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Samsung NEXT
Corporate VC · Mountain View, CA, United States · North America
Samsung NEXT is the corporate venture arm of Samsung Electronics. It invests in technology companies and offers founders access to Samsung's global ecosystem.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsairoboticsdigital healthblockchaindeep techadvanced hardware
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Or find every investor that fitsSamsung NEXT lists 351 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 21 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 38% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (26%), Healthcare & Biotech (14%) and Enterprise Software (12%). 74% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Samsung NEXT, 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 NEXT's whole history. Rounds on record name 21 companies; its own site lists 351. 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 NEXT does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 24% |
| Series A | 38% |
| Series B | 24% |
| Growth | 14% |
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 | 2 | 0 |
| '22 | 1 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 1 | 0 |
| '25 | 7 | 1 |
| '26 | 10 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 100th | 350 companies |
| Recent activity | 96th | 12 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 59th | 24% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 62th | 5% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 39th | 26% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 99th | 18 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 26% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 14% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 12% | 8% |
| Fintech | 11% | 12% |
| Cybersecurity | 9% | 4% |
| Media & Entertainment | 5% | 4% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 4% | 1% |
| Gaming | 3% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 38 |
| General Catalyst | 20 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 19 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | 17 |
| Accel | 12 |
| Animoca Brands | 12 |
| Evolution VC Partners | 11 |
| LG Technology Ventures | 11 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers34498%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company72%
- 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 NEXT 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 NEXT| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2026 | Series A | |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Series B | |
| 18 Aug 2026 | Seed | |
| 17 Aug 2026 | Seed | |
| 28 May 2026 | Series A | |
| 14 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 4 May 2026 | Series B | |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Series C+ |
Round details for Samsung NEXT
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Samsung NEXT's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
351 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company produces home robots. | Robotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| 8i captures, transforms, and streams volumetric video holograms | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Absolute Labs provides a Web3-driven customer engagement platform for brands to activate crypto-savvy consumers on their eCommerce platforms and in-store. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Activeloop provides continual learning infrastructure for artificial intelligence and machine learning applications | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Affect Therapeutics provides mental health and addiction treatment services. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Afference powers communication in the age of AI using neural haptics technology | AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an open-source multi-agent AI framework for building and orchestrating systems of AI agents | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Bold offers virtual access to doctors, personalized exercise and nutrition plans, and other services to support healthy aging for seniors | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| AI21 trains specialized models for clients using their data to create customized AI solutions | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| AIDIN ROBOTICS develops and supplies advanced sensors and robotic solutions, including force/torque sensors and tactile sensors, for various industries. | Robotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
 Janrainakamai.com | Portfolio page | |||
| Alchemy provides blockchain infrastructure for developers | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Aleo enables private stablecoin payments and financial transactions with configurable privacy levels. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Alice develops and provides AI safety and security solutions | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Aliro helps researchers and network operators simulate architectures, integrate quantum hardware, and turn experimental systems into functional networks. | Enterprise SoftwareCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| AMI Labs develops artificial intelligence systems that understand the real world and can reason, plan, and make predictions | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and provides AI-powered tools, including a customizable AI agent called SuperIntern, that assist humans in their daily operations. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Anodot analyzes 100% of the data a business collects to detect anomalies and business incidents in real-time | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Anzu connects game developers with brand and performance advertisers for non-cannibalizing monetization, while delivering programmatic, full-funnel ad solutions and formats across platforms and screens. | GamingMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- samsungnext.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 5 Oct 2021
- Companies checked
- 351
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