Samsung Next
Profile, fund size and portfolio
Parent Samsung ElectronicsHQ Mountain View, United StatesFounded 2012
Samsung Next is the corporate venture arm of Samsung Electronics (consumer electronics and semiconductors). It was founded in 2012 and is based in Mountain View, United States. It invests from Pre-seed to Late stage in AI, robotics, digital Health and MedTech.
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Snapshot
Data behind this graphic
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Stage range | Pre-seed to Late stage |
| Sectors | AI, Robotics, Digital Health and MedTech, Services, Frontier |
| Geography | United States, Israel |
| Offices | Mountain View, United States |
Sources: S1 Samsung Next home; S6 Samsung Global Newsroom: Samsung Opening up to Startups and Partners.
Data behind this graphic
| Item | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Feed category: Services | 109 | 18.2% |
| Feed category: AI | 94 | 15.7% |
| Portfolio page filter: AI | 88 | 14.7% |
| Feed category: Health Tech | 69 | 11.5% |
| Feed category: Others | 55 | 9.2% |
| Portfolio page filter: Health | 40 | 6.7% |
| Portfolio page filter: Blockchain | 40 | 6.7% |
| Portfolio page filter: Deep Tech | 31 | 5.2% |
| Portfolio page filter: Consumer | 28 | 4.7% |
| Feed category: Robotics | 23 | 3.8% |
| Portfolio page filter: Fintech | 21 | 3.5% |
| Feed category: Frontier | 2 | 0.3% |
A company can carry more than one tag
Sources: S3 Samsung Next portfolio JSON feed (352 rows, pf-companies-v2.json on Webflow CDN).
Data behind this graphic
| Measure | Value | Unit | Kind | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headline size | USD 2.4bn | Cumulative invested | Stated by the firm or its parent | S1 |
| Companies backed | 350+ | companies | Stated by the firm | S1 |
| Companies on the firm's portfolio page | 352 | companies | Counted from the firm's own list | S3 |
Sources: S1 Samsung Next home; S3 Samsung Next portfolio JSON feed (352 rows, pf-companies-v2.json on Webflow CDN).
Where it invests and who leads it
Key facts
| Fact | Value | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent company | Samsung Electronics | Single source | S1 |
| Parent industry | Consumer electronics and semiconductors | Single source | S1 |
| Founded | 2012 | Single source | S2 |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, United States | Single source | S1 |
| Status | Active | Single source | S1 |
| Headline size | USD 2.4bn (Cumulative invested) | Single source | S1 |
| Companies backed | 350+ | Single source | S1 |
| People on the team page | 13 | Single source | S4 |
| Stages | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C+, Growth, Late stage | Single source | S1 |
Portfolio
The firm's portfolio page lists 352 companies.S3
| Tag | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Feed category: Services | 109 | 31% |
| Feed category: AI | 94 | 26.7% |
| Feed category: Health Tech | 69 | 19.6% |
| Feed category: Others | 55 | 15.6% |
| Feed category: Robotics | 23 | 6.5% |
| Feed category: Frontier | 2 | 0.6% |
| Portfolio page filter: AI | 88 | 25% |
| Portfolio page filter: Health | 40 | 11.4% |
| Portfolio page filter: Blockchain | 40 | 11.4% |
| Portfolio page filter: Consumer | 28 | 8% |
| Portfolio page filter: Deep Tech | 31 | 8.8% |
| Portfolio page filter: Fintech | 21 | 6% |
Every company on the Samsung Next list
352 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S3 Read the firm's list.
- 0G (Zero Gravity Labs)
- 1X Technologies
- 8i
- Activeloop
- Affect Therapeutics
- Afference, Inc.
- Agape
- Agency
- AgentOS
- AI21 Labs
- AIDIN ROBOTICS
- Alchemy
- Aleo
- Alice (fka ActiveFence)
- Aliro Technologies
- Alpha Medical
- AMI Labs
- AMMO AI
- Anykraft
- Anzu.io
- Apptest.ai
- Apptronik
- Arcee AI
- Archetype AI
- Archipelo
- Argmax
- Argument Computer Corp (fka LurkLab/Yatima)
- Arrcus
- Artificial Agency
- Assured
- Atomic
- Atommerce
- Atropos Health
- AudioMob
- Aviron Interactive
- Axie Infinity
- Base Power Company
- Bastion
- Beacon Biosignals
- Bear
- beoble
- Berachain
- Better Health Supplies
- BetterBrain
- Big Whale Labs
- Black Forest Labs
- Blackbox AI
- Bloom
- BlueVoyant
- Bold
- Bondu (fka Magical Toys)
- Branch
- Brave Health
- Bria
- Bright moments
- Calibrate
- Cambioml
- Canela Media
- Canopy Care (fka Expain)
- CAST.AI
- Cellular intelligence (fka Somite)
- Centaur Labs
- Ceramic AI
- CHAI
- Chainsight
- Chaos Labs
- Circuit & Chisel (fks Novellum.ai)
- Classiq Technologies
- Clinii
- CloudChef
- Coframe
- Config Intelligence
- Constellation Space
- Copper Banking
- Cordance Medical
- Crowdbotics
- Curve
- Cylera
- CypherdWallet
- Danggeun Market (Karrot)
- Dank Bank
- Dapper Labs
- data.world
- Deca
- DeepInfra
- DiaMonTech GmbH
- Diffractive Labs
- Dimension Labs (fas Dashbot)
- Doctronic.ai
- Docugami
- Drafted
- Draw Things
- DSRV
- DYNA Robotics
- Dynamo AI (fks DynamoFL)
- Eden Robotics
- Edgescale AI
- Eight Sleep
- Eka Robotics
- Eleos Health
- EmpiricalHealth
- EnGramme (fks Memorious AI/Memory Machines)
- Enso
- Enuma
- EverEx
- Expanso (aka Bacalhau)
- Expeto
- FanCraze (fka Faze Technologies)
- Faye
- Fiddler Labs
- Field AI
- Figure
- fin.tech
- FloatMe
- Flow Carbon, Inc.
- Fluid Reality
- Fondue (fka RefundCo)
- Forte
- Forter
- FortyFive Labs
- Foundation EGI
- FRVR
- Function
- G5 Labs
- gankster
- Gauss
- General Intuition
- Generation Lab
- Genopets
- Glooko
- Grab Labs
- Graphon
- grayswan.ai
- Grover
- Guardio
- H Company (fka Holistic)
- Harmonic AI
- Healthee
- Healthy.io
- Hegel AI
- Higgsfield AI
- HindSight (fks DealPage, Baseplate)
- Home365
- Hotspotty
- Hubblenetwork
- Huma
- Hyperbolic
- HYPERITHM Co.
- HYPR
- Immunefi
- IN.WORLD
- integral Robotics
- Intezer
- Intology.ai
- Intuition Robotics
- Ironblocks
- ISEE
- Ixana (fka 10xar)
- Juvo
- Kite AI (fka Zettablock)
- Kivo Health
- Knot (fka Millions)
- Kooply
- kudos
- Kumo
- Lark
- Lasso Security
- LayerZero Labs
- Learning Machine Co.
- Legacy
- Lemon Cash
- Lila Sciences
- Liquid AI
- LIV
- Livez.ai (fka P4)
- Ludeo (fka Edge Gaming)
- Lumen
- Lynk
- MachineFi (IoTeX)
- MagicX
- Mahila Money
- Malama
- Manifold
- Marpipe
- Maven Clinic
- mawari
- Memories AI (fka OpenInterx)
- Mesh (fka Front Finance)
- Metaplex
- Method Financial
- Metrika
- Mirai
- MiSalud AI
- Mitiga
- Mobidoo(Saucelive)
- monogoto
- Moonmath AI (fks Ingonyama)
- Multiverse Labs
- Munice
- Music AI
- Mysten Labs
- Narada
- Nectry
- Nest
- NeuraLight
- Nexar
- Nirmata
- Noox
- Normal Computing
- Notch ai (fka Sesame Labs)
- Nucleus Genomics
- Nym
- Odyssey
- Off Live
- Offchain Labs
- Ohai AI (fka proofoflearn)
- OneStep Solutions
- OOVA
- Opal
- OpenWeb
- Operative Games
- Opus Pro
- Overwolf
- OXIO
- Pamir AI
- Panorays
- PARASAIL
- Patronus AI
- Pendium (fka Manifest Holdings)
- Periodic Labs
- Perplexity AI
- Persperion Diagnostics
- Pery (fka Periapt)
- Pi Squared
- Pillyze
- Planetarium
- Players' Lounge
- Playtron
- PlayVS
- Please Platform (fka MultiOn AI)
- PocketHealth
- Point Me To
- Pokee AI
- Pomelo
- Primus Labs (fka PADO)
- Prism ML
- Prometeo
- Protopia AI
- PUNKS Comic / Pixel Vault
- Quantum Machines
- Rain
- Raven IO
- Reality Defender
- Redesign Health
- Remepy
- Return Entertainment
- Rhoda AI
- Ritual
- Roam (fka MetaBlox)
- Rune Labs
- Safely You
- Saga (fka Sagan)
- Sahara AI (fka Quest Labs)
- Sedona
- Shabodi
- Shoelace Learning
- Sibel Health
- SignalWire
- Signos, Inc.
- Simple AI (fka UseSimple)
- Simular AI
- SiPhox
- Sitenna
- Skipify
- Snapcalorie
- Space and Time
- Spatial
- Spectral Labs (fka Spectral Finance)
- Spiderville
- Spiffy AI
- Sprinter Health
- SqueezeBits
- Stability AI
- Stae
- Standard Bots
- Startale Labs
- Stellar Cyber
- Stellon Labs
- StreamElements
- Superb AI
- Superlinked
- Supermodel (fas Irreverent Labs)
- SuperRare
- Superscript
- Survios
- Swish.ai (fka DeepCoding)
- Synadia
- Synthefy
- Tacit AI (fka Reflex Tech)
- TailorMed
- Terapede
- Terra
- Tetrate
- The Bot Company
- The Sandbox
- Thea
- THEKER Robotics
- Theta Labs
- THT
- Tovala
- Trace Machina (aks NativeLink)
- Travel Wallet
- Truehold
- Twelve Labs
- Umbrella Cost (fka Anodot)
- Unconventional AI
- Unify AI
- UniKey Technologies
- Unsloth AI
- Upsolve
- Vectara
- VeeR (aka Velocious Tech)
- Vena Vitals
- Ventus AI
- Verbit
- Verified (fas Unum ID)
- Vinli
- Virtru
- Vizo Labs
- VOCxI Health
- Vsim Technology
- Wabi
- Walden Robotics
- Watney Robotics
- Webiny
- Weekend (fka Volley)
- Well Theory
- WellSet
- WEVR
- Wildfire Systems
- XDOF AI
- Xlue
- Xona Space Systems
- Xpander
- Xyte
- Yuga Labs
- Yutori
- ZaiNar
- ZEDEDA
- Zen
- Zesty.co
- Ziptx
For founders
| Item | What the firm says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Stages | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C+, Growth, Late stage | S1 |
| Check size | USD 50,000 to USD 25M | S1 |
| Leads rounds | No. "A partner, not a lead: we participate as a minority, non-lead investor" | S1 |
| Beyond capital | Access to Samsung's global ecosystem; Commercially-driven follow-on when a clear commercial opportunity exists with Samsung | S1 |
| Pitch page | www.samsungnext.com/ | S1 |
Recent rounds
| Date | Company | Round | Amount | Led by the firm | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-12 | Odyssey | Investment (with NVentures) | Not stated | No | S5 |
Where sources disagree
- Offices: 4 global offices (home page counter), only Mountain View CA named (S1) vs Footer: Mountain View, CA (S1). Other office cities not named on fetched pages.S1S1
- Headline size: $2.4B invested in frontier tech (home page) (S1) vs $2.1B capital deployed (portfolio page) (S2). Two figures on two firm pages.S1S2
- Companies count: 350+ portfolio since 2012 (home page) (S1) vs 200+ investments (home page hero) (S1) vs 248+ companies / 248 active investments (portfolio page) (S2) vs 352 rows in portfolio JSON feed (S3) vs home page: 12+ years investing; portfolio page: 14 years investing (2012 to 2026) (S1). Firm figures differ across and within pages; kept side by side.S1S1S2S3S1
Official pages
Read the firm's own pages for current information.
- Website www.samsungnext.com
- Portfolio www.samsungnext.com/portfolio
- Pitch page www.samsungnext.com/
- LinkedIn company page linkedin.com/company/samsung-next
Sources
- S1Samsung Next homeFirm
- S2Samsung Next Portfolio pageFirm
- S3Samsung Next portfolio JSON feed (352 rows, pf-companies-v2.json on Webflow CDN)Firm
- S4Samsung Next TeamFirm
- S5Odyssey announces investment from NVentures and Samsung NextPortfolio company
- S6Samsung Global Newsroom: Samsung Opening up to Startups and PartnersParent company
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