Ben Feder
Angel Investor @ TIRTA Ventures
New York, United States
Ben Feder is an accomplished and creative and entrepreneur and investor, with a long and proven track record in the media and telecommunications sector. He has held pubic company board positions in Japan and the United States. Ben is co-founder of ZelnickMedia, a successful private equity firm in the U.S.that focuses on the media andcommunications industries; and he is formerly the CEO of Take Two Interactive, a $2 billion public video game company that develops and publishes video games such as Grand Theft Auto, NBA 2K, and Civilization.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 29%
Last updated:
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Industries Ben Feder invests in
Stages Ben Feder invests in
Countries Ben Feder invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $3M–$6M
- Series C
- $13M–$16M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Gaming 3 (43%)
- Web3 1 (14%)
- Shoes 1 (14%)
- Mobile 1 (14%)
- Fashion 1 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (71%)
- Series C 1 (14%)
Country
- Finland 3 (43%)
- United States 2 (29%)
- Singapore 1 (14%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| nunu.ai is the frontier of artificial intelligence in gaming by creating the first multi-modal AI agents designed to test and play any game. | $6M / Seed / Mar 12, 2025 | ||
| Future Trash is an interdisciplinary game development company. | $5M / Seed / Sep 30, 2024 | ||
| k-ID is transforming the way kids and teens access age-appropriate game experiences and helping developers comply with complex global regulations with a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive suite of tools that make online game platforms safer, better, faster, and more empowering for young players. | $4.2M / Seed / Oct 30, 2023 | ||
| Rens Original is a manufacturing company. It upcycles post-industrial plastic and spent coffee grounds into finished items. The company offers waterproof sneakers made from coffee. It recycles plastic air intake placed at the heel and sole to increase ventilation and breathability while maintaining waterproof protection. | $3.4M / Seed / Dec 31, 2021 | ||
| Verto Analytics (Verto) operates a passive metering panel that provides researchers, advertisers, and publishers the data they need to keep up with the rapid and changing pace of consumer media consumption on every app, device, service, and platform. This ongoing, longitudinal panel captures a wide breadth of behaviors—all enriched to clients’behavioral analysis or custom survey studies. Our single-source, passive metering data sets provide the information needed to understand the full digital footprint of the U.S. population. Our Data Labs are located in the US, and in Helsinki, Finland. http://www.vertoanalytics.com. | $16M / Series C / Nov 27, 2019 | ||
| Verto Analytics (Verto) operates a passive metering panel that provides researchers, advertisers, and publishers the data they need to keep up with the rapid and changing pace of consumer media consumption on every app, device, service, and platform. This ongoing, longitudinal panel captures a wide breadth of behaviors—all enriched to clients’behavioral analysis or custom survey studies. Our single-source, passive metering data sets provide the information needed to understand the full digital footprint of the U.S. population. Our Data Labs are located in the US, and in Helsinki, Finland. http://www.vertoanalytics.com. | $13.4M / Series C / Jul 11, 2018 | ||
| They are trying to create a new kind of mobile gaming experience, one where the player is challenged as well as entertained; where mobile accessibility is not a shortcut for lower quality. | $3M / Seed / Apr 20, 2016 |
Co-Investors
About TIRTA Ventures
TIRTA Ventures (“TIRTA”) is newly launched VC firm based in New York City and focused on the interactive entertainment industry. TIRTA was founded by Ben Feder (former CEO of Take-Two Interactive, former President of Int’l Partnerships at Tencent Games).TIRTA invests across content (studios), infrastructure/technology, and platforms thatsupport the broader gaming ecosystem. We seek to bring our decades of operational experience in the gaming industry to our portfolio companies.
TIRTA Ventures Contacts
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Justin Yuan
Partner
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FAQ
What does Ben Feder invest in?
Ben Feder invests primarily in Gaming, Web3 and Shoes startups, most often at Seed and Series C stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Ben Feder's check size?
Ben Feder typically joins rounds of $3M–$6M at Seed and $13M–$16M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ben Feder participates in.
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When did Ben Feder last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Ben Feder closed in Mar 2025. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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