Samsung NEXT

Samsung NEXT is an innovation group within Samsung Electronics that focuses on identifying and pursuing new growth opportunities. Through Samsung NEXT Ventures, it acts as the company’s venture capital arm, investing in early-stage startups and technologies with potential to redefine multiple industries. The group targets areas including artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain, health technology, infrastructure, media technology, software, and related fields such as robotics and drones. By combining internal startup acceleration with external investments, Samsung NEXT aims to accelerate technology adoption and create scalable platforms that complement Samsung’s hardware and software ecosystems.

Sam Campbell

Investor

Carlos Castellanos

Venture Capitalist

Leo Chang

Principal

Andy Duong

Principal

Lizzy Goldman

Investor

Antonio Key

Investor

Brendon Kim

Managing Director | Vice President | Head of Investments

Joan Kim

Investor

Emily Koster

Director of Communications

Amy Lee

Investor

Raymond Liao

Managing Director

Jonathan Machado

Investor

Yonatan Machado

Senior Investment Director

Eyal Miller

Vice President

Nick Nigam

Principal, Seed to Series B Venture Capital Investments

Caroline Rehfuss

Investor

John Rodkin

Managing Director

Past deals in API

Method Financial

Series B in 2025
Method Financial delivers a financial connectivity API for consumer liability data and payments. The platform connects consumer credit and liability accounts, enabling real-time data access, end-to-end refinance experiences, and secure, one-click checkout. It supports lenders, fintechs, and financial institutions in building personalized lending and financial management solutions, powered by real-time credit data, persistent connections, and integrated payment rails, allowing users to securely link and retrieve information on all their liabilities.

Monogoto

Series A in 2024
Monogoto provides a cloud-based cellular network and API-driven Infrastructure-as-a-Service that enables enterprises to integrate cellular connectivity with their existing IT infrastructure. The platform supports IoT, private LTE, and 5G use cases with edge-to-cloud security, comprehensive network event auditing, anomaly detection, and automated alerts. It offers an enterprise-friendly, zero CAPEX, as-a-Service model and global reach, with public connectivity in many countries and options for roaming across private and public networks. The solution supports on-premise local breakout for private networks and private wireless broadband, helping organizations achieve secure, scalable cellular connectivity with centralized management and roaming capabilities worldwide.

Vectara

Series A in 2024
Vectara offers a generative AI platform for embedding AI features into applications. Its serverless Retrieval Augmented Generation API enables businesses to integrate conversational AI and question-answering securely, with minimal hallucination, explainable results, and real-time updatability.

Better Health

Series A in 2024
Better Health is a digital platform facilitating peer-to-peer support and supplies management for individuals with chronic conditions such as ostomy, wounds, diabetes, retention, and incontinence. Trusted by major healthcare payers and providers, it improves patient outcomes and reduces care costs through education, engagement, and adherence.

Activeloop

Series A in 2024
Activeloop is a technology company that specializes in providing a distributed cloud computing platform designed for building and scaling data pipelines for machine learning applications. Its flagship product, Deep Lake, is a database optimized for artificial intelligence, particularly for deep learning and large language model (LLM) applications. Deep Lake offers a unique storage format that accommodates various data types, including embeddings, audio, text, videos, images, and annotations. The platform features capabilities for querying, vector search, data streaming during model training, and comprehensive data versioning and lineage management. Deep Lake is designed to handle data of any size in a serverless environment, facilitating seamless integration with popular tools such as LangChain and Weights & Biases. The platform is utilized by notable organizations, including Bayer Radiology and Matterport. Founded by a team with backgrounds from prestigious institutions such as Princeton and Stanford, Activeloop has garnered support from Y Combinator, positioning itself as a key player in the machine learning and AI data management landscape.

PocketHealth

Series B in 2024
Founded in Toronto in 2016, PocketHealth is a secure online platform enabling medical imaging providers to share patients' imaging records electronically. It facilitates instant access and sharing of sensitive medical images between providers and patients.

Bria

Series A in 2024
Bria is a company specializing in visual generative AI. It offers a platform for AI teams with full access to source code and model weights trained on licensed data. Their Visual Creation API Suite includes over 30 specialized APIs for tasks like image generation and editing. Bria also provides tailored services for brand-specific AI models, product imagery consistency, and scalable marketing campaigns.

Prometeo

Series A in 2024
Prometeo is a fintech infrastructure company that provides an open banking platform with a standardized API for access to banking information and payments. It connects global corporations with a network of financial institutions in Latin America and the United States, delivering broad connectivity through a single API. The platform enables secure access to banking data, bank account validation, and account-to-account payments, supporting cross-border operations and simplifying global payments. By reducing friction and costs, Prometeo helps enterprises manage financial data and streamline cross-border financial workflows.

Koyeb

Seed Round in 2023
Koyeb is a developer-focused serverless platform provider that enables organizations to deploy, run, and scale web applications, APIs, and AI workloads across multiple cloud environments. The platform eliminates server and infrastructure management by automating deployment and orchestration on high-performance hardware, including GPUs, accelerators, and CPUs. It supports data processing and storage across clouds, enabling global delivery with a developer-friendly experience and rapid deployment. Founded in 2019 and based in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, Koyeb positions itself as a third-generation cloud platform that optimizes cross-cloud performance and simplifies event-driven workloads.

Mesh

Series A in 2023
Mesh specializes in facilitating secure cryptocurrency transactions. It connects over 300 exchanges and wallets, allowing seamless deposits and payments. Additionally, Mesh enables stock trading and cross-platform crypto transfers, fostering financial connectivity among users.

HelperAI

Pre Seed Round in 2022
HelperAI lets enterprises build a 24/7 AI workforce, automating routine tasks, and breaking language barriers for global expansion. With seamless integration with your business SOPs, CRM systems, and popular tools, our AI agents redefine customer support, sales, and marketing functions. Experience unprecedented efficiency with HelperAI.

Chainsight

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Chainsight is a company that specializes in providing an API for web3 background checks, focusing on enhancing security for digital assets. Its platform offers real-time detection and prevention of transactions involving malicious decentralized applications, wallets, fake tokens, NFTs, and phishing sites. By delivering blockchain-labeled data and tools for crypto fraud detection, Chainsight enables internet-related businesses and users to safeguard themselves against various forms of online fraud, including attacks from malicious addresses and smart contracts. The company's services are designed to ensure a safer experience in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Ramper

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Ramper is a company founded in 2022 and based in San Francisco, California, that focuses on simplifying access to blockchain applications. It offers a software solution designed to facilitate the onboarding of users to web3, allowing individuals without any cryptocurrency background to access applications easily. By employing a one-click wallet and login system, Ramper enables developers to streamline the onboarding process, thereby reducing friction and promoting wider adoption of web3 technologies.

CHAI

Series B in 2021
CHAI is a company focused on developing infrastructure technologies aimed at enhancing the efficiency of the digital economy. It offers a fintech platform that includes a debit card, a merchant-facing payment API, and an e-wallet that utilizes blockchain technology. This platform allows merchants and individual users to integrate a diverse array of payment options quickly and easily, often in less than an hour. Users can pay for items online by linking their bank accounts, streamlining the payment process. Through its innovative solutions, CHAI aims to facilitate seamless financial transactions and improve the overall digital payment landscape.

Prime Trust

Series A in 2021
Prime Trust LLC, based in Summerlin, Nevada, is a technology-driven trust company that offers innovative solutions for trust and custodial services. By developing software that serves as a financial infrastructure, Prime Trust enables fintech and digital asset companies to streamline their operations. As a chartered and regulated financial institution, it is subject to oversight by the banking commissioner’s office at the Financial Institutions Division. Prime Trust holds a diverse range of assets, including cash, stocks, bonds, cryptocurrencies, real estate, and private business interests. The company acts as a custodian and trustee for various personal and corporate trusts, playing a significant role in the crowdfunding industry. It collaborates with individuals, corporations, legal professionals, and investment advisers to provide specialized custodial, escrow, and trust services.

Terra API

Seed Round in 2021
Terra facilitates seamless health data exchange. It connects applications with various wearables, sensors, and blood labs.

Arrcus

Venture Round in 2021
Arrcus, Inc. is a company that specializes in designing and developing closed-source operating systems for networking hardware, such as switches and routers. Founded in 2016 and based in San Jose, California, Arrcus offers a range of products including ArcOS, a hardware-agnostic network operating system; ArcRR, a 64-bit route reflector; and ArcIQ, an analytics platform that provides real-time insights for network management. Additionally, the company provides the Arrcus VDR routing platform, the IP/EVPN Clos solution, and a multi-cloud networking platform. Arrcus focuses on enabling organizations to build scalable infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud environments, simplifying network operations and enhancing connectivity among people, machines, and data.

SignalWire

Series B in 2021
SignalWire is a Palo Alto-based company founded in 2017, offering a cloud communication platform that enables developers to integrate voice, messaging, and video capabilities into their applications using real-time APIs. Their primary product, SignalWire CLOUD, built on FreeSWITCH technology, allows for the creation of communications products and applications. They also provide SignalWire STACK, an open-source communications platform, and SignalWire Documentation, a web socket-based protocol for client libraries and real-time call control. SignalWire's mission is to create a global network for secure, standards-based real-time communication, accessible via simple SDKs and programming interfaces. Their products support audio/video applications in mobile browsers, AI bots, PSTN termination, and more, with a fully distributed workforce spanning multiple countries and time zones.

DiscreetAI

Pre Seed Round in 2019
DiscreetAI is a developer of a decentralized machine learning platform focused on privacy-preserving technologies for mobile, web, and server applications. The company creates open-source developer tools that facilitate machine learning while ensuring data privacy, security, and compliance. By enabling training on decentralized datasets, DiscreetAI allows organizations to leverage larger data pools without compromising sensitive information. This approach is particularly beneficial for Fortune 500 companies that face real-world challenges involving private data. The platform's architecture ensures that data remains on its host, thus enhancing the feasibility of training models without centralization, and supports the development of secure online marketplaces for big data transactions.

SignalWire

Series A in 2019
SignalWire is a Palo Alto-based company founded in 2017, offering a cloud communication platform that enables developers to integrate voice, messaging, and video capabilities into their applications using real-time APIs. Their primary product, SignalWire CLOUD, built on FreeSWITCH technology, allows for the creation of communications products and applications. They also provide SignalWire STACK, an open-source communications platform, and SignalWire Documentation, a web socket-based protocol for client libraries and real-time call control. SignalWire's mission is to create a global network for secure, standards-based real-time communication, accessible via simple SDKs and programming interfaces. Their products support audio/video applications in mobile browsers, AI bots, PSTN termination, and more, with a fully distributed workforce spanning multiple countries and time zones.

Gyroscope

Seed Round in 2017
Gyroscope is a provider of developer-friendly tools designed to enhance user engagement and revenue for companies, particularly in the gaming sector. It leverages advanced machine learning and systems programming techniques to create intuitive, efficient tools that empower developers to build applications that learn from user behavior. Gyroscope aims to simplify the development of sophisticated artificial intelligence applications, allowing developers to create personalized and adaptive gaming experiences without requiring specialized expertise in data science or growth strategies. By focusing on usability and performance, Gyroscope facilitates the creation of applications that actively respond to user preferences, ultimately increasing user retention and satisfaction.

Traceloop

Traceloop specializes in monitoring the performance of large language models (LLMs) in production environments. It offers automated benchmarks, drift detection, real-time alerts, and gradual rollout capabilities to help AI developers and engineering teams ensure reliable deployment of changes to prompts and model configurations.
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