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Scott Rupp

General Partner at BITKRAFT Ventures

Denver, Colorado

Overview 

Scott Rupp is the Founding General Partner at BITKRAFT Ventures, with a strong background in private equity, venture capital, and strategic consulting. He has made significant investments in various gaming and eSports companies, including Carbonated, Jabali, and Bazooka Tango, among others. Rupp's career highlights include founding Icebox 2.0 LLC as Co-founder and Managing Director, as well as serving as a Senior Advisor and Managing Director USA at Modern Times Group MTG AB.

Work Experience 

  • Founding General Partner

    2018 - Current

    BITKRAFT is the global early-stage investment platform for gaming, esports, and interactive media.

  • Co-founder, Managing Director

    2001

    The first premium original animation creator for the web working with world-class TV & film writing talent

  • Senior Advisor, USA

    2019 - 2022

  • Managing Director USA, MTGx

    2016 - 2019

    MTG is a strategic and operational investment holding company in esports and gaming entertainment. Assets include ESL, DreamHack, Innogames, Kongregate and several VC holdings across games & esports. Born in Sweden, the shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (‘MTGA’ and ‘MTGB’)

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2022

    Premier mobile & PC games publisher

Kongregate is a mobile game publisher and web gaming portal.

Raised $19,000,000.00 from Bezos Expeditions, Joe Kraus, Jeff Clavier, Richard Wolpert, Greylock and Reid Hoffman.

  • CEO

    2011 - 2016

    Digital Artists operates the Ignition platform, the only mobile content concierge built for the unusually influential

  • SVP, Corporate Development

    2008 - 2011

Gazillion is a privately held developer and publisher of online and mobile games.

Raised $90,000,000.00 from Oak Investment Partners and ROTH Capital Partners.

  • Media & Entertainment Practice

    2005 - 2008

McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity

  • Media & Entertainment Equity Research (previously investment banking)

    1995 - 1999

DB Capital Ventures invests in early-stage and emerging growth businesses and is a venture capital firm based in New York.

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    1997 - 1998

    Private equity investing

Carlyle Global Partners (CGP), the firm’s first long-dated private equity fund.

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