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Mayra Tama

Partner at Initial Capital

Austin, Texas

Overview 

Mayra Tama is a Partner at Initial Capital in Austin, Texas, with a strong background in business development and strategic partnerships in the mobile gaming industry. She serves on the boards of multiple companies, including MetaBit Games and Amihan Entertainment, showcasing her expertise in fostering successful ventures and investments in the gaming sector. With a Bachelor's degree from The University of Texas at Austin, Mayra Tama has excelled in identifying and nurturing promising startups, such as her investment in Shipsi at the seed stage, and leveraging her extensive network to drive growth and innovation in the mobile games and entertainment industry.

Work Experience 

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Initial Capital

  • Partner

    2024 - Current

    Initial Capital is an investor in seed and early-stage technology companies with a strong focus on the Bitcoin ecosystem. We love games, consumer products and technology enablers. We’re not a traditional VC fund - we’re a group of serial entrepreneurs who invest our own money and actively partner with world class teams to build category winners. Based out of London and Austin, we’ve played a key part in growing companies. Please email us at: info@initialcapital.com

  • Principal

    2017

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MetaBit Games

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2022

    Innovating at the intersection of Free-to-Play and Play and Earn games.

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Amihan Entertainment

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2021

    Our vision is to equalize opportunity for all through games.

Amihan Entertainment is an early, venture-backed game studio that aims to craft uplifting, lifelong games.

Raised $2,999,984.00 from Initial Capital, Translink Capital and Moonfire Ventures.

amihan.gg
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Captain.tv

  • Board Observer

    2019

    Captain.tv makes games that streamers play with their viewers on sites like Twitch, YouTube Live and Facebook Live.

Captain.tv makes games for streamers to play live with their viewers!

Raised $10,000,000.00 from Mark Pincus, Initial Capital, KPCB Edge, Kevin Lin, John Robinson, Mike Verdu, Worklife, Bing Gordon, Galaxy Digital and Betaworks.

captain.tv
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Medal.tv

  • Board Observer

    2022

    The next generation will capture the digital world as much, if not more than the physical world. We’re building the platform to enable that.

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Viker

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2022

    Bringing blockchain games and NFTs to the masses.

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Traplight Ltd.

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2020

    Hard hitting mobile gaming studio.

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GAMEE

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2018 - 2020

    Gamee is a high-engagement play to earn gaming platform, that attracted over 30 million users.

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Dazzle Rocks

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2018 - 2020

    Innovative mobile Sandbox MMO Gaming for the social generation

Self-Employed

  • Independent Consultant - Mobile Business Development

    2014 - 2017

    13+ years in business development and strategy consulting within the mobile apps space spanning across North America, UK, EMEA and Japan.

Education 

Investments 

Shipsi

Seed

Total funding: $2M

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