About
A turnaround executive with experience scaling SaaS, tech, media, and telecom companies; drives value creation across Round13 portfolio companies and serves as CEO of MapsPeople.
Experience
- MapsPeopleChief Executive Officercurrent2025 — presentCopenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
- MapsPeopleMember Board of Directorscurrent2025 — presentCopenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
- Apex Group Technologies IncChief Executive Officercurrent2025 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
- Round13 CapitalOperating Partnercurrent2024 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
- RouteThisMember Board of Directorscurrent2024 — presentWaterloo, Ontario, Canada
- System-3Member Board of Directorscurrent2023 — presentCanada
- StatfloMember Board of Directors2024 — 2025Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- PAR TechnologyChief Marketing & Growth Officer2023 — 2024New York, United States
- Enthusiast GamingChief Operating Officer2020 — 2022Toronto | Los Angeles | New York | London
- Rogers CommunicationsSenior Executive Telco / Cable / Wireless roles in Marketing, Sales, Digital & Operations2009 — 2020Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Rogers CommunicationsVice President Customer Experience / Digital Transformation2018 — 2019Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- Rogers CommunicationsVice President, Sales (Retail, Digital, Dealer Channel Management & Business Intelligence)2016 — 2018Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- Rogers CommunicationsVice President, Marketing (Acquisition, Retention, LiveCycle , Retention, Loyalty, Pricing)2014 — 2017Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- Rogers CommunicationsSenior Director, Product Management / Revenue Growth2009 — 2014
- Bell CanadaAssociate Director, Strategy and Planning - Small / Medium Business SMB2007 — 2009Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- Management Consulting - Semiconductor, Software, Retail, TelcoStrategy Consultant2006 — 2007Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- AMDPrior Experience in Product Management & Software Engineering2001 — 2006
Skills & more
PaymentsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Venture CapitalChurn ManagementInitial Public Offerings (IPO)Digital MediaGamingB2B MarketingCustomer EngagementSMSMobile Marketing5G
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WiFiIoTRevenue & Profit GrowthBoard GovernanceMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)MarketingSalesAd TechPoint of Sale (POS) SystemsSoftware as a Service (SaaS)SaaSEnterprise SoftwareFrom Thamba's professional profile.
Colleagues at Round13 Capital
Amin Lalani
Venture Partner at Round13 Capital
Brahm Klar
Managing Partner at Round13 Capital
Bronwyn Smith
Operating & Venture Partner at Round13 Capital
Bruce Croxon
Founding Partner at Round13 Capital
Jack Bulger
Director of Investment | Timia Capital at Round13 Capital
John Eckert
Founding Partner at Round13 Capital
Josh French
VP, Finance at Round13 Capital
Mike Wallace
CEO of TIMIA Capital at Round13 Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Thamba Tharmalingam?
- A turnaround executive with experience scaling SaaS, tech, media, and telecom companies; drives value creation across Round13 portfolio companies and serves as CEO of MapsPeople.
- Where does Thamba Tharmalingam work?
- Thamba Tharmalingam is Operating Partner at Round13 Capital.
- Where did Thamba Tharmalingam go to school?
- Thamba Tharmalingam studied at Harvard Business School (Strategy & Execution, Executive Management); Ivey Business School at Western University (MBA); University of Waterloo (BMath, Mathematics / Computer science).
Founder mafias
Harvard Business School mafia323
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Mike Maples JrMBAFounded Pattern BreakersHristo BorisovOPM Class 64Founded PayhawkNoubar AfeyanVisiting LecturerFounded ProFound Therapeutics +12Wade MyersMBAFounded RealManage +5Harry GrunerFounded Hilos +2Ellen RubinMBAFounded ClearSky Data +2
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University of Waterloo mafia200
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Apoorva MehtaBAScFounded InstacartZach WaterfieldComputer EngineeringFounded Zettlor +1Peter CarresciaBMathFounded GoConfirm +1Eric BlondeelDoctor of Philosophy - PhDFounded Samos Insurance +1Oleg KostourHonours Bachelor of Architectural StudiesFounded AtlasGrid +1Anton KrutianskyBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)Founded AtlasGrid +1
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University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business mafia117
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ivan ZhouBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Decagon +2Keith LendenMBAFounded Boundless Bio +2Jay ParrishMBAFounded ROME Therapeutics +1Nanxi LiuFounded Nanoly Bioscience +1Patrick SigristVenture Capital Executive ProgramFounded IORQ +1Victor HoBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Fivestars +1
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Ivey Business School at Western University mafia34
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Trevor KoverkoHBAFounded Partner +2Candice FaktorHBAFounded Gamechanger +1Omar DhallaMBAFounded RecursionJudy FairburnMBAFounded the51Amin LalaniBachelor of Arts (BA)Founded AvantiKiva DickinsonHonors Business AdministrationFounded Cadootz
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enthusiast gaming mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Harvard Business School2,000
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesHristo BorisovCo-founder & CEO of Payhawk
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Also attended Ivey Business School at Western University229
ØysteinInvestor at InvestinorVivek RamaswamiPartner at Madrona Venture GroupRay SharmaFounding Partner, CEO at Extreme Venture PartnersHa DuongVP Finance & Operations at Luge CapitalJasmine YangVice President at Sapphire VenturesJaye LandowHead of Investor Relations at FJ Labs
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Also attended University of Waterloo357
Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalApoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorAniTalent Team at Hummingbird Ventures
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business616
Mark FiorentinoInvestor at Index VenturesRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHariFellow at Clear VenturesDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at MapsPeople1
Also worked at RouteThis3
Also worked at PAR Technology4
Also worked at Bell Canada39
Mark HatfieldInvestor at Ten ElevenBrian KobusInvestor at OMERS VenturesJames AbrahamGovernance at SenseAI VenturesMarc FaucherManaging Partner at ArcTern VenturesDomenic Del VecchioPrincipal at Panache VenturesMelissa BelecVice President, Investor Relations at Panache Ventures
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