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TIRTA Ventures

Venture capital

New York · Pre-Seed–Series B · 9 people tracked

Also known as TIRTA MANAGEMENT, LLC

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Investment thesis

TIRTA Ventures focuses on the intersection of gaming, technology, and next-generation consumer experiences. Its stated areas of interest include spatial computing, user-generated content, AI-native consumer applications, generative AI creative tools, and innovative, scalable experiences. The team draws on deep operating and investment backgrounds across major gaming publishers and technology companies to back founders building interactive and AI-driven products.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 27, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series B
HQ
New York, New York, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2022
Last 12 months
1 investment
Private fund assets
$32.4M
VC funds
1
Tracked investments
33

Team · 9 people

from the firm's website

What they invest in

from 19 of 33 portfolio companies

Gaming ×14AI & Machine Learning ×10Consumer ×7SaaS ×5Deep Tech ×4Data & Infrastructure ×2Developer Tools ×2Enterprise Software ×2

HQs:United States×10United Kingdom×2Canada×1Switzerland×1Norway×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 13 portfolio companies
23%
solo founders
3 of 13 mapped founding teams
60%
repeat founders
of 10 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×32 founders×53 founders×5

Where their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with education data

ETH Zürich ×3

Where their founders worked beforefrom 10 founders with career history

Auki Labs ×2TeamOpenSmartGlasses ×2University of Zurich ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×3

Investments · 33 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 12025 · 12024 · 42023 · 12022 · 12021 · 19 dated

Artificial Agencyartificial.agencyin𝕏

Artificial Agency is an AI company applying reinforcement learning to build agent technology for video games, drawing on research and gaming-industry expertise.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechGamingEdmonton, CA

Alex Kearney(Co-Founder & Head of Agents)Brian Tanner WebSummit Vancouver Google IO(Founder)Michael Johanson(Founder)Brian Tanner(Co-Founder & CEO)Greg Canessa(Chief Operating Officer)Mark Jaskiewicz(Head of Game Technology (Founding))

Co-investorsEdmonton UnlimitedFlying Fish VenturesKAYARadical VenturesSamsung NextToyota Ventures

Astrobeamastrobeam.comin𝕏

AstroBeam builds voice-based interaction technology for VR games and experiences, enabling natural communication with NPCs and other players.

AI & Machine LearningGamingAustin, US

Co-investorsThe Venture Reality Fund

Bitpart AIbitpart.aiin𝕏Feb 2024

Bitpart builds an AI engine and SDK for creating interactive game worlds, letting designers, writers, and animators author characters that converse and interact via its Coppola authoring tool and AI Director without needing programmers.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsGamingMethuen, US

Sarah Rudzki(Co-founder & CPO)Jeffrey Orkin(Executive Officer, Director)Dr. Jeff Orkin(Co-founder & CEO)

Co-investorsBeat VenturesConvergeCrane Venture PartnersThe E14 Fund

Canto Realitycantoreality.com

Builds AI tools closing the feedback loop between players and developers in live games.

Cartwheelgetcartwheel.com

Cartwheel is a browser-based AI platform that turns text, video and motion libraries into editable, rigged 3D character animation.

Alex Vasilkin(Founder)in

Co-investorsAccelCraft VenturesHuman Ventures

Common Sense MachinesAcquired

Multimodal and image-generation AI company; acquired by Google

Co-investorsGlasswing Ventures

CSMcsm.ai

Leveraging machine learning and human-like reasoning to enable 3D perception and object manipulation.

Co-investorsBlindspot Ventures Management CoGlasswing VenturesToyota Ventures

Customusecustomuse.comin𝕏Sep 2021

Customuse is a creative AI platform that brings together text, image, video, and 3D generation models (such as GPT Image 2, Nano Banana, Veo, FLUX, Kling, Tripo, Meshy, and Hunyuan 3D) in one workspace with an infinite canvas, node-based workflows, and 3D scene tools.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomySaaSLondon

Artur Safaryan(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsOriginsAda Ventures

Future TrashMay 2024

A UEFN studio evolving its flagship IP FOAD by prototyping genre-mashing games.

Beverly Hills, US

Kevin Marciano(Executive Officer, Director)Scott Ulliman(Director)Sebastian Alberini(Director)Nathan Reese(Director)

Gardens Interactivegardens.devin𝕏May 2023

Gardens Interactive is a distributed videogame studio building multiplayer social roleplay games, with a flagship shared fantasy adventure set in a shapeshifting wilderness.

ConsumerGamingLos Angeles, US

Chris Bell(Cofounder, Creative Director and Co-Design Lead)Christopher Bell(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Stephen Bell(Executive Officer, Promoter)Alexander Dostal(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

BoardShanti Bergel(Director)in

Co-investorsFunPlusTRANSCENDLightspeed Venture Partners

Good Start Labsgoodstartlabs.comin𝕏

Good Start Labs builds game-based learning environments, benchmarks, and data-generation pipelines that produce verifiable rewards and real human feedback to train and evaluate AI models.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechGaming

Alex Duffy(Founder)inTyler(Founder)

Co-investorsInovia CapitalEssence Venture Capital

HADEANhadean.com

Hadean is a deep-tech company that builds distributed computing technology.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeep TechDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareGamingSaaSLondon, GB

Rashid Mansoor(Founding CEO)inAlec Mocatta(Founding CTO)inCraig Beddis(CEO)inMimi Keshani(Current COO)in

Co-investors2050 CapitalAurum Venture PartnersBooz Allen VenturesEntrepreneur FirstIn-Q-TelMolten Ventures+3 more

Hadean Supercomputing

Provides cloud-native infrastructure for massive, interoperable virtual worlds for games and enterprise.

k-IDk-id.comin

k-ID builds infrastructure for age verification and age-adaptive content across digital platforms, enabling companies to confirm user age in a privacy-preserving and compliant manner.

GamingGovTechSaaS

Julian Corbett(Founder)inJeff Wu(Founder)inTimothy M(Founder)in

Co-investorsA16Z SpeedrunAndreessen HorowitzLightspeed Venture PartnersZ Venture CapitalKonvoy Ventures

Leonardo AIleonardo.aiAcquired

A generative content platform for rapidly producing high-quality visual assets.

Co-investorsBlackbird Ventures

Lociloci.ai

Loci maps ideas, inventions and patents, powering InnVenn, a visual Venn-diagram-based patent search tool for inventors.

Sterling, US

John Wise(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsBlue Wire CapitalEuropean Innovation Council FundLaunch Capital

Mentramentra.glassin𝕏

Mentra builds smart glasses hardware, an open-source operating system (MentraOS), and developer tools for deploying applications on smart glasses.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHardwareSan Francisco, US

Cayden Pierce(Founder)inAlexander Israelov(Founder)in

Co-investorsToyota VenturesHartmann CapitalOlive Tree CapitalTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator468 Capital

Midsummer StudioDefunct

Reviving the life sim genre through player-driven storytelling.

Midsummer Studiosmidsummerstudios.comin𝕏Defunct

Midsummer Studios is an independent game studio developing a next-generation life simulation game that lets players create and share their own stories.

GamingBaltimore, US

Jacob Solomon(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)William Miller(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Nelsie Birch(Executive Officer, Promoter)

BoardShanti Bergel(Director)in

Co-investorsBetaworksTRANSCENDBetaworks Ventures Management, LlcF4 FundKrafton

nunu

Developing the first multi-modal AI agents designed to test and play any game.

nunu.ainunu.aiin𝕏Mar 2025 · $6M

nunu.ai develops multi-modal AI agents designed to test, play, and simulate games for quality assurance and live player cooperation.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerGamingZH, CH

Jan Schnyder(Founder)inKyrill Hux(Founder)inNicolas Muntwyler(Founder)in

Co-investorsHartmann CapitalY CombinatorA16Z SpeedrunBoost VC

Opponentopponent.systems

Opponent Systems is building SAGA, a family-focused assistant that keeps relatives connected and shares information across generations without relying on group chats, photo dumps, or separate apps.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerSocial

Ian Cheng(Founder)inVeronica Soin

Co-investorsBetaworksMozilla Ventures

Overworld

Builds AI that generates playable worlds on device.

Overworld Privateover.worldin𝕏

Overworld develops technology that turns generated images into interactive, inhabitable 3D worlds, and offers its Waypoint model with local and browser-based play options.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechGaming

Co-investorsCollab+CurrencyKindred Ventures

Red Rover Interactiveredroverinteractive.comin𝕏Apr 2024 · $15M

Red Rover Interactive is a game development studio that builds multiplayer survival experiences focused on player agency, social interaction, and emergent gameplay.

GamingOslo, NO

Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Behold VenturesLifelike CapitalThe Games FundKrafton

Robot Entertainmentrobotentertainment.comin𝕏

Robot Entertainment is a video game development studio that has been creating original games since 2009.

Gaming

Settgetsett.coinMar 2026 · $30M

Sett makes nicotine-alternative pouches built around Ceretine, a proprietary synthetic alkaloid combined with L-theanine, intended to provide nicotine-like focus and mood effects with fewer downsides.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & Fitness

Matt Wan(Founder)in

Co-investorsBreak Trail VenturesJAZZ Venture PartnersService Provider CapitalBessemer Venture PartnersF2 Venture CapitalGreenfield Partners

StoReel

Reimagining storytelling through short dramas for creators and audiences.

Storeelappstoreelapp.com

StoReel is a mobile short-drama streaming app offering original 1-2 minute serialized episodes on iOS and Android.

Co-investorsThe Venture Reality Fund

Tapp

Creates mini-games and interactive widgets that live on the mobile home screen.

Tappgotappgo.comin

Tapp is a user engagement and retention platform that delivers interactive experiences—such as puzzles, wheels, scratch games, and offers—outside the app, including on the home screen and in chats, to bring users back into the app.

ConsumerMarketing TechSaaS

Lisa Benzimra(Founder)in

Voldexvoldex.comin𝕏Jan 2022

Voldex creates and publishes games on Roblox, focused on building engaging experiences for millions of players worldwide.

GamingGrand Cayman

Alex Singer(Founder)Alex S.(Founder)in

BoardJames Gwertzman(Director)Helene Bussieres(Director)David Brillembourg(Director)

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzLalotte VenturesMakers FundDune Ventures

Windwalkwindwalk.comin𝕏Oct 2024 · $4.5M

Windwalk Games develops multiplayer video games, including the social deduction game Enemy on Board and the Arthurian co-op roguelike SWORN (with Team17), alongside Harbor, a suite of gamification and automation tools for the marketing and community teams of game developers and publishers.

ConsumerGamingMarketing TechSaaSAustin, US

Cris Feo(Founder)inSamuel Leonard(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorA16Z Speedrun

Portfolio news

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has TIRTA Ventures made?
TIRTA Ventures has 34 tracked investments, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does TIRTA Ventures invest at?
TIRTA Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
What sectors does TIRTA Ventures focus on?
TIRTA Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Creator Economy, Gaming, Media & Entertainment.
Where is TIRTA Ventures located?
TIRTA Ventures is headquartered in New York, US.
Who does TIRTA Ventures co-invest with?
TIRTA Ventures most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Hartmann Capital, among 47 tracked co-investors.

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