# Netmarble

> Netmarble is a VC fund in Seoul backing Gaming, Music and Video. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Jul 2023
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/netmarble-games
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/netmarbleus
- Website: http://www.netmarble.com/main
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/netmarbleofficial/

Netmarble is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Gaming and Music. 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.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Netmarble. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Netmarble. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/netmarble?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.7M–$40M |
| Series A | $5.9M–$8M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $8.2M–$350M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 5 | 33% |
| Music | 2 | 13% |
| Video | 2 | 13% |
| Software | 2 | 13% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 13% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 27% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 20% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Corporate Round | 2 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 7 | 47% |
| United States | 2 | 13% |
| Turkey | 1 | 7% |
| Singapore | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Baris Ozistek | CEO and Chairman | 22 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baris-ozistek |
| Byung Gyu Kim | Co-CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/byung-gyu-kim |
| Jun Hyuk Bang | Founder and Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jun-hyuk-bang |
| Romain Tesler | Senior Localization Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/romain-tesler |
| Seungwon Lee | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seungwon-lee |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Superblock | 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 | 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 | Epic League is a company specializing in Online RPG and blockchain ecosystem. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 12, 2022 |  |
| Iskra | Iskra offers web3 gaming opportunities using blockchain and rewards its stakeholders based on their participation. | $40M | Seed | Sep 22, 2022 |  |
| Nextplayer | 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 | HAEGIN is a game development company. | $83.5M | Series B | Feb 27, 2022 |  |
| ALUX | ALUX is a content creation company that specializes in video and coding education content. |  | Series C | Dec 22, 2021 |  |
| Click Game Studio | Click Game Studio is a mobile game studio. |  | Seed | Oct 27, 2021 |  |
| Jam City | 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 |  |
| Oneuniverse | OneUniverseVN is a member of YJMGAME that specializes in designing art pro for games, CG films, and the metaverse. OneUniverse presents as the leader of global outsourcing in the game graphic industry with high-quality 3D & 2D art services. | $8.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 31, 2020 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BonAngels Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bon-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DSC Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dsc-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [E&Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e-networks-venture-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lotte Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lotte-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Schmidt](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/schmidt-4d8d) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SK](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sk-inc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Netmarble invest in?

Netmarble invests primarily in Gaming, Music and Video startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Netmarble's check size?

Netmarble typically joins rounds of $1.7M–$40M at Seed, $5.9M–$8M at Series A and $8.2M–$350M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Netmarble participates in.

### How do I contact Netmarble?

Public channels for Netmarble include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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 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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