Investing Profile

Baris Guzel

VCInvestor
Partner at BMW i Ventures
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Networks Baris is a member of
NewCo Network
1599 CONNECTIONS
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
841 CONNECTIONS
Merrill Lynch Network
181 CONNECTIONS
Deutsche Bank Network
181 CONNECTIONS
BofA Securities Network
89 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
10
Current Fund Size
$300M

Baris Guzel is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Baris Guzel's Investments On Record (8)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
KredosAI
Series AJul 2026$7M
$8M
Co-investors: Nasir Ali (StartFast Ventures Fund II)
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
Co-investors: Rumen lliev (LAUNCHub Ventures)
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: Peter Gajdoš (Fifth Wall), Carmichael Roberts (Breakthrough Energy Ventures), Axel Badalian (Alpha Intelligence Capital), SERHAT CICEKOGLU (Sente Ventures)
AutoFi
Series BMay 2020
$20M
Co-investors: Tim Young (ENIAC Ventures), Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures), Sandy Cass (Red Swan Ventures), Manuel Silva Martinez (Mouro Capital), Sean Bill

Baris Guzel's Experience

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

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