Bengaluru: KRAFTON India has announced a strategic investment in BITKRAFT Ventures’ Global Fund, reinforcing its long-term commitment to supporting India’s rapidly evolving gaming and startup ecosystem. The partnership aims to strengthen access to capital, global expertise and industry networks for emerging founders building the next generation of gaming, interactive media and technology-led businesses.
The investment marks an expansion of KRAFTON’s existing relationship with BITKRAFT Ventures, a global investment platform focused on gaming, interactive media and emerging technologies. Together, the two organisations aim to accelerate opportunities for Indian entrepreneurs developing products with both domestic relevance and international scale.
India has emerged as one of the fastest-growing markets for gaming and digital innovation, powered by a rising base of founders creating globally competitive products. Through this investment, KRAFTON seeks to broaden support for startups by enabling access to growth capital, operational guidance and international market connections.
BITKRAFT Ventures’ Global Fund focuses on investments from pre-seed to Series A stages and supports founders with capital, operational expertise and access to a global ecosystem of industry leaders. Through the partnership, KRAFTON and BITKRAFT will support early-stage entrepreneurs building across gaming, interactive media and emerging technology platforms.
The fund has already made early investments in India including Actioneer, an enterprise AI transformation platform, and AiroClip, an AI-powered gaming studio, highlighting the growing diversity of opportunities emerging across gaming, applied gaming technologies and AI-led innovation.
The collaboration aligns with KRAFTON India’s broader strategy of contributing to India’s gaming and startup ecosystem through investments, incubation programmes and initiatives designed to nurture entrepreneurial talent and build globally relevant businesses.
Commenting on the partnership, Sean Hyunil Sohn, CEO, KRAFTON India, said, “What stands out about India today is not just the scale of the market, but the quality of entrepreneurs emerging from it. We are seeing founders build with a global mindset from the outset, creating products and technologies that have the potential to resonate far beyond India. Our partnership with BITKRAFT Ventures reflects a shared conviction in this new generation of builders and our commitment to supporting them as they create the future of gaming and interactive entertainment.”
Jens Hilgers, Founding GP, BITKRAFT, said, “We are incredibly excited to deepen our relationship with KRAFTON in India through this strategic investment. India’s gaming and consumer AI ecosystem is at a thrilling inflection point, driven by exceptional talent and is now starting to see exits for global investors as well. The market is ripe for disruption for global investor with unique local opportunities in early stage and growth opportunities.”
Anuj Tandon, Partner (emerging markets), BITKRAFT, said, “Indian founders are building for a global consumer in gaming and consumer AI from day one. Our global expertise aligned with KRAFTON validates the talent pipeline we see on the ground in India. This partnership gives us the firepower to provide early-stage builders with the capital and cross border expertise and validation to win.”
With the partnership, KRAFTON India and BITKRAFT Ventures aim to expand the support ecosystem available to founders and help transform emerging ideas into globally scalable businesses across gaming and interactive technologies.
