Bitkraft VC, the Esports, gaming and interactive media investment platform, has established a $75-million token fund for investing in blockchain gaming and digital entertainment.
It has been reported that the fund uses a “stage-agnostic” strategy, meaning that it will put money in companies and startups at any business development stage. Apart from equity investment, the token fund will also invest in cryptocurrencies and nonfungible tokens (NFT).
However, in order to provide regulated investment opportunities, Bitkraft received an investment advisor registration from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in June 2021.
The report said that the new token fund is led by Piers Kicks, a founding partner in the investment arm of crypto research firm Delphi Digital. Kicks joined Bitkraft earlier this year to lead the company’s investment efforts in crypto and NFTs.
Bitkraft stated that the fund has already closed six investments, including projects such as Yield Guild Games (YGG), Immutable, Alethea AI, and Horizon Games.
Kicks said:
“We were only able to announce the funding after final closing but have been actively deploying from it.”
Kicks added:
“We adopt a chain-agnostic approach and assess each project on a case-by-case basis. We are beginning to see some exciting activity on Solana and will be closely monitoring early gaming projects in that ecosystem.”
Likewise, according to Bitkraft Ventures founding general partner Jens Hilgers, the fund is looking to have invested in about 25 more companies by the end of 2022. The venture capital firm has more than $540 million in assets under management as of October 1, 2021, with a portfolio spanning more than 60 companies across North America, Europe, and Asia.
The gaming industry has proved ripe for crypto adoption, with many new use cases for decentralized finance (DeFi) and NFTs. Blockchain game Axie Infinity has emerged as one of the most popular Ethereum-based NFT games this year, with its native token AXS reaching a new all-time high above $155 last Monday.
Thus, in September, blockchain gamification platform DeFi Land raised $4.1 million to launch a new DeFi game on Solana.
Source: Cointelegraph