# Piers Kicks

> Piers Kicks is a seed investor at BITKRAFT Ventures (London) backing Blockchain and Web3. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BITKRAFT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitkraft-ventures)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierskicks/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/pierskicks
- Website: https://x.com/pierskicks

Piers Kicks is a seed investor at BITKRAFT Ventures in London focused on Blockchain and Web3. Investing in crypto x gaming at BITKRAFT & Delphi Digital.Piers acquired his first bitcoin at 13 years old in exchange for virtual currency in a video game. After reaching 69 global in Rainbow Six Siege (over 50 million players), being a first generation virtual reality user, and growing up with crypto, he leverages his unique insight intothe undercurrents of the web to cross the digital divide.Computer science and philosophy background, entrepreneurial with a global digital asset network.Hunting asymmetric crypto/venture investment opportunities in early stage projects that seek to advance and support the emergence of synthetic reality.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$7.5M |
| Series A | $4M–$22M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 7 | 33% |
| Web3 | 5 | 24% |
| Gaming | 5 | 24% |
| Software | 2 | 10% |
| Video Games | 2 | 10% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 43% |
| Series A | 3 | 14% |
| Angel | 1 | 5% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |
| Series B | 1 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 19% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Liberia | 1 | 5% |
| Australia | 1 | 5% |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 5% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Legion | Legion makes on-chain fundraising accessible to ordinary investors by ensuring regulatory compliance and investor accountability. | $2M | Seed | Aug 27, 2024 |  |
| Cambria | Cambria is a massively multiplayer online game (MMO) project. It builds a Runescape-inspired game with onchain stakes. | $2.5M | Seed | Jul 03, 2024 |  |
| Allora Labs | Allora Labs is a blockchain-based protocol that incentivizes experts to answer subjective questions honestly and captures the value of truth. Its first product aims to provide an efficient price-discovery mechanism for NFTs by paying experts for honest appraisals unlocking new opportunities for experts and enabling a number of powerful new DeFiprimitives. | $3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 24, 2024 |  |
| Pixelverse | Pixelverse is a blockchain-based, pixelated P2E game. | $7.5M | Seed | Jun 12, 2024 |  |
| BAC Games | BAC Games is a video game company that focuses on the Web3 platform. The company's software is based on blockchain technology and employs token-based digital game economics, allowing players to stake cryptocurrencies and gain financial rewards while playing. | $1.5M | Seed | May 10, 2024 |  |
| KAIKAKU | Creating a world where you get served by the friendliest people with food that hits that "wow" every time. Automating the boring and doubling down on the "hospitality" part of food service using modular robotics. Advised by the Ex-CDO of Subway, Ex-CSO of Mars Inc, Ex-MD of Caffè Nero and VC-backed. | $1.8M | Pre-Seed | Apr 01, 2024 |  |
| KAIKAKU | Creating a world where you get served by the friendliest people with food that hits that "wow" every time. Automating the boring and doubling down on the "hospitality" part of food service using modular robotics. Advised by the Ex-CDO of Subway, Ex-CSO of Mars Inc, Ex-MD of Caffè Nero and VC-backed. |  | Angel | Jun 01, 2023 |  |
| Allora Labs | Allora Labs is a blockchain-based protocol that incentivizes experts to answer subjective questions honestly and captures the value of truth. Its first product aims to provide an efficient price-discovery mechanism for NFTs by paying experts for honest appraisals unlocking new opportunities for experts and enabling a number of powerful new DeFiprimitives. | $22M | Series A | Mar 22, 2022 |  |
| Allora Labs | Allora Labs is a blockchain-based protocol that incentivizes experts to answer subjective questions honestly and captures the value of truth. Its first product aims to provide an efficient price-discovery mechanism for NFTs by paying experts for honest appraisals unlocking new opportunities for experts and enabling a number of powerful new DeFiprimitives. | $22M | Series A | Mar 22, 2022 |  |
| Studio 369 | MetalCore is a maker of computer games. They provide services for fighting games. They provide products that include mechs, infantry, aircraft, and vehicles. | $15M | Initial Coin Offering | Mar 09, 2022 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mechanism Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mechanism-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Blockchain Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crypto-currency-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Framework Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/framework-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Delphi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delphi-ventures-3169) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [CoinFund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinfund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Delphi Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delphi-digital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About BITKRAFT Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

BITKRAFT Ventures was founded in 2015 by german serial entrepreneur, Jens Hilgers. BITKRAFT’s team is located in Berlin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, London, Madrid and Lisbon covering videogames and esports investments not only digitally but in the most relevant and busy metropoles for digital entertainment in the Western world.

5 contacts available at BITKRAFT Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jens Hilgers | Founding General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jens-hilgers |
| Jonathan Huang | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-huang-4786 |
| Malte Barth | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/malte-barth |
| Scott Rupp | Founding General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-rupp |
| Benedikt Hübenthal | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benedikt-h%C3%BCbenthal-794c |

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## FAQ

### What does Piers Kicks invest in?

Piers Kicks invests primarily in Blockchain, Web3 and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Piers Kicks's check size?

Piers Kicks typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$7.5M at Seed and $4M–$22M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Piers Kicks participates in.

### When did Piers Kicks last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Piers Kicks closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 21 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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