# Samsung SDS

> Samsung SDS is a VC fund backing Information Technology and PaaS. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ridgefield Park, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/samsung-sds
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/samsungsdsa
- Website: https://www.samsungsds.com/

Samsung SDS is a VC fund in Ridgefield Park focused on Information Technology and PaaS. Samsung SDS, established in 1985, as a subsidiary of Samsung Group has been providing information technology services. These include consulting services (Business Strategy and Discrete IT and Network Consulting); technical services (Packaged and Customized Application Integration, Hardware and Software Implementation and Support, and IT Education);and outsourcing services (Business Process Outsourcing, Application and IT Infrastructure Outsourcing and Network Infrastructure Management). SDS is expanding its business area by investing on R&D and emerging IT technologies such as U-City, RFID and Engineering Outsourcing. SDS provides its IT services by operating 11 offices and data centers in 11 countries.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 3 | 50% |
| PaaS | 1 | 17% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| Mobile | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 2 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 17% |
| Secondary Market | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 4 | 67% |
| Israel | 1 | 17% |
| Vietnam | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Lee | Vice President, Investor, and Acquiror | 0 | — |
| Dan Waters | Director of Business Development for Artificial Intelligence, Open Innovation Team | 0 | — |
| Dukjae Moon | Senior Engineer | 0 | — |
| Eric Kang | Vice President | 0 | — |
| Sean Im | President, Samsung SDS America | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dunamu | Dunamu owns and operates a digital asset exchange (UPbit), two investment exchange platforms (Stockplus and U-Stockplus), and an equity management platform (Onboard). UPbit is a cryptocurrency exchange platform with presence in Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore. Stockplus is a securities information/trading platform with an activepartnership with 11 broker-dealers. U-Stockplus is an OTC platform providing a trading service for private companies. Onboard helps private companies manage equity electronically for their shareholders. | $409.9M | Secondary Market | May 28, 2026 |  |
| EMRO | EMRO provides supply chain management digital transformation software. They offer AI-based digital innovation software to corporate customers through internalized digital technologies and supply chain management solutions that optimize the value chain. | $85.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 15, 2023 |  |
| Iguazio | The Iguazio Data Science Platform enables enterprises to develop, deploy and manage AI applications at scale. With Iguazio, enterprises can run AI models in real time, deploy them anywhere; multi-cloud, on-prem or edge, and bring to life their most ambitious data-driven strategies. Iguazio is backed by top financial and strategic investors and ledby serial entrepreneurs and a diverse team of innovators in the USA, UK, Singapore and Israel. | $24M |  | Jan 27, 2020 |  |
| CMC Corporation | CMC Corporation is established since 1993 and has experienced more than 23 years of development and enlargement to become one of Vietnamese leading IT-Telecom Companies. Being organized following the model of parent-member Company with 10 members operating throughout Vietnam and many countries in the world, CMC has confirmed its position indomestic market and moved to regional and international markets through key business activities such as: system integration, software service, telecommunication-Internet, Production and distribution of ICT products and e-trade. |  | Corporate Round | May 28, 2019 |  |
| Calcutta Communication | Calcutta communication is an IT company providing mobile solutions, and QR services to its customers. The company provides mobile advertising, consulting, and total mobile solutions to corporate clients. Calcutta communication has released over 30 apps to the iOS and Android markets. The company’s products include Go to the forest, SmartRanking, and Calcutta rank, all of which are available for download in the app market. | $150K | Pre-Seed | Dec 04, 2012 |  |
| WISEnut | WISEnut is poised to launch the most advanced and innovative search and retrieval technology for the Internet. |  |  | Jul 13, 2000 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Samsung SDS invest in?

Samsung SDS invests primarily in Information Technology, PaaS and SaaS startups, most often at Funding Round and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Samsung SDS?

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### Who are the partners at Samsung SDS?

The team at Samsung SDS includes Andrew Lee (Vice President, Investor, and Acquiror), Dan Waters (Director of Business Development for Artificial Intelligence, Open Innovation Team) and Dukjae Moon (Senior Engineer), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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