Ben has a unique operating track record managing top franchises through tech, gaming and economic cycles. Past positions include President of International Partnership at Tencent, CEO of Take-Two Interactive and Founding Partner and Vice Chairman of Zelnick Media Capital.
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Board Positions:

Epic Games, Bad Robot Games, Glu Mobile. Robot Entertainment, Hi-Rez Studios, Dots, Columbia Music Entertainment.

Justin Yuan is a Partner and founding member of TIRTA Ventures, based in New York.

Justin brings over a decade of investing experience across private and public markets. Prior to TIRTA, he led Tencent's North America games investment team. Earlier in his career, he was a public equity investor at Citadel focusing on global internet and interactive entertainment, and a private equity investor at Fortress Investment Group. He began his career in investment banking at Citigroup in Hong Kong.

A lifelong gamer, Justin was a modder for real-time-strategy games including StarCraft: Brood War and Age of Empires II. He holds a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Keizac (Kei) Lee is an investor at TIRTA Ventures, based in Hong Kong and New York.

Kei brings over a decade of experience across venture capital, project finance, and video game publishing. Prior to TIRTA, he led emerging markets investments at Tencent Games and served a Partner at Kowloon Nights, a project finance fund focused on indie game developers. He began his career in investment banking at BNP Paribas in Hong Kong.

Kei holds a MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from the University of Toronto.

Tyler has a diverse background encompassing investment, M&A, and startup expertise. Before entering venture capital, Tyler began his career in finance at Blackstone and Raymond James Investment Banking, covering biotechnology. A lifelong gamer, Tyler grew up playing Counter-Strike 1.6 competitively and remains a hardcore FPS and MMORPG player to this day.

Seth is a seasoned game developer and product leader with deep experience across engineering, design, and production. He was most recently VP of Development on World of Warcraft at Blizzard Entertainment. Prior to that, he was co-founder and CEO of Proletariat Inc., the studio behind Spellbreak, which was acquired by Activision Blizzard in 2022.

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Doug brings nearly three decades of experience across media as an operator, strategist, advisor, and analyst. He currently serves as a senior advisor at BCG and writes The Mediator, a media newsletter. Doug was previously CFO of Pugilist Capital and held senior leadership roles at WarnerMedia and Time Warner, following an award-winning run as a media equity analyst.

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Jonathan 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. Previously, he was co-head of the media group at Morgan Stanley and held senior roles at Goldman Sachs.

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