Esports VC Funds (2026)

2 venture capital funds with "Esports" in their name, sourced from SEC Form D filings.

Note: there's no verified per-fund industry classification in our data, so this list matches on fund name only. It will miss funds that invest in esports without saying so in their name.

Esports Funding Snapshot (as of August 2026)

  • 1
    2 VC fundshave "Esports" in their legal name (SEC Form D filings)
  • 2
    $143.6Mcombined effective fund size across matched funds
  • 3
    60 open grantsin the Technology category, refreshed nightly from Grants.gov

Matched VC Funds

BITKRAFT Esports Ventures Fund I, L.P.

📍 Grand Cayman, E9📅 Filed December 2018

General partners: Scott Rupp, Jens Hilgers, Malte Barth

$122.8M
Effective fund size

CCP eSports Fund I, LP

📍 Austin, TX📅 Filed May 2021

General partners: Michael S. Miller

$20.8M
Effective fund size

Grants in the Technology Category

Esports falls under the broader "Technology" category in federal grant data. Live from Grants.gov, refreshed nightly, filtered to currently open programs.

Decentralized Artificial Intelligence through Controlled Emergence (DICE)

DARPA - Information Processing Technologies Office

Deadline: August 25, 2026
Deadline: August 28, 2026
$600K
Deadline: August 28, 2026
$2M

ROSES 2025: A.10 INNOVATE

NASA Headquarters

Deadline: August 31, 2026

?Esports VC Funding FAQ

How many VC funds are associated with esports?

2 funds in our SEC Form D-sourced database have "Esports" (or a close synonym) in their legal fund name. This is a name match, not a verified investment thesis — many funds invest in esports without it appearing in their name, so this number understates true investor interest.

What's the combined size of esports-related VC funds you track?

The 2 matched funds have a combined effective size (closed amount where reported, otherwise target offering amount) of $143.6M, based on their SEC Form D filings.

Are there grants available for esports startups?

Yes — 60 currently open federal grant programs are tagged under the Technology category, which is where esports falls in our grant classification. These are pulled live from Grants.gov and refresh nightly.

How is this list built?

Fund listings come from SEC Form D filings (EDGAR) and are matched to esports by searching for the term in each fund's legal name — we don't have a verified per-fund industry classification, so this list is directional, not exhaustive. Grant listings come from the Grants.gov API and are categorized using keyword matching against each opportunity's title and description.