# Baris Ozistek

> Baris Ozistek is a seed investor at Netmarble backing Software, Gaming and Video Games. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Netmarble](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/netmarble)
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 73%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/baris-ozistek-b071374

Baris Ozistek is a seed investor at Netmarble focused on Software and Gaming. Baris Ozistek is the Chairman of Netmarble EMEA.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 23% |
| Gaming | 4 | 18% |
| Video Games | 4 | 18% |
| Apps | 2 | 9% |
| Web3 | 2 | 9% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 55% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 18% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 9% |
| Series A | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 13 | 59% |
| Denmark | 1 | 5% |
| South Korea | 1 | 5% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lucida AI | Enhance your employees' language skills with our AI-powered tool, tailored to your company regulations using end-to-end encryption. | $5.4M | Seed | Apr 15, 2026 |  |
| Ideanote | Ideanote was founded by to make more ideas matter.By combining idea collection, idea management, engagement and impact analytics in one single and easy to use platform it democratizes access to the tools of innovation. Ideanote empowers small teams and enterprises alike to make innovation-led growth a reality. Record fast implementation time,500+ five-star reviews and a range of advanced customization options make sure every company can innovate at their own pace, with their own processes. Features included widgets, idea collections, custom phases, idea fields, integrations, AI-idea matching and automation that turn innovation into one efficient workflow.Businesses of every size — from new startups to public companies — use our software to power their innovation. Customers include global innovation leaders NYU, Uster, Usiminas, Ontario Medical Association, Roche, CSWG. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 26, 2025 |  |
| GameChanger Worldwide | GameChanger Worldwide specializes in gaming-specific IP extension platforms and focuses on creating innovative solutions that extend the value of intellectual property (IP) in the gaming space. |  | Seed | Dec 11, 2024 |  |
| Fiber Games | Fiber Games is digital content and gaming studio which develops hypercasual and casual games. | $571K | Seed | Oct 15, 2024 |  |
| Artiwise | Artiwise gathers all client feedback on a single platform by monitoring all customer communication channels. It makes decisions by using artificial intelligence to analyse client communication channels like call centre conversations, chatbot interviews, and surveys. | $750K | Seed | Sep 13, 2024 |  |
| Hiwell | Hiwell app is an online psychological counseling app that helps people without leaving their homes. | $3.5M | Seed | Jul 02, 2024 |  |
| Retter | Retter.io is a technology startup that focuses on serverless object-oriented cloud solutions. | $1.5M | Seed | Mar 15, 2024 |  |
| Lokum Games | Lokum Games is a mobile game development company. | $1.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 09, 2024 |  |
| Cerebrum Tech | We offer high-quality solutions to our global customers as a problem-solving company. |  | Series A | Oct 17, 2023 |  |
| Cerebrum Tech | We offer high-quality solutions to our global customers as a problem-solving company. | $1.8M | Seed | Oct 16, 2023 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Inveo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inveo-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [APY Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apy-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Eksim Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eksim-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [March Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/march-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ak Portfoy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ak-portfoy) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Albaraka Turk](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/albaraka-turk) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Netmarble

VC Fund · Seoul, South Korea

Netmarble Games Corp. strives to entertain audiences of all ages and around the world by providing a great mobile gaming experience. Established in Korea in 2000, Netmarble is the fastest-growing mobile game company in Asia and consistently ranks as a top mobile developer and publisher worldwide.Netmarble has produced and serviced some of themost successful mobile games, including MARVEL Future Fight, Seven Knights, Raven (Evilbane in U.S.) and Everybody’s Marble. The largest shareholder to SGN, a leading casual game developer, Netmarble has a strategic partnership with CJ E&M Corporation, Asia’s largest entertainment company, Tencent Holdings, Asia’s largest internet company, and NCsoft, a prominent MMO company.

5 contacts available at Netmarble.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Baris Ozistek | CEO and Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baris-ozistek |
| Byung Gyu Kim | Co-CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/byung-gyu-kim |
| Jun Hyuk Bang | Founder and Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jun-hyuk-bang |
| Romain Tesler | Senior Localization Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/romain-tesler |
| Seungwon Lee | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seungwon-lee |

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## FAQ

### What does Baris Ozistek invest in?

Baris Ozistek invests primarily in Software, Gaming and Video Games startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Baris Ozistek last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Baris Ozistek closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 22 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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