About
Justin is a founding member of TIRTA Ventures with over a decade of investing across private and public markets. He previously led Tencent's North America games investment team, was a public equity investor at Citadel, a PE investor at Fortress Investment Group, and began in investment banking at Citigroup in Hong Kong. He holds a BS in Economics from Wharton.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Experience
- TIRTA VenturesPartnercurrent2022 — presentNew York, United States
- TIRTA VenturesInvestor, Voldexcurrent2025 — present
- TIRTA VenturesInvestor, Cartwheelcurrent2025 — present
- TIRTA VenturesInvestor, Red Rover Interactivecurrent2024 — present
- TIRTA VenturesInvestor, nunu.aicurrent2024 — presentZurich, Switzerland
- TIRTA VenturesInvestor, K-IDcurrent2024 — present
- TIRTA VenturesInvestor, Gardens Interactivecurrent2023 — presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
- TIRTA VenturesInvestor, Artificial Agencycurrent2023 — present
- TIRTA VenturesInvestor, Bitpart AIcurrent2023 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- TIRTA VenturesInvestor, Hadeancurrent2022 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- TIRTA VenturesInvestor, Loci (acquired by Epic Games)2023 — 2025London Area, United Kingdom
- TIRTA VenturesInvestor, Leonardo AI (acquired by Canva)2023 — 2024Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- TencentDirector2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- TencentInvestor, Roblox (Series G)2020 — 2022San Mateo, California, United States
- TencentInvestor, Eleventh Hour Games (Series A)2021 — 2022Texas, United States
- TencentInvestor, mod.io (Series A)2021 — 2022Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- TencentInvestor, Lockwood Publishing (Series A)2020 — 2022Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
- CitadelInvestment Analyst2015 — 2019Greater New York City Area
- Fortress Investment GroupAssociate, Private Equity2013 — 2015Greater New York City Area
- CitiAnalyst, Investment Banking2011 — 2013Hong Kong
Skills & more
Venture CapitalGamingBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyEntrepreneurshipInvestmentsCapital MarketsPrivate EquityMergers & Acquisitions
Languages Chinese
From Justin's professional profile.
Colleagues at TIRTA Ventures
Ben Feder
Founding Partner at TIRTA Ventures
Doug Shapiro
Investor at TIRTA Ventures
Jonathan Knee
Investor at TIRTA Ventures
Kei
Investor at TIRTA Ventures
Keizac Lee
Investor at TIRTA Ventures
Seth Sivak
Investor at TIRTA Ventures
Sydney Levin-Epstein
Investor Relations Manager at TIRTA Ventures
Tyler Matses
Principal at TIRTA Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Justin Yuan?
- Justin is a founding member of TIRTA Ventures with over a decade of investing across private and public markets. He previously led Tencent's North America games investment team, was a public equity investor at Citadel, a PE investor at Fortress Investment Group, and began in investment banking at Citigroup in Hong Kong. He holds a BS in Economics from Wharton.
- Where does Justin Yuan work?
- Justin Yuan is Founding Partner at TIRTA Ventures.
- Where did Justin Yuan go to school?
- Justin Yuan studied at The Wharton School (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Economics); Deerfield Academy.
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