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Nicolas Vereecke

Investor at BITKRAFT Ventures

Brussels Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Nicolas Vereecke is a Gaming Venture Capitalist at BITKRAFT Ventures, specializing in investments in the gaming/eSports, games, media/content, and Web3/crypto sectors. With a background in finance and economics, he has held roles such as CIO at bonsai and Head of Algorithm Development at Keyrock, showcasing his expertise in asset management and technology. Vereecke has a Master's Degree from Vlerick Business School and a Master of Business Economics from KU Leuven, and has hosted podcasts like "Wiser than Yesterday" and "The Metacast." His career highlights include leading algorithm development at Keyrock and serving as a Head of Development at Athletika, demonstrating a strong track record in software engineering and strategic business development.

Work Experience 

  • Investor

    2021 - Current

    With over $800 million in assets under management and investments in 100+ companies, BITKRAFT is one of the leading Investment platforms in the Gaming Industry.

  • Board

    2024

Cartridge is an infrastructure supplier for verifiable on-chain games and autonomous worlds.

Raised $7,500,000.00 from Fabric Ventures, BITKRAFT Ventures, Ergodic Capital, Dune Ventures, StarkWare Industries and Primitive Ventures.

  • Co Host

    2020

    In-depth breakdowns of some of the worlds most thought-provoking and inspiring books. This podcast is here to help listeners become smarter. To learn about ideas they haven't heard of or to gain more perspectives on the books and ideas they are familiar with. We dive into topics such as philosophy, business, feminism, psychology, politics, economics and who knows what else. Our goal is to simply explore the best ideas and learn new things. You're most welcome to join us for the ride.

  • Founding Nerd

    2022 - 2024

    The Future of Gaming (or FOGDAO) is a Web3 community built with the purpose of exploring the future of the gaming industry. Our goal is to experiment with new technologies and explore how they can be used to make better games.

  • The Metacast Host

    2021 - 2022

    The Metacast is a podcast discussing the business of gaming. It is an in-depth exploration of the companies, trends, strategies and leaders that are defining the future of games. We publish weekly panel discussions, along with interviews, deep dives, and much more.

  • CIO

    2018 - 2020

    Meet bonsai – the payment app that plants trees. It is our ambition to make an impact on our planet by changing a simple habit, without compromising on quality.

  • Head of Algorithm Development

    2017 - 2018

    Combining my knowledge of finance, strategy and software development, I am responsible for the design and implementation of trading algorithms and strategies. Keyrock aims to make the Cyptocurrency industry more efficient and accessible by offering market-making and liquidity providing services to Crypto exchanges and token/coin issuers.

  • Software Engineer

    2017 - 2017

  • Software Development Consultant

    2017 - 2017

    Sent out by Wemanity Belgium, I helped BNP Paribas Fortis with their internal and external exploration efforts by accelerating innovation projects. Assignments ranged from designing and building MVPs and prototype applications to working with third-party service providers and Fintech startups to integrate them within the infrastructure of the bank.

  • Head Of Development

    2016 - 2017

    Started as the only developer of the company by designing and building the back-office. Backend frameworks used are NodeJS, Express and MongoDB. Frontend was an admin template where I built an excel-like data input grid using ReactJS. The dataflow was being managed using the Redux library.  After completing this, I started designing Athletika's mobile application using the React-Native framework. Data-flow is again being managed using Redux. The project includes interesting elements like a fully integrated Google Maps plugin.

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