Key takeaways from the IndiaGDC (IGDC 2025) session with BITKRAFT Ventures Founding General Partner Jens Hilgers:
The speaker. Hilgers founded BITKRAFT Ventures in 2016 and is widely considered one of esports’ first entrepreneurs, building a career at the intersection of gaming, esports and entertainment before turning to investing.
Esports pedigree. He launched his first esports platform, gamers.de, in 1997 (sold in 1999), then founded ESL in 2000 and grew it into the world’s most prestigious esports brand over a ten-year tenure as CEO.
A landmark exit. In 2015, MTG acquired a majority stake in ESL — the first acquisition of an esports company by a traditional media organisation. He is also co-founder and chairman of G2 Esports.
India in focus. The IGDC 2025 talk framed India as a pivotal market for the future of global entertainment, gaming and esports — the lens through which BITKRAFT’s thesis on interactive media is set out.
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