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Baris Guzel

Board Director at AMPECO

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Baris Guzel is a Partner at BMW i Ventures, with a background in financial modeling, entrepreneurship, and venture capital. He has successfully invested in companies like Simr (formerly UberCloud) and AMPECO, playing a key role in their Series A and Series C funding rounds. Baris Guzel's career highlights include serving as a Board Director for AMPECO and Our Next Energy, Inc., as well as being a Board Observer for companies like Simr and AutoFi.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2017 - Current

    Please feel free to reach out on baris@bmwiventures.com.

BMW i Ventures focuses on BMW’s current and future business in the technology and service space.

  • Board Director

    2023

    Led Series A.

  • Board Director

    2021

    Led Pre-Series B.

Our Next Energy is a developer of energy storage technology to expand access to sustainable power.

Raised $390,000,000.00 from Fifth Wall, Temasek Holdings, TR.PE, Sente Ventures, Coatue and Riverstone Holdings.

  • Board Director

    2018

    Led Series B.

Tekion is a software development company that develops business applications on the cloud.

Raised $635,100,000.00 from Dragoneer Investment Group.

  • Board Director

    2022

MacroFab is a technology platform built to automate and optimize electronics manufacturing processes for OEMs.

Raised $96,172,395.00 from Trinity Capital.

  • Board Observer

    2024

  • Board Observer

    2020

    Led Series B.

AutoFi is a commerce platform delivering point of sale solution for financing a vehicle online.

Raised $114,500,000.00 from Crosslink Capital, Santander US and SVB Financial Group.

  • Board Observer

    2019

    Led Series C.

Zūm provides child transportation for school districts and busy families.

Raised $399,579,482.00 from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

  • Investor

    2021 - 2021

    NASDAQ: SLDP (Dec 2021)

Solid Power is a developer of all-solid-state battery cells that provide enhancements over traditional lithium-ion batteries.

Raised $437,249,982.00 from US Department of Energy and ARPA-E.

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