Young Sohn
Founding Managing Partner @ Walden Catalyst
San Francisco, United States
Young Sohn is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur whose passion is building businesses and fostering emerging technologies that have the potential to transform the world for the better. Currently, Sohn serves as Corporate President and Chief Strategy Officer of Samsung Electronics and Chairman of the Board of HARMAN. He leads Samsung’s strategy forglobal innovation, investment, and new business creation, and led the company’s $8 billion acquisition of HARMAN. Prior to joining Samsung Electronics, Sohn served as CEO of two successful, public Silicon Valley companies and on the boards of Arm, Cadence, Cymer (ASML), and others. Under his leadership as CEO and board member, he took PLX Technologies, Synnex Technologies, and Inphi public. He was also a seed investor in some of the industry’s most innovative companies, including Bitfury, Fungible, Graphcore, and Zoom.Sohn is a leader of the global Tech for Good movement. He helped launch the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), the world’s largest startup competition for entrepreneurs addressing global challenges. He also serves as a North America board member at MIT Sloan, a senior advisor to the private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, a board member at Cadence, and an advisor for the University of California Innovation Council. Sohn holds a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an MS from the MIT Sloan School of Management. An avid outdoorsman, Sohn spends his personal time kite surfing, cycling, running, hiking, and competing in triathlons.
- Total investments:
- 25
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 28%
Last updated:
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Industries Young Sohn invests in
Stages Young Sohn invests in
Countries Young Sohn invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $200k–$18M
- Series A
- $20M–$80M
- Series B
- $24M–$110M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (24%)
- Artificial Intelligence 6 (24%)
- SaaS 4 (16%)
- Manufacturing 4 (16%)
- Machine Learning 3 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 9 (36%)
- Series A 4 (16%)
- Series B 3 (12%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (12%)
- Angel 2 (8%)
Country
- United States 8 (32%)
- Germany 4 (16%)
- Switzerland 3 (12%)
- China 1 (4%)
- Austria 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Nearfield Instruments develops and markets High-Throughput Scanning Probe Metrology systems for advanced integrated circuits manufacturing process control. | $380M / Series D / Jun 22, 2026 | ||
| Amperesand operates as a grid infrastructure solution provider. | $30M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 02, 2026 | ||
| Opaque is a startup that helps organizations analyze encrypted data in the cloud. Opaque Systems offers a service for secure data analytics and machine learning in the cloud. Opaque commercializes the open source MC2 Platform, which leverages a novel combination of two key technologies layered on top of state-of-the-art cloud security—securehardware enclaves and cryptographic fortification. | $24M / Series B / Feb 12, 2026 | ||
| Amperesand operates as a grid infrastructure solution provider. | $80M / Series A / Nov 18, 2025 | ||
| Perfect is a talent finding platform that provides recruiting services. It is a system for spotting and engaging potential candidates. The company's contact mode is at its physical address. | $23M / Seed / Feb 25, 2025 | ||
| ANYbotics is a manufacturer of four-legged robots intended for a variety of industrial uses. The company enhances safety and productivity in industrial operations through autonomous mobile robots capable of navigating complex environments. It provides solutions for robot applications with the most advanced mobility and autonomy requirements inchallenging terrain.ANYbotics was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. | $60M / Series B / Dec 12, 2024 | ||
| Nearfield Instruments develops and markets High-Throughput Scanning Probe Metrology systems for advanced integrated circuits manufacturing process control. | $147.2M / Series C / Jul 18, 2024 | ||
| Unique is a venture-backed B2B SaaS sales intelligence platform, transforming sales by empowering both sales teams and customers. Unique leverages the power of AI to augment sales teams with real-time coaching and insights to close more deals and build better customer partnerships; and to give customers a better, more transparent, informed buyingexperience. | $6.5M / Seed / Dec 19, 2023 | ||
| Revolear operates as a cutting-edge digital deal platform. Revolear passionate about building highly configurable, enterprise-grade apps, and bring deep expertise in digital engagement, integration, workflow, and CPQ. | $6M / Seed / Jul 12, 2023 | ||
| ANYbotics is a manufacturer of four-legged robots intended for a variety of industrial uses. The company enhances safety and productivity in industrial operations through autonomous mobile robots capable of navigating complex environments. It provides solutions for robot applications with the most advanced mobility and autonomy requirements inchallenging terrain.ANYbotics was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. | $50M / Series B / May 16, 2023 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Walden Catalyst
Walden Catalyst provides early-stage investments and operational expertise in data, deep tech, AI, cloud, and digital biology. The venture capital firm is a legacy from Walden International and Samsung Catalyst Fund. It is committed to leveraging its operational and investing experience to help early-stage entrepreneurs rapidly scale and innovate as they build the next generations of businesses. Walden Catalyst partners with the next wave of industry visionaries to help entrepreneurs unlock innovation and accelerate growth.
Walden Catalyst Contacts
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Francis Ho
Managing Director
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Nicolas Autret
Partner
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Dr Carina Tyrrell
Investor and Chief of Staff
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Lip-Bu Tan
Managing Partner
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Victoria Slivkoff
Head of Ecosystem
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FAQ
What does Young Sohn invest in?
Young Sohn invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 25 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 Young Sohn invest in?
Young Sohn typically joins rounds of $200k–$18M at Seed, $20M–$80M at Series A and $24M–$110M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Young Sohn's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Young Sohn took part in.
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When did Young Sohn last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Young Sohn closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 25 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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