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Piers Kicks is Partner, Head of Gaming at Delphi Digital. Exploring the emergence of the Metaverse through the lens of decentralized networks. 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), building his own RSPS, being a first generation virtual reality user, and growing up with crypto, he leverages his unique insight into the 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 decentralized dream.
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Nick Pappageorge
Nick Pappageorge was previously an analyst at Delphi Digital and a senior analyst at CB Insights. He graduated from Hamilton College.
Jason Pagoulatos
Jason Pagoulatos is Head of Markets at Delphi and helps to provide insight into various macroeconomic and digital asset trends and narratives. Prior to Delphi, Jason worked on a fixed income trading desk and at JP Morgan’s Private Bank, working closely with private.
Jens Hilgers
Jens is a Founding General Partner of BITKRAFT Ventures, a global early- and mid-stage investment platform for gaming, esports, and interactive media, which he started in 2015. Under his leadership, the firm has built a portfolio spanning more than 50 companies across North America, Europe, and Asia. BITKRAFT launched its inaugural $18M Pre-Seed Fund in 2017, and in 2020 raised a $165M Venture Fund I, featuring LPs including the family offices and investment firms of Bruce Karsh, David M. Rubenstein, and Jonathan Soros. Jens is also Co-Founder and Chairman of esports team G2 Esports, one of the world’s most valuable esports organizations. Widely considered one of esports’ first entrepreneurs, Jens launched his first esports online platform gamers.de in 1997, which he sold in 1999. In 2000, Jens founded ESL and grew the company into the world's most prestigious esports brand during his ten-year tenure as CEO. In 2015, international entertainment company MTG acquired a majority stake in ESL, marking the first acquisition of an esports company by a traditional media organization.
Jon Charbonneau
Jon Charbonneau is the co-founder and general partner of DBA. He also co-hosts the Uncommon Core 2.0 podcast. Previously he was Head of L1, L2 and MEV Research at Delphi Digital. Prior to entering the cryptocurrency industry, he worked as a structured credit banker at Deutsche Bank in New York.Jon holds a B.A. in Economics from Duke University.
Malte Barth
Malte is a Founding General Partner of BITKRAFT Ventures based in London and Lisbon. Since 2014 he served as Head of Esports at Modern Times Group, which holds one of the largest esports portfolios globally with leading brands like ESL, DreamHack, ESEA, and others. He holds Board roles at ESL and DreamHack and since 2010, serves as an Industrial Advisor to EQT, a leading global private equity firm.Malte graduated in Industrial Engineering and Business Management from Nordakademie and is active as an entrepreneurial leader, investor and operator in the media, games and esports space for over 20 years.
Gabriel Shapiro
Gabriel Shapiro is the founder of MetaLeX and was previously General Counsel at Delphi Labs and co-founder and Head of Legal Engineering at ZeroLaw. As a lawyer, he focuses on the intersection of law and decentralized systems.
Scott Rupp
Scott is a Founding General Partner of BITKRAFT Ventures based in Denver. 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 venture capital fund and U.S. expansion.Scott held co-founder and CEO roles at influencer marketing and digital content companies Digital Artists and Icebox and was an early leader in the U.S. 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.
redphone
redphone is a contributor at Delphi Labs.
Avi Zurlo
Avi Zurlo is the CEO of =nil; and previously worked at Delphi Digital. He graduated from New York University.
Can Gurel
Can Gurel is a Researcher at Delphi Digital, a research institution focused on cryptocurrencies, and an Angel Investor at BiLira. He has experience in the blockchain technology industry and holds a License and Certificate in Blockchain Technologies issued by the MIT Sloan School of Management. Can holds an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Southern California.