Joost Merks

Chief Investment Officer at Azerion Group

📍 Schiphol-Rijk, North Holland, Netherlands🔄 Updated October 2026💼 3 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2018𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board member, Group Chief Investment Officer
Nov 2018
Founded in 2014, Azerion (EURONEXT: AZRN) is one of Europe’s largest digital advertising and entertainment media platforms. Azerion brings global scaled audiences to advertisers in an easy and cost-effective way, delivered through its proprietary technology, in a safe, engaging, and high-quality environment, utilizing its strategic portfolio of owned and operated content with entertainment and other digital publishing partners. Having its roots in Europe with its headquarters in Amsterdam, Azerion has commercial teams based in over 26 cities around the world to closely support its clients and partners to find and execute creative ways to really make an impact through advertising. Azerion’s integrated platform provides technology solutions to automate the purchase and sale of digital advertising for media buyers and sellers, supported by in market sales and campaign management teams. Through our technology, content creators, digital publishers and advertisers work with Azerion to reach the millions of people across the globe that play Azerion’s games and view its distributed entertainment content to increase engagement, loyalty and drive e-commerce. Founded in 2014 by two Dutch entrepreneurs, Azerion has experienced rapid expansion driven by organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Azerion is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and is a publicly traded company listed on Euronext Amsterdam.
Board member, Group CIO
Nov 2018
Founded in 2014, Azerion (EURONEXT: AZRN) is one of Europe’s largest digital advertising and entertainment media platforms. Azerion brings global scaled audiences to advertisers in an easy and cost-effective way, delivered through its proprietary technology, in a safe, engaging, and high-quality environment, utilizing its strategic portfolio of owned and operated content with entertainment and other digital publishing partners. Having its roots in Europe with its headquarters in Amsterdam, Azerion has commercial teams based in over 26 cities around the world to closely support its clients and partners to find and execute creative ways to really make an impact through advertising. Azerion’s integrated platform provides technology solutions to automate the purchase and sale of digital advertising for media buyers and sellers, supported by in market sales and campaign management teams. Through our technology, content creators, digital publishers and advertisers work with Azerion to reach the millions of people across the globe that play Azerion’s games and view its distributed entertainment content to increase engagement, loyalty and drive e-commerce. Founded in 2014 by two Dutch entrepreneurs, Azerion has experienced rapid expansion driven by organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Azerion is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and is a publicly traded company listed on Euronext Amsterdam.
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2018
Board member, Group Chief Investment Officer
Nov 2018
Founded in 2014, Azerion (EURONEXT: AZRN) is one of Europe’s largest digital advertising and entertainment media platforms. Azerion brings global scaled audiences to advertisers in an easy and cost-effective way, delivered through its proprietary technology, in a safe, engaging, and high-quality environment, utilizing its strategic portfolio of owned and operated content with entertainment and other digital publishing partners. Having its roots in Europe with its headquarters in Amsterdam, Azerion has commercial teams based in over 26 cities around the world to closely support its clients and partners to find and execute creative ways to really make an impact through advertising. Azerion’s integrated platform provides technology solutions to automate the purchase and sale of digital advertising for media buyers and sellers, supported by in market sales and campaign management teams. Through our technology, content creators, digital publishers and advertisers work with Azerion to reach the millions of people across the globe that play Azerion’s games and view its distributed entertainment content to increase engagement, loyalty and drive e-commerce. Founded in 2014 by two Dutch entrepreneurs, Azerion has experienced rapid expansion driven by organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Azerion is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and is a publicly traded company listed on Euronext Amsterdam.
Board member, Group CIO
Nov 2018
Founded in 2014, Azerion (EURONEXT: AZRN) is one of Europe’s largest digital advertising and entertainment media platforms. Azerion brings global scaled audiences to advertisers in an easy and cost-effective way, delivered through its proprietary technology, in a safe, engaging, and high-quality environment, utilizing its strategic portfolio of owned and operated content with entertainment and other digital publishing partners. Having its roots in Europe with its headquarters in Amsterdam, Azerion has commercial teams based in over 26 cities around the world to closely support its clients and partners to find and execute creative ways to really make an impact through advertising. Azerion’s integrated platform provides technology solutions to automate the purchase and sale of digital advertising for media buyers and sellers, supported by in market sales and campaign management teams. Through our technology, content creators, digital publishers and advertisers work with Azerion to reach the millions of people across the globe that play Azerion’s games and view its distributed entertainment content to increase engagement, loyalty and drive e-commerce. Founded in 2014 by two Dutch entrepreneurs, Azerion has experienced rapid expansion driven by organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Azerion is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and is a publicly traded company listed on Euronext Amsterdam.
2017
Azerion Games
Board member, Head of M&A and strategic cooperations
Jan 2017
2015
Managing Director
Nov 2015
Yoki Network is the European leading advertising network specialized in kids and youth. With our digital and mobile advertising knowledge, we can reach kids and youth between the age of 6 and 24 years old. We have years of experience and knowledge about the digital market and our target group. At Yoki we understand youngsters and therefore know what they're looking for. We are not only curious by what moves them, we’re also seeking evidence. Digital engagement, our most important drive. With and for our customers we develop digital media strategies. This is reflected in integrated concepts, branded content, rich media, video advertising and mobile advertising. Yoki is also specialized in creating content and have skilled people who can deliver great advise on how to accomplish target goals.
OrangeGames
Member of the Board
Oct 2015
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