# Samsung Ventures

> Samsung Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 250 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 250
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last fund: Dec 2009
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/samsung-venture-investment-america
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/samsungventures
- Website: http://www.samsungventures.com

Samsung Ventures is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Software and Information Technology. 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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3.9M–$44M |
| Series B | $4.9M–$100M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 55 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 33 | 13% |
| Manufacturing | 29 | 12% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 29 | 12% |
| Health Care | 24 | 10% |

232 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 51 | 20% |
| Series B | 43 | 17% |
| Series A | 40 | 16% |
| Series C | 32 | 13% |
| Seed | 15 | 6% |

15 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 100 | 40% |
| South Korea | 24 | 10% |
| Israel | 14 | 6% |
| India | 10 | 4% |
| Canada | 8 | 3% |

20 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jihong Kim | Senior Manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jihong-kim |
| Jong Choi | Head of Samsung Ventures Europe | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jong-choi |
| Seon-Jong Lee | President, CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seon-jong-lee |
| Thomas Jueng | Senior Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-jueng |
| Hyuk-Jeen Suh | Head of Samsung Ventures East Coast | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyuk-jeen-suh |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Walden Robotics | Walden Robotics is an industrial robotics company that builds and deploys general-purpose, semi-humanoid robots for manufacturing and logistics. | $300M | Seed | Jul 15, 2026 |  |
| ZutaCore | ZutaCore develops liquid cooling technologies for data centers, AI infrastructure, and high-performance computing environments. Its products include the HyperCool platform, a waterless direct-to-chip cooling system that uses a closed-loop two-phase process to remove heat from processors and support high-density computing workloads. The company alsoprovides cooling distribution units, GPU cooling solutions, monitoring and management software, and infrastructure designed for enterprise, cloud, research, and AI deployments. ZutaCore’s technologies are intended to help organizations manage thermal demands, reduce resource consumption, and maintain processor performance in compute-intensive environments. | $100M | Series C | Jun 02, 2026 |  |
| Subtle Medical | Subtle Medical is a healthcare technology company that provides AI-powered medical imaging. Its products, SubtlePET and SubtleMR, are FDA Cleared and CE Marked AI product that enhances images in PET and MR exams aimed for faster & safer workflow.The company's SubtleGAD technology is also awarded by RSNA and a $1.6M NIH SBIR Grant tofacilitate the adoption using AI to make imaging exams safer. They provide a vendor-agnostic AI infrastructure powering its products and providing service and analytics to clinical imaging providers.Subtle Medical's goal is to improve the quality, value, and accessibility of medical imaging by significantly reducing cost, imaging time, and radiation dose. | $33M | Series C | Jun 02, 2026 |  |
| Slamcore | SLAMcore’s mission is to make commercial-grade spatial intelligence accessible to allTheir team of world-leading spatial intelligence experts have developed advanced SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) software that allow robots and drones to truly understand the space around them.Spun out from Imperial College London, SLAMcore hascreated real-time, commercial grade, location, mapping and perception (SLAM) software for use in autonomous robots, drones and consumer products. The SLAMcore software enables fast prototyping and development of commercial products using visual SLAM software for autonomous location, mapping and perception. The software runs in real-time on standard compute/sensors and can be customised for commercial products using cost-effective custom compute/sensors. The team includes industry leading SLAM experts, roboticists, engineers and developers. Pushing the boundaries of what's possible today and how visual SLAM will look like tomorrow. Through partnership with OEMs, SLAMcore provides the core technology that allows robots to become a meaningful part of everyday life. | $14M |  | May 27, 2026 |  |
| Config | Config develops data infrastructure services for robotics applications. | $27M | Seed | May 11, 2026 |  |
| XBOW | XBOW operates autonomously, carrying out commands and analyzing the results to achieve higher-level objectives. | $35M | Series C | May 06, 2026 |  |
| CMBlu Energy AG | CMBlu Energy AG enables a sustainable and fair energy transition in various sectors and markets. It specializes in energy storage, renewables, redox flow batteries, e-mobility, organic flow, energy future, sustainability, and energy transition. | $58.3M | Series C | Apr 30, 2026 |  |
| GridBeyond | GridBeyond is the developer of an artificial intelligence platform aimed at achieving a global zero-carbon future. The company provides AI-powered services and storage to help customers achieve a zero-carbon future by bridging the gap between distributed energy resources and electricity markets, allowing them to access utility-scale renewablesgeneration, battery storage, or industrial load that can be used to maximize opportunities and improve the grid. | $13.8M |  | Mar 16, 2026 |  |
| Emerald AI | Emerald AI creates a platform that enables AI data centers to adjust power consumption from electricity grids dynamically. This system orchestrates computing loads across data centers to bolster grid reliability. The technology aims to advance AI innovation while ensuring power affordability and electric system stability. | $25M | Seed | Feb 20, 2026 |  |
| WitnessAI | WitnessAI is building the guardrails that make AI safe, productive, and usable. It allows enterprises to innovate and enjoy the power of generative AI, without losing control, privacy, or security. | $58M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 13, 2026 |  |

10 of 250 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Samsung Ventures invest in?

Samsung Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Manufacturing startups, most often at Funding Round and Series B stage. Most of the 250 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 Ventures's check size?

Samsung Ventures typically joins rounds of $3.9M–$44M at Series A and $4.9M–$100M 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 Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Samsung Ventures?

Public channels for Samsung Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Samsung Ventures?

The team at Samsung Ventures includes Jihong Kim (Senior Manager), Jong Choi (Head of Samsung Ventures Europe) and Seon-Jong Lee (President, CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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