# David Goldschmidt

> David Goldschmidt is a funding round investor at Samsung Catalyst Fund backing Semiconductor. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Samsung Catalyst Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samsung-catalyst-fund)
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://il.linkedin.com/pub/david-dede-goldschmidt/0/44/212

David Goldschmidt is a funding round investor at Samsung Catalyst Fund focused on Semiconductor and Artificial Intelligence. David Goldschmidt is the Vice President, Managing Director, and Head of the Fund at Samsung Catalyst Fund. David holds B.Sc. in Mathematics and Physics and M.Sc in Solid State Physics from Tel Aviv University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Semiconductor | 4 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 38% |
| Software | 2 | 25% |
| Electronics | 2 | 25% |
| AI Infrastructure | 2 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 2 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |
| Series C | 1 | 13% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 38% |
| Israel | 1 | 13% |
| Germany | 1 | 13% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oxmiq Labs | OXMIQ delivers a comprehensive GPU hardware IP stack scalable from edge AI devices. | $35M | Series A | Jul 01, 2026 |  |
| Normal Computing | Normal is rethinking semiconductors from the ground up.Normal EDA - Normal deploys AI software to accelerate complex hardware engineering with zero defects – all in one unified EDA platform.Normal ASICs - With the help of Normal EDA, and our closest semiconductor partners, we are building thermodynamic computing hardware that could reduce AIenergy consumption by 1000x.Normal helps enterprises deploy AI into their highest-stakes applications, where AI can reason reliably, autonomously understand its own limits. Normal’s AI application development platform is powered by a novel full-stack probabilistic machine learning infrastructure driven by thermodynamic physics. | $50M | Series B | Mar 25, 2026 |  |
| Axelera AI | Axelera AI is a company that delivers purpose-built hardware and software platforms designed to accelerate artificial intelligence tasks, particularly in edge computing. The company's flagship product, the Metis™ AI Platform, integrates both hardware and software components to deliver high-performance, energy-efficient AI inference solutions.This platform has been recognized for its innovation, notably being named a CES® 2024 Innovation Awards Honoree.Incubated in 2019 by the emerging technologies leader Bitfury and joined by the leading nano-technology group imec in early 2020, Axelera AI launched as a new company in 2021. Headquartered in the AI Innovation Center of the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, Axelera AI has R&D offices in Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy. Its team of experts in AI software and hardware hail from top AI firms and Fortune 500 companies. | $250M |  | Feb 24, 2026 |  |
| Axelera AI | Axelera AI is a company that delivers purpose-built hardware and software platforms designed to accelerate artificial intelligence tasks, particularly in edge computing. The company's flagship product, the Metis™ AI Platform, integrates both hardware and software components to deliver high-performance, energy-efficient AI inference solutions.This platform has been recognized for its innovation, notably being named a CES® 2024 Innovation Awards Honoree.Incubated in 2019 by the emerging technologies leader Bitfury and joined by the leading nano-technology group imec in early 2020, Axelera AI launched as a new company in 2021. Headquartered in the AI Innovation Center of the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, Axelera AI has R&D offices in Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy. Its team of experts in AI software and hardware hail from top AI firms and Fortune 500 companies. | $250M | Series C | Feb 24, 2026 |  |
| Datapods | Datapod's mission is to empower individuals by giving them full control, ownership, and transparency over their personal data, enabling people to securely manage, share, and monetize their information on their own terms. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Feb 12, 2026 |  |
| Eliyan | Eliyan manufactures semiconductor interconnects to accelerate chiplet-based systems. | $50M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 28, 2026 |  |
| proteanTecs | ProteanTecs provides a platform that enables continuous monitoring of electronic systems by embedding sensor-like Agents into chips, which generate data throughout the entire lifecycle. It offers software tools and analytics that transform this telemetry into actionable insights about performance, reliability, and production quality. The platformapplies machine learning to on-chip data, enabling the detection of anomalies and early warnings before issues manifest in the field. The solution spans stages from chip design through production to in-field operation, ensuring traceability and diagnosing faults across the electronics value chain. | $51M | Series D | Sep 09, 2025 |  |
| Normal Computing | Normal is rethinking semiconductors from the ground up.Normal EDA - Normal deploys AI software to accelerate complex hardware engineering with zero defects – all in one unified EDA platform.Normal ASICs - With the help of Normal EDA, and our closest semiconductor partners, we are building thermodynamic computing hardware that could reduce AIenergy consumption by 1000x.Normal helps enterprises deploy AI into their highest-stakes applications, where AI can reason reliably, autonomously understand its own limits. Normal’s AI application development platform is powered by a novel full-stack probabilistic machine learning infrastructure driven by thermodynamic physics. |  |  |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CDP Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cdp-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [ArcTern Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arctern-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Arm Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arm) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Brevan Howard Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brevan-howard-asset-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Drive Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drive-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Samsung Catalyst Fund

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

The Samsung Catalyst Fund is Samsung Electronics’ evergreen multi-stage venture capital fund that invests in the new data economy and strategic ideas for Samsung’s mobile, device solutions and consumer electronics groups. Investment spans across Automotive, Robotics, Digital Health, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Infrastructure,and Device-Level Solutions. Through Samsung Catalyst Fund, entrepreneurs are enabled by Samsung’s global brand, manufacturing and distribution, domain expertise, recruiting network, and world-class Innovation Fellows for advice and mentorship.

5 contacts available at Samsung Catalyst Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amit Shofar | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amit-shofar |
| Barrett Parkman | Director, Startup and VC Ecosystem | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barrett-parkman |
| David Goldschmidt | Vice President, Managing Director, and Head of the Fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-dede-goldschmidt |
| Jeesung Lee | Head of Finance and Accounting | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeesung-lee |
| Jin Ho Ahn | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jin-ho-ahn |

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## FAQ

### What does David Goldschmidt invest in?

David Goldschmidt invests primarily in Semiconductor, Artificial Intelligence and Software startups, most often at Funding Round and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did David Goldschmidt last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Goldschmidt closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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