ID8 Global Gaming Business Accelerator

Benefit from our
lived experience with market winners



ID8 is a business accelerator & activator.
We invest time & money in people & ideas with great potential.


We provide expert mentoring, operational advice and network access to help founders succeed in the competitive global gaming industry. We help start-ups and scale-ups build better and faster.


We work with B2C, B2B, and adjacent service providers across Gaming & Fintech (retail equity and crypto trading is effectively gamified finance), and select other consumer tech.


If you are building something innovative and interesting, particularly at the intersection of Gaming and Artificial Intelligence, we want to hear from you.



We aren't just passive investors.
We put skin in the game; and we dig in.

Select current engagements:

  • Chairman of the Board of Advisors @ Blask: AI-powered market trends and competitive intelligence.
  • Advisor @ Falcon Dive: Merging BI & AI for real-time operational insights & agentic recommendations.
  • Advisor @ Forever Network: New media company at the intersection of sports and culture.
  • Advisor @ Sparket: B2B provider of US PAM, Pools & Predictions.
  • Advisor @ Eksab: the Middle East & Africa's first DFS operator.
  • Non-Executive Director @ Low6: B2B provider of FTP and IAP games for global sports, gaming & media brands.
  • Venture Partner @ Dreamcraft VC: Hands-on venture engineers for talented founders.
  • Discrete Retained Advisor @ Private Company

  • We offer a range of services to help our portfolio companies thrive:

    Investment in Start-ups and Scale-ups

    We invest time or money, or both, in early-stage and growth-stage gaming companies with high potential, providing capital and strategic support to help them achieve their goals.


    We prefer to be the first money in, backing great founders and ideas.


    We also help with fundraising outreach across our network of Business Angels, Family Offices and VCs.

    Founder Coaching

    We have been there. At the beginning, end, sale & IPO. 25+ years of lived experience with some of the biggest winners in gaming: PokerStars; DraftKings; Ongame; bwin.party; the World Poker Tour; 888 Holdings; Evoke; and more.


    We work closely with founders to sanity-check their strategy, develop their leadership skills, refine their vision, challenge them, and navigate the risks of establishing a successful gaming business.

    Operational Advice

    We provide expert advice on all aspects of operations, from financial planning and game economy management, to business development, public policy, product design, customer acquisition, retention and monetization.


    We help gaming companies optimize performance and achieve sustainable growth.


    Discrete retained advisory service available. Contact us for more information.



    Our MD has been in the trenches:

  • 2004-2005: Director of Marketing @ Check n' Raise Poker, an online poker startup [Failed]
  • 2005-2006: Director of Product Management @ Ongame, B2C PokerRoom.com & B2B Network [Acquired by bwin]
  • 2006-2010: Co-Founder of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour & PokerStars Macau Poker Room
  • 2006-2013: Various Biz Dev, Live Gaming & Product Strategy roles @ PokerStars [Acquired by Amaya, now part of Flutter]
  • 2013-2015: Group Director, USA & Poker @ Bwin.Party PLC [Acquired by GVC, now Entain]
  • 2015-2018: Advisor @ Ourgame for the World Poker Tour [Acquired by Element Partners, LLC]
  • 2015-2022: Chief International Officer @ DraftKings [IPO]
  • 2019-2023: Non-Executive Director @ CoinSmart Crypto [IPO, then acquired by WonderFi, soon Robinhood]
  • 2021-2022: Sector Specialist @ DRIVE by DraftKings
  • 2022-2023: Chief Revenue Officer @ AtomicHub NFT Marketplace [Failed]
  • 2022-2024: Non-Executive Director @ Omnigame
  • 2024-2025: Chief Growth Officer @ evoke PLC
  • 2022+ Non-Executive Director @ Low6
  • 2022+ Venture Partner @ Dreamcraft VC


  • Yet, we aren't alone in the big fights.

    We share opportunities, insights and dealflow with our professional community as appropriate, and as agreed with founders. We know a lot of incredible humans with a vast depth and breadth of experiences - people we bike with, play cards with, and bbq with - who enjoy helping and investing in others.

    We are a node in a global network of exceptional talent. Not only previous founders and builders, but also adjacent service providers. We have worked with the best lawyers, accountants, lobbyists, business developers, and corporate service providers in the world, and across the world. We can often make real-time introductions.

    For big projects: we rely on them at times for their deep expertise and experience. These are the same people who invested decades building companies with millions of players. You may play their products every day.

    For fundraising: we invite them to participate in early-stage rounds. Strategic capital has exponential potential.


    Meet the Managing Director

    Jeffrey Haas

    With more than 25 years of Sr. Management, Executive & Board-level experience in the gaming industry, Jeffrey has a proven track record of building and scaling successful gaming businesses. He has worked globally in early-stage, growth-stage and public companies, across both digital and physical gaming, and been personally licensed in the UK, the USA, Denmark, Malta & Australia. He is passionate about helping the next generation of gaming entrepreneurs achieve their dreams.


    Read more and connect on LinkedIn.