# Hyuk-Jeen Suh

> Hyuk-Jeen Suh is a seed investor at Samsung Ventures (Cambridge) backing Solar and Mobile. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Samsung Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samsung-ventures)
- Location: Cambridge, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hyukjeensuh
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/hyukjeen

Hyuk-Jeen Suh is a seed investor at Samsung Ventures in Cambridge focused on Solar and Mobile. Hyuk-Jeen Suh joined Samsung Ventures in 2012 and is the head of the Samsung Ventures East Coast office. Before joining Samsung Ventures, Hyuk-Jeen worked at J.P. Morgan investment banking in the Technology, Media, and Telecom group. Prior to J.P. Morgan, he was the global senior business development and marketing manager at MEMSIC, a semiconductorstartup with clients in the automobile and consumer electronics industry. He led the global marketing strategy which contributed to the successful IPO of MEMSIC in 2007. Prior to joining MEMSIC, Hyuk-Jeen was a senior research engineer at Sequenom, a biotech startup. He conducted research on DNA biochips and led joint venture projects with Hitachi and Samsung to design high-throughput bio instruments. He began his career at Intel Corporation as a process engineer, leading yield improvement projects which contributed to one of the highest yield rates in Intel history for the Pentium microprocessor. Hyuk-Jeen earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering, focusing on Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He earned his MBA from Yale School of Management. He holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering, B.A in economics and M.E in electrical engineering, all from Cornell University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Solar | 1 | 25% |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |
| Fitness | 1 | 25% |
| Wellness | 1 | 25% |
| Nutrition | 1 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series C | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Geminus AI | Geminus.AI provides reimaging industrial process design with artificial intelligence. | $7.4M | Seed | Jun 27, 2022 |  |
| Nanophotonica | Nanophotonica, Inc. offers nanomaterials and production techniques for displays, solar panels, and other electronic device industries to enhance the characteristics of optoelectronic devices. Its material also acts as a barrier to moisture and oxygen permeation that prevents premature degradation of organic material layers and creates improvementsto the lifetime of a device. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Orlando, Florida. | $3.5M |  | May 10, 2019 |  |
| Nanophotonica | Nanophotonica, Inc. offers nanomaterials and production techniques for displays, solar panels, and other electronic device industries to enhance the characteristics of optoelectronic devices. Its material also acts as a barrier to moisture and oxygen permeation that prevents premature degradation of organic material layers and creates improvementsto the lifetime of a device. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Orlando, Florida. | $1M | Series A | Aug 27, 2017 |  |
| Noom | Noom is a psychology-based digital health platform powered by data, technology, and human coaches that helps millions of people meet their personal health and wellness goals from weight management to diabetes prevention to stress reduction. The company has been awarded multiple grants from the National Institutes of Health and was the first mobileapplication to be recognized by the Centers for Disease Control as a certified diabetes prevention program. Headquartered in New York City, Noom has been named one of Inc's Best Places to Work and Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Technology. To learn more about careers with Noom, visit https://www.noom.com/careers/jobs | $14.5M | Series C | Mar 26, 2016 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Darling Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darling-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DeepWork Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-fan-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [KB Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kbinvest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lam Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lam-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [RRE Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rre-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sentiero Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sentiero-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Samsung Ventures

VC Fund · Seoul, South Korea

The primary responsibilities of the group are to source, qualify, and invest in technology related companies. Our major investment areas include semiconductors, materials, mobile service, internet, software, security, enterprise solutions, bio engineering & medical, while potential investment subjects range from early-stage startups to pre-IPOcompanies. Currently, the group has over $1.8B under management and invests $250M annually.Samsung Ventures was founded on October 8, 1999, and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

5 contacts available at Samsung Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jihong Kim | Senior Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jihong-kim |
| Jong Choi | Head of Samsung Ventures Europe | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jong-choi |
| Seon-Jong Lee | President, CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seon-jong-lee |
| Thomas Jueng | Senior Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-jueng |
| Hyuk-Jeen Suh | Head of Samsung Ventures East Coast | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyuk-jeen-suh |

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## FAQ

### What does Hyuk-Jeen Suh invest in?

Hyuk-Jeen Suh invests primarily in Solar, Mobile and Fitness startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 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 Hyuk-Jeen Suh last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hyuk-Jeen Suh closed in Jun 2022. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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