Netmarble
VC Fund
Seoul, South Korea
Netmarble is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Gaming and Software. 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.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 22%
Last updated:
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Industries Netmarble invests in
Stages Netmarble invests in
Countries Netmarble invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $2.6M–$40M
- Corporate Round
- $4.5M–$190M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $8.2M–$350M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Gaming 5 (28%)
- Software 3 (17%)
- Video Games 3 (17%)
- Apps 2 (11%)
- Music 2 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (22%)
- Corporate Round 3 (17%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (17%)
- Series A 2 (11%)
- Series B 2 (11%)
Country
- South Korea 9 (50%)
- United States 2 (11%)
- Turkey 1 (6%)
- Singapore 1 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Baris Ozistek
CEO and Chairman
|
CEO and Chairman | Total investments: 22 | Find email | |
Byung Gyu Kim
Co-CEO
|
Co-CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jun Hyuk Bang
Founder and Chairman
|
Founder and Chairman | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Romain Tesler
Senior Localization Manager
|
Senior Localization Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Seungwon Lee
CEO
|
CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superblock vision removes centralized web servers and puts blockchain run by the people in the system's core. | $8M / Series A / Jul 21, 2023 | ||
| Superblock vision removes centralized web servers and puts blockchain run by the people in the system's core. | $7.1M / Series A / Feb 06, 2023 | ||
| Epic League is a company specializing in Online RPG and blockchain ecosystem. | Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 12, 2022 | ||
| Iskra offers web3 gaming opportunities using blockchain and rewards its stakeholders based on their participation. | $40M / Seed / Sep 22, 2022 | ||
| Nextplayer is a video commerce specialist that contemplates and thinks about what users need and wants in their lives. | $4.5M / Corporate Round / Aug 24, 2022 | ||
| HAEGIN is a game development company. | $83.5M / Series B / Feb 27, 2022 | ||
| ALUX is a content creation company that specializes in video and coding education content. | Series C / Dec 22, 2021 | ||
| Click Game Studio is a mobile game studio. | Seed / Oct 27, 2021 | ||
| Jam City is a leader in mobile entertainment, providing unique and deeply engaging games that appeal to broad global audiences. Jam City was founded in 2009 by MySpace cofounder and CEO Chris DeWolfe and former 20th Century Fox executive Josh Yguado. Jam City is the creative powerhouse behind some of the highest grossing and most enduring socialgaming franchises for mobile, including Cookie Jam (Facebook “Game of the Year” winner) and Panda Pop. Jam City is the go-to studio for Hollywood, having developed immersive, narrative rich mobile games around iconic entertainment brands including Harry Potter, Family Guy and Marvel Avengers. Jam City has studios in Los Angeles (HQ), San Francisco, San Diego, Bogotá and Buenos Aires. The Jam City team is known for its creative excellence and technological innovation in key areas including storytelling, data science and audience insights. | $350M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 08, 2021 | ||
| Lumini is a personalized AI skin assistant that analyzes the user’s skin and recommends the best products and services for each user. It examines the facial skin based on six categories: wrinkles,pores, acne, sebum, melasma, and redness simply by taking a photo of the face. It also features an intelligent chatbot within the mobile app that logs andanalyzes user’s lifestyle. It then combines all relevant data to provide a comprehensive skin analysis along with accurate skincare recommendations. Lumini is the first brainchild of lululab, the 22nd spin-off company from Samsung Electronics. | Series B / Nov 13, 2020 | ||
| See all 18 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Netmarble invest in?
Netmarble invests primarily in Gaming, Software and Video Games startups, most often at Seed and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Netmarble invest in?
Netmarble typically joins rounds of $2.6M–$40M at Seed, $4.5M–$190M at Corporate Round and $8.2M–$350M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Netmarble's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Netmarble took part in.
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Who are the partners at Netmarble?
The team at Netmarble includes Baris Ozistek (CEO and Chairman), Byung Gyu Kim (Co-CEO) and Jun Hyuk Bang (Founder and Chairman). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Nov 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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