Julius Althoff about the new Esports Team Berlin

Interview with Julius Althoff, CEO of esports Player.foundation

GamesCapital Berlin talked to Julius Althof, CEO of esports Player.foundation about his Job, the new funding project “Esports Team Berlin” and the Berlin Esport ecosystem at the great venue LVL in the heart of Berlin right next to Checkpoint Charly.

What does the CEO of the esports player foundation actually do? Julius Althoff personally revealed this to us in our 1:1. Our host, Christian Gaca, met with Julius at the great LVL venue in the heart of Berlin. They discussed the new funding project, “Esports Team Berlin,” and the Berlin esports ecosystem. Want to have a closer look? Let’s play!

Julius Althoff: The foundation, the esports player foundation, is the first not for profit organisation in the whole global esports ecosystem. And our goal is to develop esports stars, growing to become the best esports athletes in the world.

We are here at LVL and today we announced the Esports Team Berlin. A support system dedicated to the best esports athletes in Berlin. Young athletes in Brawl Stars, League of Legends and EA FC.

Esports is part of the culture of every young man or young woman growing up. And so also from the politics side we need to do something in this space. And so we created this unique support system where Berlin is trying to support the best esports talents to reach the highest level, the global stage in esports.

It’s just about seeing young talents grow, developing personally and also skills in a dedicated game and helping them to reach their highest potential, reaching global level, trying to get a footstep in the esports ecosystem.

Berlin is diverse. Berlin is innovative. So the same values are also part of the esports ecosystem and there’s the connection between those ecosystems.

Berlin is home of a lot of indie studios. Berlin is home of the Game Association in Germany. And also Berlin is home to a lot of esports events: The highest League of Legends tournaments are played in Berlin. They’re part of big gaming agencies.

A lot of indie studios are here. Each two years the Deutsche Computerspielpreis is held in Berlin and also it’s home to a lot of professional esports teams and so that’s the reason why it’s also esports and games capital in Europe, I think.

Published 5 August 2025