Meet the Team

We are a crew of eSports veterans and passionate gamers with the mission to identify the greatest opportunities and smartest entrepreneurs in the eSports industry. Ultimately building great value for eSports players and fans. We support eSports startups and entrepreneurs through experience, network and cash investment.

Jens Hilgers - Jens Hilgers is a Founding Partner of BITKRAFT Esports Ventures. Considered a Godfather of Esports, Jens began his Esports career in 1997, by channeling his creative energy into computer technology and the early demo, trading and hacking scene. While still in college, he built the Gamers Network, a news portal gamers.de for online PC games which he complemented with the first German Clan League, in addition to building and hosting Gamers Gathering, Europe’s biggest Lan-Party. Gamers Network was sold in 1999 and Jens continued his Esports ambitions by founding Turtle Entertainment in 2000. As CEO for ten years, Jens grew the company into the world's most prestigious Esports brand and, along with it, paved the way for Esports to go mainstream. In 2015, international entertainment company, MTG, acquired a majority stake in Turtle Entertainment, marking the first acquisition of an Esports company by a traditional media organization. Since 2013, Jens has actively invested in startups with a visible focus on Esports.

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