# Samsung NEXT’s Q Fund

> Samsung NEXT’s Q Fund is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Software and Information Technology. See 35 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 35
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 3%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/samsung-next
- Website: https://samsungnext.com/qfund/

Samsung NEXT’s Q Fund is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and Information Technology. Samsung NEXT’s Q Fund is invest in early stage AI startups taking on Grand Challenges.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.8M–$29M |
| Series A | $10M–$30M |
| Series B | $9M–$725M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 9 | 26% |
| Health Care | 8 | 23% |
| Internet | 4 | 11% |
| Gaming | 3 | 9% |

72 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 19 | 54% |
| Series A | 7 | 20% |
| Series B | 3 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 22 | 63% |
| Israel | 4 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 9% |
| India | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Curve | Curve is a banking platform that consolidates cards and accounts into one smart card and app.It allows customers to supercharge their legacy banks to the 21st century without leaving their bank or topping-up. Curve offers a host of benefits to its customers; it makes cards fee-free when spending abroad, get instant notifications andcategorization of spend, earn an instant 1% cashback at the likes of Amazon, Uber, Netflix and Sainsbury’s and Time Travel enables customers to swap spend to a different card in the app for up to two weeks after the purchase was made. Curve also offers Curve Customer Protection, a policy that covers all credit and debit card payments made via the Curve card up to £100,000, giving cardholders an extra layer of protection for disputes with merchants and any unauthorised use of their Curve card. IDC Ventures backs Curve with Fuel Venture Capital, Vulcan Capital, OneMain Financial, and Novum Capital backs Curve.Shachar Bialick, Anna Mostyn Williams, and Tom Foster-Carter established the company in London, England in 2015. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 24, 2024 |  |
| SnapCalorie | SnapCalorie is the app where you can take a photo of ANY meal and get an accurate calorie count. | $1.8M | Seed | Jun 14, 2023 |  |
| OOVA | OOVA is a fertility diagnostic company that spun out from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Using patent pending biochemistry and artificial intelligence, OOVA learns a woman’s fertility profile by accurately measuring key hormones over time through daily urine samples. By monitoring this critical balance of hormones, OOVA can help a woman getpregnant, identify reasons she is having trouble getting pregnant, and even expose reproductive health issues like PCOS. | $10.3M | Series A | Jun 12, 2023 |  |
| The Data Foundation | Powering web3 narrative universes via story legos | $29.3M | Seed | May 17, 2023 |  |
| Truehold | Truehold provides a sale-leaseback service intended to create a living option for senior citizens that lets them enjoy a healthy, happy life at home. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Remepy | Remepy is biotechnology research pioneering hybrid drugs. The company believes that in the future, software applications will become an integral part of treatments offered by Pharma companies in the form of Hybrid Drugs. These will include both a software component and a traditional drug component - influencing patients via Hybrid Mechanisms ofAction™.It was founded in 2022 and is located in Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv. | $5M | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Hyperbolic | Hyperbolic is the open-access AI cloud made for AI developers, providing fast, affordable access to compute, inference, and AI services. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Pendium | Pendium is building tools and tech that use AI to create more human connections. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Noox | Noox is a software company that provides a web platform for users to collect, communicate, and share Web3 achievements. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Mahila Money | Mahila Money is a financial firm that offers loans, community, and learning resources to women. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |

10 of 35 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [INT3](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/int3-66dc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [Entrée Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entree-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [North West Quadrant Ventures ( NWQ Ventures)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/north-west-quadrant-ventures-nwq-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tiger Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-global) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Samsung NEXT’s Q Fund invest in?

Samsung NEXT’s Q Fund invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 35 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Samsung NEXT’s Q Fund's check size?

Samsung NEXT’s Q Fund typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$29M at Seed, $10M–$30M at Series A and $9M–$725M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Samsung NEXT’s Q Fund participates in.

### When did Samsung NEXT’s Q Fund last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Samsung NEXT’s Q Fund closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 35 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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