This is a MAJOR milestone in web3 gaming! Immutable and Sequence join forces to deliver unmatched in-game and cross-game experiences to players and developers ????? We’re combining Sequence’s world-class developer solutions with Immutable—web3 gaming’s largest ecosystem—to give devs the ultimate toolkit to onboard players, boost monetization, and build next-level gaming experiences. Here’s what’s happening with this strategic partnership: ? Immutable Passport + Sequence Embedded Wallets for effortless onboarding, epic player journeys, and the most secure and streamlined wallet solution available (?? Pro tip: Sequence Embedded Wallets convert twice as many players into paying holders compared to other wallets) ?? Gaming-native + marketplace tools to boost monetization ?? Immutable’s zkEVM chain to scale faster and smoother ?? Advanced analytics to measure and optimize acquisition, retention, monetization ?? Immutable Builder powered by Sequence: a low-code dev portal + toolkit to build next-gen, player-centric experiences Developers, you can begin integrating today! Check out this major news article in GamesBeat VentureBeat : https://lnkd.in/d2wDWTzx Start your journey by reading the blog and getting in touch with our BD teams: https://lnkd.in/dKQB6cDd
BITKRAFT Ventures
风险投资与私募股权管理人
Denver，Colorado 18,847 位关注者
The global investment platform for gaming, Web3, and immersive technology. ??
关于我们
We are built on a love of gaming fueled by entrepreneurial spirit with the explicit purpose of empowering extraordinary founders to actualize the ideas that won't leave them alone. Our perspective on the future of the industries in which we invest - gaming, Web3, and immersive technology - is anchored around a thesis of Synthetic Reality: that the convergence of physical and digital worlds will continuously introduce new human experiences and create unprecedented social and economic opportunities. We currently serve a global portfolio of over 125 forward-thinking startups, each contributing to the construction of the virtual worlds and economies of tomorrow. -- Legal Disclaimer: The views expressed in linked content generated by unaffiliated third parties are the opinions and projections of the author, and not BITKRAFT Ventures (“BITKRAFT”). Unless otherwise noted, they are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions. BITKRAFT does not represent that any opinion or projection will be realized.
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https://www.bitkraft.vc
BITKRAFT Ventures的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 风险投资与私募股权管理人
- 规模
- 11-50 人
- 总部
- Denver，Colorado
- 类型
- 合营企业
- 创立
- 2017
- 领域
- Gaming、Esports、Interactive Media、Venture Capital、Seed、Series A、Series B、Synthetic Realities、Metaverse、Augmented Reality、Virtual Reality、Game Studio和Videogames
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BITKRAFT Ventures员工
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Jen MacLean
Co-Founder and CEO, Stealth Mode Startup | Former MSFT, AMZN | Strategy, Leadership, Business Development, Game Development
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Dennis Fong
Founder & CEO @GGWP: AI-powered digital safety platform ?? | 5x founder | venture partner @BITKRAFT | the first pro gamer ??
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Enrico D'Angelo
VP, Product at Roblox
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Jin Oh
Chief Global Publishing Officer@KRAFTON | Ex-Riot Games President l Author
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?? Congratulations to?Ruckus Games on securing $19M in Series A funding to revolutionize multiplayer gaming! Led by industry veterans from Gearbox Entertainment, Riot Games, Blizzard Entertainment, and more,?Ruckus?is set to bring a unique blend of style, humor, and explosive action to the gaming world with their debut title. As Jasper Brand at BITKRAFT puts it, “Securing Series A funding is notoriously difficult, and this success speaks volumes about the caliber of the?Ruckus?team.” We’re excited to be part of this journey! ??
?? ??????????????: Nailed Series A funding ?? ??????????????: $19 million ?? ??????????????: We’re hiring! Wanna play a rad, cooperative third-person stylized shooter with unique style, humor, explosive action and some of the stupidest weapons ever? We did. That’s why we’re making it! Get ready to Smash, Grab, and Grow with us. Stay tuned for more, and signup for early playtest opportunities at https://bit.ly/40LTEu0 Read the Official Press Release here: https://bit.ly/4fNK5iI #gamedev #indiedev #videogames #gamedevelopment #funding #seriesa #ruckusgames
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From our friends at Mira: Are trustless systems the answer to AI reliability?
Trustless, verified intelligence is here. We're releasing v1 of our whitepaper, proposing a new trustless system to verify AI generations, dramatically improving reliability by counteracting hallucination and bias in language models today, taking another step towards truly autonomous AI systems. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/gr7zCMDm Mira's verification system is live with customers serving 250K+ users and manages over 100k inference requests daily. See how model performance dramatically improved during our research: Baseline (GPT-4o): 73.1% 2-of-2 Consensus: 93.9% 3-of-3 Consensus: 95.6% We have also published our evaluation dataset for our research on Hugging Face for others to review: https://lnkd.in/gkHj7jp5 November is a big month with a spate of releases coming from us: ? Mira Flows - build natively evaluated and self-improving AI workflows ? Mira Research - research on the efficacy of Mira's ensemble verification system ? Voyager Testnet - contribute to the Mira network as a verifier on testnet If you are a developer or a builder and want early access to Mira Flows, join the waitlist here: https://lnkd.in/gw8XBspM Learn more at mira.network
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We are proud to have led Starform's $6M funding round as they further develop their vision for air combat arena shooter Metalstorm and expand their Seattle-based team. According to founding partner Malte Barth, "Starform's vision for accessible, cross-platform multiplayer competitive gaming is compelling. Metalstorm exemplifies how deeply engaging team-based play and innovative game design can create meaningful and long-term connections among players. Starform demonstrates a scalable business model, and we're excited to support their journey in bringing this experience to a global audience." Read here for more: https://lnkd.in/eWZeBGxd
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?? What's a AAA game, and what does it take to build one? We’re excited about the incredible panel we hosted at our 2024 Summit, featuring veterans John Smedley, Stephen Lim and Michael Chow, the minds behind Everquest, Valorant, and Wild Rift sharing their journey in AAA gaming. The insights were too good not to share! ?? What defines AAA? "You know it when you see it" ? Groundbreaking quality and depth ? Strong legacy brands that consistently wow players ? Exceptional value for money ? And yes, you can grow into AAA status (just look at Fortnite's evolution!) ?? Key Takeaways: 1. The democratization of game development tools is changing things. Even indies can now have AAA aspirations! 2. While it still requires significant capital and focus, VC understanding of gaming has evolved dramatically. When we at BITKRAFT started investing in AAA in 2018, we were pioneers. Now, it's becoming consensus. 3. Smart resource allocation is crucial. As one panelist noted: "There's such a thing as wrong AAA." Focus on what players actually want rather than unnecessary features. ?? The biggest challenge? Risk-taking, especially at large companies. This creates a fantastic opportunity for startups willing to take bold swings. Want more insights from these gaming legends? Full panel discussion available here ??
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?? What's a AAA game, and what does it take to build one? We’re excited about the incredible panel we hosted at our 2024 Summit, featuring veterans John Smedley, Stephen Lim and Michael Chow, the minds behind Everquest, Valorant, and Wild Rift sharing their journey in AAA gaming. The insights were too good not to share! ?? What defines AAA? "You know it when you see it" ? Groundbreaking quality and depth ? Strong legacy brands that consistently wow players ? Exceptional value for money ? And yes, you can grow into AAA status (just look at Fortnite's evolution!) ?? Key Takeaways: 1. The democratization of game development tools is changing things. Even indies can now have AAA aspirations! 2. While it still requires significant capital and focus, VC understanding of gaming has evolved dramatically. When we at BITKRAFT started investing in AAA in 2018, we were pioneers. Now, it's becoming consensus. 3. Smart resource allocation is crucial. As one panelist noted: "There's such a thing as wrong AAA." Focus on what players actually want rather than unnecessary features. ?? The biggest challenge? Risk-taking, especially at large companies. This creates a fantastic opportunity for startups willing to take bold swings. Want more insights from these gaming legends? Full panel discussion available here ??
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Crypto & AI as an intersection doesn't make sense. Or does it? We recently unpacked this at the BITKRAFT Summit with some heavy hitters in the space: Karan Sirdesai (Founder, Mira) Anand Iyer (Founder, Canonical / Venture Partner, Lightspeed) Trevor-Jones Harries (COO, Render Network Foundation) ================================= So why is a gaming fund hosting a panel with operators in crypto & AI? Because gaming sits at the frontier of technology development and as gaming investors we have a front row seat to the latest developments. * Procedural generation of game environs were a precursor to genAI & NERFs * LLMs were trained first in in-game environments like Minecraft, Starcraft etc. * WoW bots farming gold gave us a taste of what "agentic workflows" could look like * Nvidia was an old friend before it became the household name it is today As a result, we invested in the space via the Mira Network as we've seen gaming studios as power users of AI infra and models in the development process. So why does crypto need AI, and vice versa? In short, "Data Provenance." Anand summed this up well: "The reality is that we don't know where the data that LlaMa and Meta's models have been trained on comes from." Take a deep dive into Crypto x AI and check out the full panel ?? (link in comments)
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Congratulations to our friends at Buddy.ai! ??
Buddy.ai raises an $11M Seed Round from BITKRAFT Ventures, Educapital, Goodwater, J Ventures, LETA Capital, One Way Ventures, Point72 Ventures, and angels to bring fun, AI-powered language learning to kids globally! ??????? Big congrats to Ivan Crewkov, Dima Plotnikov and the fantastic Buddy.ai team with a decade-long track record of successful entrepreneurship in cross-platform intelligent assistants, natural language processing, and voice/touch-based user experiences! Originally started to support his own family’s learning needs after moving to the U.S. 7 years ago, they have quietly grown with high capital efficiently ever since. The traditional 1-on-1 teacher-to-child education model is unaffordable for many families and not scalable for teachers. Buddy.ai is the world's first multimodal, conversational AI tutor designed to teach young children English, in their mission to make quality education accessible and bring bright smiles to every child. Besides their outstanding talent in AI and Early Learning, Buddy.ai differentiates through: ?? 1. Making learning fun: Engaging interactive learning experiences with an animated AI tutor, Buddy, to make language acquisition feel natural and fun. ?? 2. Global access: With 50M downloads and 20M monthly active users, Buddy.ai is already democratizing language learning across the globe. ?? 3. Personalized tutoring: Adapting to each child’s learning pace, dynamically tailored lessons create high efficacy for every session. ?? 4. Technical depth: COPPA-compliant speech recognition, purpose-built to understand and engage children safely and effectively—outperforming other systems by a mile, as it understands young, accented speech across 9 languages (and much more!). ?? 5. B2C & B2B Traction: Strong engagement and top-tier metrics in B2C, and executing B2B opportunities across education and entertainment IP stakeholders. ??? TechCrunch Interview with Ivan: https://lnkd.in/gDgUT3_Y We’re very grateful for the opportunity to lead the team’s Seed round, and put our shoulders behind Buddy.ai alongside old and new friends. This funding will accelerate Buddy.ai's mission to reach even more kids worldwide, expand their learning experiences, and continue pushing the boundaries of what AI can achieve in education. If you’re a parent, give it a try at https://buddy.ai/. If not, tell other parents about it! :) We can’t wait to support Buddy.ai as they set out to lead the AI revolution in early childhood education! ?? Cc: Candace K., Scott Rupp, Marie Geneste, Géraldine Fillet, Alexandre Glaser, Coddy Johnson, Leonard Langenscheidt, John Nordin, Sergey Toporov, Eugene Malobrodsky, Benjamin Shor, Ishan Sinha, Oksana Kubushyna, Brendan Mulligan #EdTech #Gaming #VentureCapital #Seed #AI #LanguageLearning #EarlyLearning #BuddyAI #BITKRAFT
English for children online from scratch, English for children with artificial intelligence in a playful way - buddy.ai
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A heartfelt ?? congratulations to our portfolio companies Superbloom and Stoke Games for being named two of 2025's Game Changers by Lightspeed, GamesBeat and Nasdaq! This year’s theme is resilience and adaptation and we have seen both of these organizations strive to champion these virtues. Here's to continuing to change the game ?? https://lnkd.in/ekFRcTMC
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?? Game-Changing Women in Mobile Gaming: Meet BITKRAFT founders, Emily Yim and Kseniya (Ksusha) Zito of Superbloom! ?? Emily and Ksusha's journey from industry giants to startup founders is as inspiring as it is impressive. Their first app, Venue, is blooming in soft launch, blending gaming with interior design. But that's just the beginning! Some nuggets of wisdom from these powerhouse founders: ?? Flexibility is key ?? Embrace resilience ?? Align early (like tuning instruments before a concert!) ?? Build a diverse, curious team We can't wait to see what they grow next! ?? Read more - link to article in the comments??