Bitkraft Ventures Launches $275M Gaming Fund, Increasing Total Managed Assets

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by Giorgi Kostiuk

2 years ago

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Bitkraft Ventures, a global investment platform specializing in gaming and media initiatives, recently revealed a $275 million investment round. This new round is projected to push the company's total assets under management to approximately $1 billion. Some of their earlier investments include notable companies like blockchain developer Jungle and CCP, the creator of Eve Online. The Venture II round heavily emphasized web3 and blockchain games.

The latest funding round is earmarked for early-stage gaming projects. Sources mention that at least 15% of these funds have been allocated for projects in the Asian sector. Jens Hilgers, a founding partner at Bitkraft Ventures, expressed the company's keen interest in supporting emerging studios, developers, and games.

Despite a decline in global gaming revenues in 2023, web3 projects have been showing considerable improvement since the fourth quarter of the same year. Analysts attribute this rebound to the "Bitcoin bounce". According to a recent interview with Carlos Pereira, partner at BitKraft Ventures, web3 gaming has shown noteworthy progress in the Q4 2023 recovery. He predicts a positive trend in launch activity for 2024.

With this substantial funding round, Bitkraft Ventures seems to indicate a recovery in the private market. Carlos Pereira further explained that during the period when venture capital was tight, differences between public and private markets were expected.

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