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Samsung Next

Corporate · Founded 2012 · Mountain View, United States

Works with startups to foster software innovation for Samsung's hardware

303 portfolio companies Corporate · $6.7B invested · 375 investments · Investor rank #421 · Last investment 5/2026
Portfolio companies 303 ↑ 140% 5y
Decacorns 1
Thoroughbreds 6 ↑ 50% 5y
01 · Biggest holdings

Samsung Next’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Samsung Next still holds — unicorns and thoroughbreds it has backed, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Where a cap table names Samsung Next directly, the stake and its estimated value are shown too.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 BranchUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $4.0B
  2. 2 LayerZeroUnicorn · Fintech · Canada $3.0B
  3. 3 Verbit.aiUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $2.0B
  4. 4 Mysten LabsUnicorn · Fintech · USA $2.0B
  5. 5 Liquid AIUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $2.0B
  6. 6 RainUnicorn · Fintech · USA $1.9B
  7. 7 Redesign HealthUnicorn · Health · USA $1.7B
  8. 8 AI21 LabsUnicorn · Enterprise Software · Israel 3.5% $1.5B $52M
  9. 9 OpenWebUnicorn · Media · USA $1.5B
  10. 10 BerachainUnicorn · Fintech · Cayman Islands $1.5B
  11. 11 OdysseyUnicorn · Media · USA $1.4B
  12. 12 AleoUnicorn · Fintech · USA $1.4B

Estimated value = Samsung Next’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Samsung Next also appears inside investor groups in Berachain, Branch, Liquid AI, OpenWeb, Redesign Health, Story Protocol, Verbit.ai, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

02 · Exits

Samsung Next’s biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Samsung Next’s transaction record.

$1.8B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $21BTelecom
$535M IPO · 2019
Entered Series B+Now $4.3BSecurity
$1.3B acquisition · 2023
Entered Series B+Enterprise Software
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where Samsung Next’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 303 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA225
  2. Israel36
  3. South Korea15
  4. Canada14
  5. UK8
  6. Singapore7
  7. Finland2
  8. France2
  9. Germany2
  10. India2
  11. Argentina1
  12. Australia1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software103
  2. Fintech48
  3. Health48
  4. Media43
  5. Security41
  6. Gaming30
  7. Marketing18
  8. Telecom13
  9. Robotics11
  10. Education9
  11. Wellness Beauty8
  12. Sports7
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed116
  2. Series A104
  3. Series B+73
By growth stageCount
  1. Breakout Stage142
  2. Early Growth121
  3. Late Growth66
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Samsung Next’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 303 tracked.

Branch
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$4.0B
AI21 Labs
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.5B
Dapper Labs
Gaming
$500M
Redesign Health
Health · Unicorn
$1.7B
Verbit.ai
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$2.0B
OpenWeb
Media · Unicorn
$1.5B
AST SpaceMobile
Telecom · Decacorn
$21B
Petal
Fintech
$800M
Curve
Fintech
$195M
Rain
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.9B
Odyssey
Media · Unicorn
$1.4B
Xona Space
Security
$680M
Mysten Labs
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.0B
Forward
Health · Unicorn
$1.1B
LayerZero
Fintech · Unicorn
$3.0B
Huma
Health
$320M
Liquid AI
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$2.0B
Standard Bots
Robotics · Unicorn
$1.0B
Story Protocol
Enterprise Software
$560M
Quantum Machines
Semiconductors
$700M
Grover
Home Living
$66M
Aleo
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.4B
Stability AI
Media · Unicorn
$1.0B
Covariant
Robotics
$400M
Twelve Labs
Media
$400M
Glooko
Health
$400M
Classiq
Enterprise Software
$550M
Mesh Connect
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.0B
Beekeeper
Security · Unicorn
$1.1B
Virtru
Security
$500M
CAST AI
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.0B
0G Labs
Enterprise Software
$420M
Prime Trust
Fintech
$428M
Nexar
Security
$265M
Calibrate
Health
$400M
Big Health
Health
$375M
HealthifyMe
Health
$375M
Berachain
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.5B
Life360
Security · Unicorn
$4.3B
Healthy.io
Health
$300M
Data.world
Enterprise Software
$350M
Eleos Health
Health
$240M
1X Technologies
Robotics
$400M
HYPR
Security
$100M
Deep Infra
Enterprise Software
$428M
ZEDEDA
Security
$288M
Beacon Biosignals
Health
$430M
Guardio
Security
$320M
Vicarious
Robotics
$200M
FanCraze
Gaming
$400M
Inworld AI
Gaming
$500M
The Sandbox
Gaming
$372M
Forethought
Marketing
$325M
Chaos Labs
Fintech
$160M
Brightside Health
Health
$250M
Stellar Cyber
Security
$100M
Unbabel
Media
$300M
Stream Elements
Media
$400M
Puls
Home Living
$250M
Mitiga
Security
$225M
05 · Portfolio founders

Where Samsung Next’s portfolio founders come from.

200 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States114
  2. Israel38
  3. United Kingdom11
  4. Canada7
  5. Cayman Islands4
  6. Japan3
  7. South Korea3
  8. France2
  9. India2
  10. Portugal2
UniversityCount
  1. Tel Aviv University18
  2. Stanford University15
  3. University of California, Berkeley11
  4. Reichman University10
  5. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem9
  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology8
  7. Technion Israel Institute of Technology8
  8. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania6
  9. Harvard University5
  10. University of Oxford5
Previous companyCount
  1. Alphabet | Google13
  2. Microsoft11
  3. Stanford University7
  4. IBM5
  5. Israel Defense Forces5
  6. Meta5
  7. Sunopsis5
  8. Tangosol5
  9. Apple4
  10. Amazon3
07 · Key people

Key people at Samsung Next.

Source: Dealroom next-gen API — investor team endpoint.