# Ben Feder

> Ben Feder is a seed investor at Tencent (New York) backing Gaming, Web3 and Shoes. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Tencent](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tencent)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bfeder

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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$6M |
| Series C | $13M–$16M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 3 | 43% |
| Web3 | 1 | 14% |
| Shoes | 1 | 14% |
| Mobile | 1 | 14% |
| Fashion | 1 | 14% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 71% |
| Series C | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finland | 3 | 43% |
| United States | 2 | 29% |
| Singapore | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| nunu.ai | 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 | Future Trash is an interdisciplinary game development company. | $5M | Seed | Sep 30, 2024 |  |
| k-ID | 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 | 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 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 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 |  |
| Armada Interactive | 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 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Tesi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tesi) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Conor Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/conor-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Konvoy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/konvoy-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [OpenOcean](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/open-ocean) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [A16Z GAMES Speedrun](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-games) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Tencent

VC Fund · Shenzhen, China

Tencent is an internet service portal offering value-added internet, mobile, telecom, and online advertising services. Its communications and social platforms Weixin and QQ connect users with each other, with digital content and daily life services in just a few clicks. Tencent has maintained steady growth under its user-oriented operatingstrategies. It provides value-added internet, mobile, and telecom services, as well as online advertising under the strategic goal of providing users with "one-stop online lifestyle services." Tencent’s Internet platforms in China – QQ (QQ Instant Messenger), WeChat, QQ.com, QQ Games, Qzone, 3g.QQ.com, SoSo, PaiPai, and Tenpay – aim to address the various needs of internet users, including communication, information, entertainment, e-commerce, and others.In September 2013, Tencent's market valuation rose to $101 billion, and as of November 21, 2013, QQ had 2 billion active users and WeChat had 650 million monthly active users. The numbers of active users for QQ mail, Qzone, Tencent Weibo, and QQ news were 274 million, 626 million, 220 million, and 150 million, respectively.Tencent was founded in November of 1998. In April 2000, the IDG and PCCW invested a total of $2.2 million dollars in the company. Tencent was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK) on June 16, 2004. Baidu, Alibaba, and Netease are Tencent's major competitors.

5 contacts available at Tencent.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hongwei Chen | Executive Director of Investment | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hongwei-chen |
| Iain Bruce | Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iain-ferguson-bruce |
| James Mitchell | Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Executive Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-mitchell-1a2b |
| Jonathan Mailoa | Principal Researcher | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-mailoa |
| Levin Yao | Managing Director, Tencent Investment | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/levin-yao |

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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.

### 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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