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Samsung Catalyst Fund
Corporate VC · San Jose, CA, United States · North America
Samsung Catalyst Fund is Samsung Electronics' evergreen multi-stage venture capital fund. It is a U.S.-based fund that invests globally and is fully owned by Samsung Electronics, with a charter to make independent investment decisions.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsdeep techai infrastructurecloud5gautonomous systemsquantum computing
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Or find every investor that fitsSamsung Catalyst Fund lists 56 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 8 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (32%), Cybersecurity (15%) and Enterprise Software (12%). 53% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Celesta Capital, Cisco Investments and A&E Investments.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Samsung Catalyst Fund, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Samsung Catalyst Fund's whole history. Rounds on record name 7 companies; its own site lists 56. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundSamsung Catalyst Fund does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 50% |
| Series B | 17% |
| Growth | 33% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 4 | 0 |
| '26 | 4 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 86th | 56 companies |
| Recent activity | 82th | 4 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 70th | 7% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 57th | 32% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 95th | 10 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 32% | 18% |
| Cybersecurity | 15% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 12% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 10% | 15% |
| Fintech | 10% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 7% | 7% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 5% | 1% |
| Space & Defense | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Celesta Capital | 9 |
| Cisco Investments | 9 |
| A&E Investments | 7 |
| Intel Capital | 7 |
| Prosperity7 Ventures | 6 |
| Walden Catalyst | 6 |
| Qualcomm Ventures | 5 |
| Mayfield | 4 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5496%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company24%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Samsung Catalyst Fund head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Samsung Catalyst Fund| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Aug 2026 | Series A | |
| 1 Jul 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Round | |
| 9 Sept 2025 | Series B | |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Series C+ |
Round details for Samsung Catalyst Fund
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Samsung Catalyst Fund's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
56 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ada Health provides an AI-powered symptom assessment and a medical library with health information and tips | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Afero provides an IoT platform for building smart, secure, and connected products. | Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| AI Fund is a venture studio that collaborates with entrepreneurs, venture funds, and corporate partners to create companies that move humanity forward. | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aimotive provides automated driving tooling and embedded solutions | AI & Machine LearningMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Amadeus Capital Partners invests in deep tech companies from seed to growth across three technology areas | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Anthropic develops AI models and products, including the Claude models, and conducts AI safety research. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Apr 2025Series C+ · 2 rounds | Funding round | ||
| Avicena develops microLED-based optical interconnects for high-speed communications | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Axelera.ai develops and provides AI accelerators and related software and systems for various industries and applications. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Axiado develops and manufactures AI-driven hardware management products for data centers and other applications | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| BGV invests in AI-native companies that own and execute enterprise workflows end-to-end | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Blaize leads a new generation of computing, which unleashes the potential of AI to improve the way people work and live. | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Bossa Nova pioneered the automated management of on-shelf inventory with robots and AI | Robotics & HardwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an AI infrastructure platform for managing and deploying AI workflows at enterprise scale. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Commsignia delivers real-world operational intelligence, enabling the automotive and transportation industries to bridge isolated data silos, eliminate operational blind spots, and build a trusted foundation that actively saves lives. | Mobility & LogisticsCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Credo provides connectivity at scale through fast, reliable, and energy-efficient system solutions | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Eliyan develops and provides connectivity solutions for data centers and artificial intelligence systems. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Jan 2026Round | Page + round | |
| Enfabrica develops AI infrastructure solutions, including AI networking and memory fabric systems. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Genome Medical provides genetic services and counseling to patients and families with rare diseases | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- samsungcatalyst.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 12 Mar 2025
- Companies checked
- 56
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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