# Scott Rupp

> Scott Rupp is a seed investor at BITKRAFT Ventures (San Francisco) backing Gaming and Video Games. See 31 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BITKRAFT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitkraft-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 31
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 55%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-rupp-5a73253/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/1ScottRupp
- Website: https://x.com/1ScottRupp

Scott Rupp is a seed investor at BITKRAFT Ventures in San Francisco focused on Gaming and Video Games. Scott is a Founding General Partner of BITKRAFT Esports Ventures based in San Francisco. An interactive entertainment entrepreneur, investor and operating executive for over 20 years, Scott served as USA Managing Director for Modern Times Group, a global leader in games and eSports, where he led their VC fund & US expansion. Scott heldco-founder and CEO roles at influencer marketing and digital content companies Digital Artists & Icebox and was an early leader in the US online games industry as SVP of Corporate Development for Gazillion. He advised the world’s leading entertainment companies on the games industry while at McKinsey, and previously served at Deutsche Bank and Carlyle Group. He has an MBA from Kellogg and an MPA from Harvard.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 14 | 45% |
| Video Games | 7 | 23% |
| Online Games | 4 | 13% |
| Developer Platform | 4 | 13% |
| Software | 3 | 10% |

41 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 16 | 52% |
| Series A | 9 | 29% |
| Series B | 2 | 6% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 20 | 65% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Global Worldwide | Global Worldwide is a global leaders in Agriculture, Materials Science, Genetic Engineering, Election Management Systems, and Pharmaceutical Testing.. Each division of the company has led its respective industry through productive, science-based innovation to meet the needs of customers and help solve global challenges. | $5M |  | May 07, 2025 |  |
| Carbonated | Carbonated's main focus is its upcoming mobile shooter, which uses AI to make the typically hardcore genre more accessible and easier to play with just one hand. It is also developing its own live ops system, Carbyne, which it will use to quickly deliver updates to its game. | $11M | Series A | Mar 14, 2024 |  |
| Jabali | Jabali mission is to democratize creation and bring innovation to video games. Jabali are building an AI engine to empower visionaries - gamers, game designers and developers. | $5M | Seed | Mar 06, 2024 |  |
| Bazooka Tango | Bazooka Tango is a mobile gaming company that creates blockchain multiplayer online tactical card games. Combining deep publishing expertise with the creative muscle behind the mobile esport Vainglory, the company has decades of experience building and scaling hit games across PC, mobile, and console. With multiple titles set for release across keycore gaming genres, its network of games will shape the future of competitive play. | $5M | Series A | Nov 16, 2023 |  |
| Luda | We build UGC gameplay for the AI generation | $7M | Seed | Sep 27, 2023 |  |
| Infinite Canvas | Infinite Canvas is a publisher for user-generated, creator-led games. | $6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 13, 2023 |  |
| Bebopbee | BebopBee crafts exceptional, emotive and enduring casual gaming experiences | $4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 07, 2023 |  |
| Ready Maker | Ready democratizes gaming with The Ready Games- DIY game tournaments- and Ready Maker, a platform for gaming and robotics. Ready opens games creation to the world, with over 1 million makers and players. The Ready Games app delivers three, brand new mobile mini-games every week that anyone can play to win cash prizes. Ready Maker provides acreative platform that builds in the mediums of their client's time - mobile games, robotics, VR/AR. | $3M | Initial Coin Offering | May 06, 2022 |  |
| Burn Ghost Games | Burn Ghost is a play-to-win Web3 casual gaming platform that allows users to win prizes including crypto, USD, NFTS, and game assets by playing games of skill. The games featured on the platform are fun, competitive, and challenging. | $3.1M | Seed | Apr 28, 2022 |  |
| Playable Worlds | Playable Worlds is a computer games company that specializes in the fields of game development, online games, and gamification. The company is driven by its mission is to build a truly cloud-native game, taking advantage of technology to create a true persistent work that involves and changes over-time. | $25M | Series B | Apr 20, 2022 |  |

10 of 31 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [1Up Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1up-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Galaxy Interactive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/galaxy-interactive) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [RW3 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rw3-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EOS VC Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eos-vc-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 2 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 Scott Rupp invest in?

Scott Rupp invests primarily in Gaming, Video Games and Online Games startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 31 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Scott Rupp last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Scott Rupp closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 31 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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