Moritz Baier-Lentz

Baier-Lentz grew up as a first-generation high school graduate in rural Germany[15] and spent his teenage years playing Blizzard Entertainment’s multiplayer action role-playing game Diablo II, culminating in a global #1 ranking among 13 million active players in 2003.[4] He used a combination of proceeds from virtual goods sales[15][16] and German national academic merit scholarships from Studienstiftung and DAAD to help finance his undergraduate and graduate studies.[17]

After starting his career as a data scientist at IBM,[1] Baier-Lentz joined Goldman Sachs as an investment banker, and founded and led the firm's global gaming practice.[18] During his tenure as vice president, he advised gaming and technology corporations on over $300 billion in transaction volume across mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, venture capital, and other strategic transactions, including Dell’s $67 billion acquisition of EMC and IBM’s $34 billion purchase of Red Hat.[10]

Baier-Lentz went on to become a partner and management team member at BITKRAFT Ventures,[19] where he invested during the firm's time as the most active gaming venture capital firm and lead investor of 2020, 2021, and 2022[10] before joining Lightspeed Venture Partners in 2023.[20]

Baier-Lentz’s has been featured as a speaker at the World Economic Forum,[21] Goldman Sachs,[22] Stanford University,[23] Harvard University,[24] Massachusetts Institute of Technology,[25] South by Southwest,[26] and the Game Developers Conference.[27]

Baier-Lentz is an Ironman and ultramarathon runner, including the 251-kilometer long, self-sufficient Marathon des Sables[28] and the World Marathon Challenge (7 marathons on 7 continents within 7 days).[29]