Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center
VC Fund
Menlo Park, United States
Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center is a VC fund in Menlo Park focused on Hardware and Software. Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center (SSIC) is focused on identifying and nurturing new technologies in promising new areas such as mobile health and wellness, data center/cloud computing, Internet of Things, human-computer interface technologies, privacy/security, and more. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in Korea, Israel and the U.K., SSIC’s mission is to develop and accelerate groundbreaking technologies through open innovation working in collaboration with entrepreneurs and strategic partners to enhance people’s lives and open new possibilities.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 60%
- Fund size:
- $100M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center invests in
Stages Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center invests in
Countries Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 6 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $27M–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Hardware 3 (60%)
- Software 2 (40%)
- Semiconductor 2 (40%)
- Machine Learning 2 (40%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (40%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (40%)
- Seed 1 (20%)
- Series B 1 (20%)
- Series C 1 (20%)
Country
- United States 3 (60%)
- Belgium 1 (20%)
- United Kingdom 1 (20%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Rutie Adar
Business Development
|
Business Development | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Shankar Chandran
Vice President, Catalyst Fund
|
Vice President, Catalyst Fund | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
Curtis Sasaki
VP of Ecosystems and iOT General Manager
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VP of Ecosystems and iOT General Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Ekaterina Almasque
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 14 | Find email | |
Jeanine Jue
Head of Developer Experience, Samsung ARTIK Cloud for IoT
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Head of Developer Experience, Samsung ARTIK Cloud for IoT | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graphcore is a startup that develops a microprocessor designed for AI and machine learning applications. It has created a new processor, the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU) for artificial intelligence. The IPU’s unique architecture means developers can run current machine learning models orders of magnitude faster. The company was founded in2016 and is headquartered in Bristol, United Kingdom. | $30M / Series A / Oct 31, 2016 | ||
| Created by mobile and hardware veterans from Google, Apple, Nest, Amazon, Twitter, and Netflix, Afero is a comprehensive and secure platform for cloud-connected devices in any industry. The Afero turnkey architecture incorporates a secure Bluetooth® Smart module, scalable cloud services, and a range of development tools that enable companies anddevelopers to quickly prototype and build connected devices, then gather meaningful analytics. Afero connects your smart devices and enables them to work together. Afero empowers entrepreneurs and companies to improve the way people communicate with each other and everything around them. | $27M / Series A / May 18, 2016 | ||
| Sentiance is the most complete provider of motion insights. It is an intelligence-driven data science and behavior change company. We turn motion data into contextual insights and use behavioral change techniques to personalize engagement for safer and sustainable mobility experiences. | $5.2M / Seed / Nov 17, 2015 | ||
| Keyssa reinvented the connector with Kiss Connectivity. It’s a tiny solid-state system thatmakes device-to-device data flow simple, secure and instantaneous - freeing product designersand consumers from metal connectors, cables and wireless networks.Kiss Connectivity is a new way to transmit huge amounts of data and video rapidly betweendevices in close proximity, with virtually no battery drain. Keyssa’s coffee bean-sized connectorcombines breakthroughs in mechanical design, electromagnetics, materials science, andsemiconductor technologies. Because this tiny system uses extremely high frequency (EHF)signals to transmit information securely using standard protocols, it avoids the manufacturingand consumer challenges of today’s other wired or wireless-network options for connectingdevices. | $25M / Series C / Oct 01, 2014 | ||
| Ineda Systems is a startup company that was created by industry veterans from the US and India with the ultimate goal of becoming a leader in developing low power SOC’s for use in both consumer and enterprise applications. The advisory and management team has world-class experience of working in both blue-chip companies as well as fast-pacedtechnology start-ups. Ineda's expertise is in the area of low-power SOC/IP development, architecture, and software that is necessary to design silicon and systems that would be of use in future applications.Their products will address the wearable platforms from a ground-up manner including vertical engineering of the wearable device: silicon, system, software, application ecosystem. In addition, they will enable the ecosystem with API’s and the application development framework. In combination with their leading-edge technologyIneda silicon will be the first in the world with power usage in the envelope required by wearable devices. | $17M / Series B / Apr 08, 2014 |
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FAQ
What does Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center invest in?
Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center invests primarily in Hardware, Software and Semiconductor startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center invest in?
Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center typically joins rounds of $27M–$30M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center took part in.
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Who are the partners at Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center?
The team at Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center includes Rutie Adar (Business Development), Shankar Chandran (Vice President, Catalyst Fund) and Curtis Sasaki (VP of Ecosystems and iOT General Manager), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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