Where does Thamba Tharmalingam work?

Thamba Tharmalingam is Operating Partner at Round13 Capital and CEO at MapsPeople.

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).

Thamba Tharmalingam

Investor

Operating Partner at Round13 Capital · CEO at MapsPeople

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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189 people in our graph share verified history with Thamba — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

John AlbrightunlockedThamba: together at enthusiast gaming (2021–2022)

Thamba: together at PAR Technology

×2Thamba: together at MapsPeople

×3Thamba: together at enthusiast gaming

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.

CEO at MapsPeople

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MapsPeople's investors · 1

Round13 CapitalToronto · $3.6M checks

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 Software

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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

John Eckert

Founding Partner at Round13 Capital

Josh French

VP, Finance at Round13 Capital

Michael Wallace

CEO of TIMIA Capital at Round13 Capital

Miranda Ferris

Principal 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 and CEO at MapsPeople.
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).

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Harvard Business School mafia1,241

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Brad GerstnerMBAFounded Altimeter Mike Maples JrMBAFounded Pattern Breakers Hristo BorisovOPM Class 64Founded Payhawk Noubar AfeyanVisiting LecturerFounded ProFound Therapeutics +16 Wade MyersMBAFounded RealManage +6 Nick PerrettPLDFounded Prosper list view +3

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University of Waterloo mafia416

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Chamath PalihapitiyaB.A.Sc.Founded 8090 Apoorva MehtaBAScFounded Instacart Paul F. TruexBachelor of Arts - BAFounded Lqttrx +2 Michael LittBASc. Honours Systems Design EngineeringFounded Garage Capital +1 Mike McCauleyBAScFounded Garage Capital +1 Zach WaterfieldComputer EngineeringFounded Zettlor +1

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University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business mafia342

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Ivan ZhouBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Decagon +2 Keith LendenMBAFounded Boundless Bio +2 Wendy JohanssonExecutive Education: Product ManagementFounded Misaludhealth +2 YJ (Young-Jun) JangB.SFounded (주)Tapas Media +2 David ThompsonMBAFounded Ostealtx +2 Ed BaumMBAFounded Chai Vault +2

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Ivey Business School at Western University mafia89

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Trevor KoverkoHBAFounded Partner +3 Sukhinder Singh CassidyHBAFounded Yodlee +2 Peter DabollHBAFounded Ace Metrix +1 Dustin WalperHBAFounded Valstad +1 Eli MooreHBAFounded Collage +1 Morley IversHBAFounded Cookin +1

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AMD mafia57

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Steven MihField Sales EngineerFounded Across AI +2 Gary SmerdonSales ManagerFounded By AMD +1 Narbeh DerhacobianSr. Member of Technical StaffFounded Adesto Technologies +1 Wael NafeeASIC Design Verification EngineerFounded HoverChat David SacarelosDevice Modeling (Internship)Founded Orbital Composites Avi GoldbergDirector of Strategic MarketingFounded Lev

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Also attended Harvard Business School2,000

Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer Capital Mike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at Floodgate Neeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery Ventures Hristo BorisovCo-founder & CEO of Payhawk Victoria TreygerGeneral Partner at Felicis Ventures

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Also attended Ivey Business School at Western University407

ØysteinInvestor at Investinor Vivek RamaswamiPartner at Madrona Venture Group Ray SharmaFounding Partner, CEO at Extreme Venture Partners Ha DuongVP Finance & Operations at Luge Capital Jasmine YangVice President at Sapphire Ventures Jaye LandowHead of Investor Relations at FJ Labs

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Also attended University of Waterloo651

Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social Capital Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health Systems Achintya ChaudhariInvestor at Lightbank Karim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge Capital Rohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge Capital Andrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y Combinator

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business976

Rishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel Capital Zhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel Capital Anna ChenInvestor at Madrona Venture Group Johnny HooperAssociate at March Capital Partners Will McKelveyPrincipal at Lerer Hippeau

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About

CEO at MapsPeople

Intro paths

MapsPeople's investors · 1

Experience

Skills & more

Colleagues at Round13 Capital

Frequently asked questions

Founder mafias

Harvard Business School mafia1,241

University of Waterloo mafia416

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business mafia342

Ivey Business School at Western University mafia89

AMD mafia57

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School2,000

Also attended Ivey Business School at Western University407

Also attended University of Waterloo651

Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business976

Shared employers

Also worked at MapsPeople2

Also worked at RouteThis3

Also worked at PAR Technology4

Also worked at Bell Canada73