Leading venture capital firm hires Moritz Baier-Lentz to head new gaming sector

Gaming sector boosted by leading venture capital firm

With over US$18 billion under management spread across over 500 investments in the global market, venture capital firm will boost its gaming sector.

The company has appointed as head of the consumer team within its gaming sector. Lightspeed announced that the company`s new established gaming sector led by Baier-Lentz will be spread across the company´s offices worldwide. It will invest in game studios, gaming platforms, interactive technologies, extended realities such as VR and AR and WEB3 based games.

Moritz Baier-Lentz

Baier-Lentz was named in  in 2016 and previously worked for gaming venture capitalists

In 2003 Baier-Lentz was ranked number-one in the world in . He funded his own education at from his earnings as a professional gamer. He started his career in investment banking at where he lead the firm´s global gaming practice and advised clients such as Microsoft, Google and Meta on global deals. He acted as key advisor on Dell’s US$67 billion purchase of and US$34 billion acquisition of by IBM. Under his management the gaming sector at BITKRAFT Ventures became a global leader. At BITKRAFT Ventures, Baier-Lentz was key advisor on US$15 million in March 2022. He is also a founding member and author of the .