teams with active coaching & mentoring by leveraging entrepreneurial experience and providing access our network. We are constantly looking for new opportunities and our excitement starts with smart entrepreneurs of upright character that want to create world changing new entertainment experiences!

  • Investor and Advisor

    2023

    Allocator One identifies and supports the highest potential first-time GPs with a one-of-a-kind infrastructure: Anchor investment, tech-driven admin and regulation solutions, global investor network access, and a loyal and intimate community backbone.

2014

  • Co Founder & Chairman

    2014

    G2 Esports is a western Esports Team founded by legendary eSports player Carlos 'ocelote' Rodriguez and myself. I met Carlos in mid 2014 after he had just formed the Team under its initial name Gamers2. Carlos had all the ingredients to become a successful Entrepreneur and Team Owner and I agreed to join him as co-founder providing active coaching and advice to support Carlos on his mission to build one of the finest Esportd Teams globally.

2021

  • Member of the Board of Directors

    2021

    GGWP is the first anti-toxicity platform for games and modernizes game moderation. Using AI to identify positive and disruptive player behavior, ggwp empowers moderators to become superhuman with automation and streamlined tools.

2021

  • Member of the Board of Directors

    2021

    Immutable is advancing the world of NFTs through ImmutableX, an industry-leading NFT minting and trading platform and Immutable Studios, an NFT game development studio.

  • Supervisory Board Member and Co-Founder

    2022

    Bayes Holding (formerly Dojo Madness) is providing esports data and services for the media and betting industry through its' two business units BAYES Esports Solutions and Shadow. Founded in 2014 BAYES has become a leader in the esports data space and forged strong long term partnerships with important systemic industry partners such as Sportradar, Riot Games, ESL and many others.

  • Managing Director and Co-Founder

    2019 - 2022

    Bayes Holding (formerly Dojo Madness) is providing esports data and services for the media and betting industry through its' two business units BAYES Esports Solutions and Shadow. Founded in 2014 BAYES has become a leader in the esports data space and forged strong long term partnerships with important systemic industry partners such as Sportradar, Riot Games, ESL and many others.

  • CEO and Co-Founder

    2015 - 2018

    Passionate gamers by heart, DOJO Madness are a team of Esports veterans building next generation tools and services that help Esports players and fans to have more fun and better entertainment in and around their favorite Esports games. DOJO Madness is operating 3 Business Units: > BAYES.GG - Esports data warehousing, analytics and distribution > SHADOW.GG - Worlds first Enterprise analytics platform for professional Esports Teams

2019

  • Member of the Board of Directors

    2019

    The worlds most advanced in-game advertisement platform. Enabling truly immersive advertisement embedded into the games themselves.

  • Co-Founder

    2022

    One Ukraine was formed by accomplished global entrepreneurs with the vision to support Ukraine: Getting Ukrainians to safety, provide humanitarian support, helping Ukraine recover and prosper. The Leadership Team is comprised of Ukrainian specialists.

  • Advisor and Angel Investor

    2019

    I am an advisor to SoCouch, a games studio building a new game IP under the name Ember Sword. A free-to-play Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game (MMORPG) for browsers and PC with a vast, persistent, fantasy universe owned and developed by its players.

  • Investor and Industry Expert

    2019

    Roundhill Investments launched NERD, a direct-to-consumer esports ETF with BITKRAFT branding. In the future, Roundhill Investments will launch similar niche ETFs concerned digital entertainment theses.