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Samsung Next portfolio

Samsung Next has 52 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 4 investments in the last 12 months.

Website: samsungnext.com.
X: @SamsungNext.
Type: Corporate venture.
Portfolio on Recent Funding: 52.
Deals, last 12 months: 4.
Rounds led: 2 of 36.
Capital in their rounds: $1.99B.
Latest deal: Synthefy · Aug 18, 2026.
About this page

It is a corporate venture investor based in Mountain View, US, founded in 2012. It led 2 of the 36 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Synthefy's $6.5M Seed round in August 2026, alongside Lightscape Ventures, Wing VC and Haystack. By category, its portfolio leans toward AI infrastructure and compute (9) and Health and bio (9). It has co-invested with BoxGroup, Nvidia and Intel Capital, most often BoxGroup (3 rounds).

About Samsung Next

Firm type: Corporate venture.
Headquarters: Mountain View, US.
Founded: 2012.
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B.
Sectors: Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Digital Health, Fintech, Gaming, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, Robotics.
Check size: $100K to $5M.
Leads rounds: No.
Portfolio companies: 393.
Exits: 13.
Rounds led: 2.

Funds raised

FundFund #SizeAnnounced
SSamsung NEXT
Bay Area
Ifirst fund$150Mvia Shai Goldman's fund list

What Samsung Next invests in

Samsung Next recent investments

CompanyRoundDateAlongside
SSynthefySeed · $6.5MLightscape Ventures, Wing VC, Haystack
PPatronus AISeries B+ · $50MNotable Capital, Factorial Capital, SignalRank +4
SStandard BotsSeries B+ · $200MBoxGroup, General Catalyst (lead), Gaingels +4
DDeepInfraSeries B+ · $107MUpper90, Nvidia, Peak 6 +6
SSibel HealthSeries B+ · leadTimothy Sullivan, Maruho (lead)
WWellTheorySeed · $5MUp2 Opportunity Fund, BoxGroup, Opal Ventures +2
AAI21 LabsSeries B+ · $300MWalden Catalyst, Coatue, Nvidia (lead) +6
SSafely YouSeries B+ · $43MQualcomm Ventures, Foundation Capital, Touring Capital (lead) +3

How Samsung Next invests

StageDealsCapital in rounds
Series B+ 21 58%$1.73B
Seed 8 22%$110.4M
Series A 7 19%$144.5M
YearDealsCapital in rounds
2016 1 3%$29M
2018 3 8%$55M
2020 2 6%$91M
2021 8 22%$558.4M
2022 2 6%$50.5M
2023 8 22%$378.5M
2024 4 11%$113.2M
2025 4 11%$348M
2026 4 11%$363.5M

Samsung Next portfolio companies

CompanyRound with Samsung NextTotal raisedLatest raise
SSynthefy Seed · $6.5M$6.5MAug 18, 2026
Seed
PPatronus AI
AI agents
 Series B+ · $50M$70MJun 25, 2026
Series B+
SStandard Bots
Robotics and hardware
 Series B+ · $200M$263MJun 9, 2026
Series B+
DDeepInfra
AI infrastructure and compute
 Series B+ · $107M$133MMay 4, 2026
Series B+
SSibel Health
Health and bio
 Series B+ · lead$63MOct 14, 2025
Series B+
WWellTheory
Health and bio
 Seed · $5M$26.2MOct 24, 2025
Series A
AAI21 Labs
Foundation models and research
 Series B+ · $300M$607MMay 10, 2025
Series B+
SSafely You
Health and bio
 Series B+ · $43M$63.6MFeb 14, 2025
Series B+
WWildfire Systems
Sales and marketing
 Series B+ · $16M$31MNov 1, 2024
Series B+
SSuperb AI
Robotics and hardware
 Series B+ · $10.2M$35.5MOct 24, 2024
Series B+
BBRIA
Legal and compliance
 Series A · $24M$64MSep 17, 2025
Series B+
LLiquid AI
AI coding and devtools
 Seed · $38M$294MDec 21, 2025
Series A
TTwelveLabs
Foundation models and research
 Seed · $10M$207MJul 1, 2026
Series B+
PPrism Data
Fintech
 Seed · $5M$25MOct 19, 2026
Series A
MMesh
Stablecoins
 Series A · $22M$107MJul 2, 2026
Series B+
NNormal Computing
AI infrastructure and compute
 Seed · $8.5M$58.5MMar 25, 2026
Series B+
LLayerZero
L1s, L2s and rollups
 Series B+ · $120M$263MMay 23, 2023
Series B+
CChaos Labs Seed · $20M$75MAug 15, 2024
Series A
BBrave Health
Health and bio
 Series B+ · $40M$50MOct 11, 2022
Series B+
PPlayers' Lounge
Gaming
 Series A · $10.5M$13.5MSep 14, 2022
Series A
RReady Player Me
Gaming
 Series A · $13M$69MAug 23, 2022
Series B+
MMysten Labs
DePIN
 Series A · $36M$336MMar 23, 2023
Series B+
OOpenWeb
Education
 Series B+ · $150M$320MOct 27, 2022
Series B+
FFanCraze
Gaming
 Seed · $17.4M$117.4MMar 25, 2022
Series A
CCast AI
AI infrastructure and compute
 Series A · $10M$182.7MApr 1, 2025
Series B+
SSky Mavis
NFTs and collectibles
 Series B+ · $152M$311MApr 6, 2022
Series B+
QQuantum Machines
AI infrastructure and compute
 Series B+ · $50M$243MMar 2, 2025
Series B+
HHuma Therapeutics
AI agents
 Series B+ · $130M$248MSep 11, 2024
round
BBig Health
Health and bio
 Series B+ · $39M$129.3MJan 19, 2022
Series B+
NNexar
Robotics and hardware
 Series B+ · $52M$150MNov 17, 2021
Series B+
HHealthifyMe
Health and bio
 Series B+ · $6M$175MOct 25, 2024
Series B+
VVirtru
Cybersecurity
 Series B+ · $37M$176MJul 11, 2025
Series B+
LLasso Security
AI agents
 backer$30MSep 2, 2026
Seed
UUnsloth AI
AI infrastructure and compute
 backer$500K—
AArcee AI
Foundation models and research
 backer$174MSep 17, 2026
Series B+
DDyna Robotics
Robotics and hardware
 backer$120MSep 15, 2025
Series A
PPokee AI
AI agents
 backer$12MJul 13, 2026
Seed
PParasail
AI infrastructure and compute
 backer$32MApr 15, 2026
Series A
FField AI
Robotics and hardware
 backerundisclosedAug 20, 2025
round
PPetal
Fintech
 backer$157MOct 31, 2025
Series A
CCalibrate
Health and bio
 backer$128MFeb 3, 2024
Series B+
HH Company
AI coding and devtools
 backer$220MMay 21, 2024
Seed
Ppoint.me
Insurance
 backer$15MSep 18, 2024
Series B+
SShoelace
Commerce and retail
 backerundisclosed—
GGlacian
AI infrastructure and compute
 backer · source$1.91MAug 3, 2026
Seed
BBeoble
Wallets and accounts
 backerundisclosed—
MMethod Financial
Stablecoins
 backer$58MMar 28, 2025
Series B+
XXDOF
Robotics and hardware
 backer$70MJun 18, 2026
Series A
NNYM
AI coding and devtools
 backer$78MOct 1, 2024
Series B+
BBastion
Stablecoins
 backer$15MJul 13, 2026
Seed
MMusic AI
Voice and audio AI
 backer$40MJan 22, 2025
Series A
ZZaiNar backer$100MFeb 19, 2026
round

Most frequent co-investors

Similar investors

Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (AI infrastructure and compute).

How this is counted

Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.

Venture funds Samsung Next raised, from the list of new VC funds compiled by Shai Goldman (Brex). Each size links to the article that states it, or to that list where no article was found. All new funds: new VC funds.

Share is of the 36 rounds on Recent Funding that name Samsung Next. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.

Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Samsung Next, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/samsung-next (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.

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