# Mark Hales

> Mark Hales is a pre-seed investor at Oxygen Accelerator backing Gaming. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Oxygen Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oxygen-accelerator)
- Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2014
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-hales-74551417/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/halesmark
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hales.mark

Mark Hales is a pre-seed investor at Oxygen Accelerator in Birmingham focused on Gaming and Big Data. Mark has spent the majority of his career to date in the Health & Social Care industry, formerly running Claimar Care Group PLC, on of the UK’s largest social care providers. In 2010, Mark co-founded Optimo Care Group with Richard Walker. Over the past 10 years Optimo has gone from strength to strength, becoming a market leading regional careprovider delivering over 25,000 visits every week to service users in the community.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 1 | 100% |
| Big Data | 1 | 100% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Video Games | 1 | 100% |
| Casual Games | 1 | 100% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reality Games | Reality Games is a product company divided into two sectors: Mobile Gaming and Big Data. We are one of the first movers on the market - creating a new genre of mobile games – games based on Big Data as content. |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 18, 2014 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Oxygen Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oxygen-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Oxygen Accelerator

VC Fund · Birmingham, United Kingdom

Oxygen Accelerator is a 13-week, intensive mentor led bootcamp for technology startups. Oxygen Accelerator is designed to nurture groups or individuals and create workable companies that will produce marketable and innovative technology solutions for the future. In addition to the vision to help develop real businesses, its goal is to create asustainable tech community outside of the hub of the capital, and to draw in more international talent to cities of equal technological standing.Oxygen Accelerator is held for 10 selected groups or individuals that applied through http://oxygenaccelerator.com and was selected after careful assessment by a panel of judges. The successful teams will then be situated in the heart of technological innovation at BSPA, which will help promote inspiration and provide access to state-of-the-art facilities all aiming to propel these burgeoning companies to success. Furthermore, the nurturing and mentoring from like-minded entrepreneurs, business people, and investors will enable the selectees to be equipped with all the tools to take their business to the next level.Oxygen Accelerator was founded in 2011 by serial entrepreneur Mark Hales, who wanted to turn people's ideas into solid businesses, while helping to develop a sustainable future for his home city of Birmingham.

4 contacts available at Oxygen Accelerator.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| James Waddington | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-waddington |
| Kath Preston | Programme Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kath-preston |
| Mark Hales | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-hales |
| Simon Jenner | Accelerator Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-jenner |

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## FAQ

### What does Mark Hales invest in?

Mark Hales invests primarily in Gaming, Big Data and Mobile Apps startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Mark Hales?

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### When did Mark Hales last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mark Hales closed in Oct 2014. Shizune tracks 1 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?

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