Investing Profile

Baris Guzel

VCInvestor
Partner at BMW i Ventures
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Networks Baris is a member of
NewCo Network
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University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
842 CONNECTIONS
Deutsche Bank Network
87 CONNECTIONS
Merrill Lynch Network
86 CONNECTIONS
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Network
81 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
BMW i Ventures Partner
Investment Range
$6.0M - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$8.0M
Investments On Record
9
Current Fund Size
$300M

Baris Guzel is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Baris Guzel's Investments On Record (7)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Estes Energy
SeedJul 2025$11M
$11M
Qualytics
Series AJun 2025$10M
$13M
Co-investors: Baris Aksoy (AV8 Ventures), Patrick McKenna (High Ridge Venture Partners)
AMPECO
Series BNov 2024$26M
Series AJan 2023$13M
$39M
Simr (formerly UberCloud)
Series AMay 2024$20M
$22M
Co-investors: Alireza Masrour (Plug & Play Ventures), Roland Manger (Earlybird Venture Capital), Salil Deshpande (Uncorrelated Ventures)
MacroFab
Series CJan 2023$42M
$51M
Co-investors: Seth Levine (Foundry Group), Jason Seats (Techstars)
Our Next Energy
Series AMar 2022$65M
Series AOct 2021$25M
$400M
Co-investors: Carmichael Roberts (Breakthrough Energy Ventures), Peter Gajdoš (Fifth Wall), Axel Badalian (Alpha Intelligence Capital), SERHAT CICEKOGLU (Sente Ventures)
AutoFi
Series BMay 2020
$3M
Co-investors: Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures), Tim Young (ENIAC Ventures), Manuel Silva Martinez (Mouro Capital)

Baris Guzel's Experience

Investment Banking Summer Associate BofA SecuritiesPresent
Venture Capital Analyst Halo FundPresent
Partner BMW i VenturesPresent
Board Director Tekion CorpPresent
Board Observer ZumPresent
Board Observer Our Next Energy (ONE)Present
Investor Solid Power, Inc.Present
Board Observer MapillaryPresent
Venture Capital Associate Presidio PartnersPresent
Technology Investment Banking Associate Deutsche BankPresent
MBA Graduate - Class of 2015 UNC Kenan-FlaglerPresent
Investment Banking Summer Associate Bank of America Merrill LynchPresent
Assistant Bank Inspector/ Examiner IsbankPresent
Board Observer Vera SecurityPresent
Investment Banking Summer Associate Merrill LynchPresent
Board Observer Our Next Energy, Inc.Present
Board Observer RidecellPresent
Venture Capital Analyst The Halo Fund (Early-stage Venture Capital Fund)Present
Venture Capital Analyst New Commercial Room Venture Capital & Consulting GmbHPresent
Principal BMW i VenturesPresent
Senior Associate BMW i VenturesPresent
Mentor Creative Destruction LabPresent
Investor STRIVR Labs, Inc.Present
Venture Capital Analyst The Angels' ForumPresent
Assistant Bank Inspector/ Examiner Türkiye İş BankasıPresent
Investor Our Next Energy (ONE)Present
Board Director AMPECOPresent
Board Director MacroFabPresent
Board Director Our Next Energy, Inc.Present
Board Observer GreenSpark SoftwarePresent
Board Observer Simr (formerly UberCloud)Present
Board Observer AutoFiPresent
Board Observer XometryPresent
Global Coordinator/ Director Emeritus VCIC (Venture Capital Investment Competition)Present
Board Director Estes EnergyPresent
Board Director QualyticsPresent
Board Observer ZūmPresent
MBA Graduate - Class of 2015 UNC Kenan-Flagler Business SchoolPresent
Venture Capital Analyst The Halo FundPresent
Venture Capital Analyst NewCoPresent
Venture Capital Analyst University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Baris Guzel's Education

Istanbul Technical University Bachelor of Sc. Industrial Engineering
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern ERASMUS Exchange Industrial Engineering
İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Bachelor of Sc. Industrial Engineering
RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau ERASMUS Exchange Industrial Engineering