TIRTA Ventures

Ben Feder has extensive operational experience across technology, gaming, and finance. He previously served as President of International Partnership at Tencent, CEO of Take-Two Interactive, and Founding Partner and Vice Chairman of Zelnick Media Capital, with board positions at Epic Games, Bad Robot Games, and multiple other gaming studios.

Justin Yuan is a founding partner with over a decade of investment experience across private and public markets. He previously led Tencent's North America games investment team and held roles as a public equity investor at Citadel and private equity investor at Fortress Investment Group, beginning his career in investment banking at Citigroup.

Investment professional with over a decade of gaming and technology experience, including former video game modding background. Led North America investment team at Tencent Games, the world's largest video game publisher, and previously worked as media and technology investor at Citadel and Fortress Investment Group.

Investment professional with over a decade of venture capital, project finance, and video game publishing experience. Previously led emerging markets investments at Tencent Games, served as Partner at Kowloon Nights focusing on indie game developer financing, and began career in investment banking at BNP Paribas in Hong Kong.

Investment and finance professional with diverse background spanning venture capital, M&A, and startup expertise. Early career included finance roles at Blackstone and Raymond James Investment Banking covering biotechnology, and maintains deep gaming knowledge as a lifelong competitive gamer.

Tyler Matses brings experience in venture capital, M&A, and startup operations. He began his career at Blackstone's Tactical Opportunities Group and Raymond James's Investment Banking Division, where he covered biotechnology.

Doug Shapiro brings nearly three decades of media industry experience as an operator, strategist, and analyst. He serves as a senior advisor at BCG and previously held senior leadership roles at WarnerMedia and Time Warner, and was CFO of Pugilist Capital.

Jonathan Knee has over three decades of experience at the intersection of media, finance, and academia. He is a senior advisor at Evercore and the Michael T. Fries Professor of Media and Technology at Columbia Business School, with prior roles as co-head of media at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.

Keizac Lee is an investor with over a decade of experience across venture capital, project finance, and video game publishing. He previously led emerging markets investments at Tencent Games, served as a partner at Kowloon Nights, and began his career in investment banking at BNP Paribas.

Seth Sivak is an experienced game developer and product leader with deep expertise in engineering, design, and production. He was most recently VP of Development on World of Warcraft at Blizzard Entertainment and previously co-founded Proletariat Inc., the studio behind Spellbreak, which was acquired by Activision Blizzard in 2022.

Sydney Levin-Epstein manages investor relations and LP relations with over a decade of fundraising and capital strategy experience. She previously held senior political fundraising roles and now works across the firm's interactive AI and gaming network.