Jens Hilgers

BIO

I am a serial entrepreneur with my primary interest in esports, videogames and online technologies. Having build my first videogame online tournaments, lan-events and gameserver farms as early as 1998 I'd consider myself a veteran in the Esports industry. Building companies and making ideas become reality is what I really love. Outstanding user experience, agility, transparency and sustainability are the core principles of my daily work. I am a creative thinker, problem solver and quick learner. I team up with ambitious and smart people of upright character. For 23 years now i have been building and managing international games&tech companies in Central and Eastern Europe aswell as in Asia. Since 2012 i am actively investing in and supporting selected startups in the Games&Esports space, nowadays dominantly through my Venture Fund BITKRAFT Esports Ventures. Many of the most innovative and leading assets in the Esports space have been founded or supported by myself: ESL - Largest Esports tournament production and marketing, BITKRAFT - worlds first and only Esports VC, BAYES (formerly DOJO Madness) - leading esports big data company, G2 Esports - Leading Western Esports Team, The Esports Observer - Largest Esports Business platform, runtime.gg - first performance nutrition brand in esports, epics.gg - first and leading digital trading card game in esports.