Have you found
your Ikigai?
A seed-stage venture fund of industry insiders investing in the most promising founders in gaming and frontier tech.
A seed-stage venture fund of industry insiders investing in the most promising founders in gaming and frontier tech.
What makes Ikigai Ventures different? We don’t just write cheques and hope for the best. We’re smart money. Backed by the SiGMA Group, you will benefit from significant introductions and worldwide exposure. We will support you tremendously in both obvious and subtle ways.
We’re an agile group of industry insiders, builders and operators.
We’re here to help others create and scale transformative companies.
Eman brings with him a wealth of experience in igaming and blockchain, having founded SiGMA and AIBC conferences. His business network exceeds 10,000 related companies and C level executives.
Vinícius boasts 20+ years merging finance and tech, serving as both investor and operator. With notable ventures across Europe and Latin America, he holds an MBA from ESADE, Spain.
A first-class Cambridge graduate, Marianna passed the bar in both UK and Cyprus, and has extensive experience in corporate and commercial transactions.
Christian is bringing a wealth of experience in corporate banking, M&A and management consulting merged into a recent focus on setting up and growing finance business partners in startups.
A dynamic physician with a surgical background. Currently leading SiGMA’s healthcare conference verticals. Interested in digital health and entrepreneurship. Firmly believe that innovation and entrepreneurship will help solve any of the world’s next crises.
Konstantinos is a professional accountant with six years of demonstrated experience in the Financial industry supporting Ikigai as the Head of Finance.
Eman brings with him a wealth of experience in igaming and blockchain, having founded SiGMA and AIBC conferences. His business network exceeds 10,000 related companies and C level executives.
Vinícius boasts 20+ years merging finance and tech, serving as both investor and operator. With notable ventures across Europe and Latin America, he holds an MBA from ESADE, Spain.
A first-class Cambridge graduate, Marianna passed the bar in both UK and Cyprus, and has extensive experience in corporate and commercial transactions.
Christian is bringing a wealth of experience in corporate banking, M&A and management consulting merged into a recent focus on setting up and growing finance business partners in startups.
Ikigai brings operating experience, a diversified network and strong relationship to every investment.
Tech
With a “tech-first” mindset, we have preemptively set up a tech hub in Noida, India, home to 100+ developers, to support all our projects with our “plug-and-play” approach.
Capital
We lead early. Ikigai Ventures is often first institutional check that a startup or a founding team sees. However it’s what we deliver once the capital is deployed that makes us unique.
Ikigai Retreat
Twice a year, investors, the management teams of incubated projects as well as C-level execs from startups we invest in, gather for a full day workshop. These mentorship retreats are conveniently organized a day before SiGMA Asia in June and SiGMA Europe in November.
Operating Experience
We are a team of industry insiders, founders and builders. We want to leverage our experiences and perspectives to help founder at the earliest stage.
Advising
Partners meet with portfolio founders regularly to give advice. The highest leverage advice is usually making sure that the founders are focused on the right things that can provide great growth. We also help them figure our their capital situation, how much money to spend, and on what.
Since the fund launched in 2022,
here's who we've worked with so far:
Since the fund launched in 2022,
here's who we've worked with so far:
Ikigai Retreat Dubai – Sponsored by ImobCoin
Ikigai Retreat is an ultra-exclusive networking event that connects investors in iGaming with fellow investors in Web3.
From literally hundreds of start-ups that we screen all year round, six very promising founders are also invited to pitch and share their growth strategy. These six founders are backed by Ikigai Ventures and investors will have the opportunity to co-invest.
Ikigai Retreat is by invitation only and restricted to qualified investors only.
Monday 13th March 2023 – Al Noor Lounge – InterContinental Hotel Festival City Dubai, UAE
17:00 — Pre Registration
17:20 — Speech by Eman Pulis
17:25 — Sponsor, ImobCoin
17:40 — Startup Pitch Starts
18:50 — Startup Pitch Closes
19:00 — Networking Drinks
20:00 — AIBC Awards Dinner
Are you a startup seeking seed investment and support accelerating? Are you a seasoned investor or advisor from within those verticals? We’d love to hear from you.