Samsung NEXT Ventures

Samsung NEXT Ventures, established in 2013, is a venture capital arm of Samsung Electronics, headquartered in Mountain View, California. It focuses on investing in early-stage companies within the artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain, health technology, infrastructure, and media technology sectors. The firm typically invests a minimum of USD 1 million, supporting innovative startups that align with Samsung's strategic growth opportunities.

Royi Benyossef

Investment Director

Sam Campbell

Investor

Carlos Castellanos

Investor

Andy Duong

Investment Director

Lizzy Goldman

Investor

Joan Kim

Investor

Emily Koster

Director of Communications

Amy Lee

Investor

Raymond Liao

Vice President | Ventures Managing Director

Yonatan Machado

Senior Investment Director

Jonathan Machado

Managing Director, Investment

Eyal Miller

Managing Director, General Manager, Israel

Nick Nigam

Principal, Seed to Series B Venture Capital Investments

Caroline Rehfuss

Investor

Past deals in API

Method

Series B in 2025
Method Financial is a developer of a financial connectivity API that focuses on consumer liability data and payments. The company offers a loan management application designed to simplify and secure debt repayment. Its platform enables real-time access to consumer credit and liability accounts, facilitating end-to-end refinance experiences and one-click checkout capabilities. By providing comprehensive real-time credit data and integrated payment solutions, Method Financial empowers lenders, fintech companies, and financial institutions to create personalized lending and financial management experiences. This connectivity allows users to securely manage all their liabilities while retrieving detailed financial information.

Monogoto

Series A in 2024
Monogoto is a provider of a cloud-based cellular network that facilitates global cellular connectivity and secure private LTE networks. Its API-driven Infrastructure-as-a-Service is designed to integrate seamlessly with existing enterprise IT systems, offering hundreds of ready-to-use APIs for various applications, including IoT, Private LTE, and 5G. Monogoto's services feature full auditing of network events, anomaly detection, and automated alerts, allowing businesses to monitor their connectivity effectively. The solution operates on an "as-a-Service" model, enabling customers to access advanced cellular value-added services without upfront capital expenditures. Monogoto's network provides public connectivity in 180 countries and supports compliance with regulations through an on-premise local breakout topology for private LTE and 5G networks, ensuring users can maintain optimal and continuous connectivity.

Vectara

Series A in 2024
Vectara is a provider of a generative AI product platform that enables the integration of advanced AI features into various applications. Its offering includes a serverless Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) API platform designed to embed generative AI functionality into chatbots and other products, relying on a robust hybrid-search core. This platform ensures accurate and contextually relevant responses, addressing critical challenges for enterprise adoption such as reducing hallucination, enhancing explainability, enforcing access control, and allowing real-time updates of knowledge. Vectara's technology also emphasizes data security and supports multilingual capabilities, making it suitable for a broad range of applications including conversational AI, question-answering, and semantic search. Through its innovative platform, Vectara helps businesses create effective AI-driven experiences while maintaining compliance with intellectual property and bias considerations.

Better Health

Series A in 2024
Better Health is a support and supplies platform designed to improve the management of chronic conditions such as ostomy, chronic wounds, diabetes, chronic retention, and incontinence through peer-to-peer connections. The platform offers expert guidance to help patients select and use the appropriate medical supplies while providing education and support to enhance engagement and adherence to treatment. This approach is endorsed by healthcare payers and providers, leading to better health outcomes, reduced overutilization of services, and improved mental health for users. Better Health operates across 48 states and collaborates with major payers, including Medicare, Medicaid, and several private insurers. The platform boasts a high customer satisfaction rating of 98%, reflecting its effectiveness in modernizing the medical supplies industry and lowering healthcare costs for insurers and patients alike.

Activeloop

Series A in 2024
Activeloop offers a cloud-based platform designed to facilitate the management and scaling of data pipelines for machine learning applications. Their flagship product, Deep Lake, serves as a specialized database for artificial intelligence, optimized for deep learning and large language model applications. It allows users to store a variety of data types, including text, images, audio, and videos, in a single location, while providing capabilities such as data streaming, version control, and vector search. Deep Lake simplifies the deployment of enterprise-grade LLM-based products and integrates seamlessly with popular tools like LangChain and Weights & Biases. The platform is serverless and capable of handling datasets of any size, making it suitable for organizations working on complex machine learning projects. Activeloop counts notable companies such as Bayer Radiology and Matterport among its users. The founding team comprises individuals with backgrounds from prestigious institutions like Princeton and Stanford, along with experience from industry leaders like Google and Tesla.

PocketHealth

Series B in 2024
PocketHealth is a cloud-sharing platform based in Toronto, Ontario, that facilitates the electronic sharing of medical imaging records between providers and patients. Founded in 2016, the platform allows patients to access their imaging results shortly after their scans and securely share this information with healthcare professionals, regardless of whether they are part of the PocketHealth network. By establishing a seamless and secure infrastructure, PocketHealth enhances the way sensitive medical imaging information is exchanged, improving accessibility and efficiency in patient care.

Bria

Series A in 2024
Bria is a visual generative AI company that specializes in creating and modifying visual content through innovative technology. The company offers a Visual Gen AI Platform that provides AI teams access to complete source code and model weights, trained on licensed data. Bria's Visual Creation API Suite features over 30 specialized APIs for various tasks, including image generation and editing. Additionally, the company delivers tailored generation services that align AI models with specific brand assets, ensuring consistency in product imagery and supporting scalable marketing efforts. By addressing legal complexities, privacy issues, and the risks of misinformation, Bria combines authentic and synthetic content to enhance the creative capabilities of marketing teams, designers, and content creators.

Prometeo

Series A in 2024
Prometeo operates as a leading fintech infrastructure company, providing a marketplace that connects global corporations with financial institutions in Latin America and the United States. The company specializes in creating advanced technological infrastructure through banking Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), offering access to a vast network of over 1,500 connections to more than 1,200 financial institutions across 11 countries. Prometeo's platform simplifies and secures access to banking data, facilitates bank account validation, and enables account-to-account payments. By automating these processes, the company reduces friction and costs for its clients while enhancing financial connectivity. Additionally, Prometeo offers educational tools and money transfer applications to help users better understand their financial behavior and manage their finances effectively.

Koyeb

Seed Round in 2023
Koyeb is a developer-focused company that offers a serverless platform designed for the rapid deployment and management of applications on a global scale. Founded in 2019 and based in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, Koyeb enables users to process and store data across various cloud environments while simplifying the operational complexities typically associated with server management. The platform supports a range of workloads, including AI applications, web applications, and APIs, emphasizing performance and efficiency. By leveraging advanced infrastructure, Koyeb aims to provide a seamless experience for developers, allowing them to focus on building applications without the burden of infrastructure management.

Mesh

Series A in 2023
Mesh is a company that creates a secure ecosystem for cryptocurrency transactions, facilitating seamless deposits and payments across over 300 exchanges and wallets. It serves as a connectivity layer for various financial services platforms, allowing integration and interaction with multiple currencies and assets. In addition to its focus on cryptocurrency transactions, Mesh's platform supports stock trading and the transfer of crypto across various platforms. The company provides enterprise clients with tools to authenticate access to banks, brokerages, and exchanges, enabling functionalities such as digital asset transfers, crypto payments, account aggregation, and registered securities trading.

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 provider of an API focused on web3 background checks aimed at enhancing security in the digital asset space. The platform specializes in detecting and preventing interactions with malicious decentralized applications (dApps), fraudulent wallets, counterfeit tokens, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and phishing sites. By offering real-time insights into crypto and NFT scam detection, Chainsight helps safeguard users and businesses from various forms of digital fraud, including harmful addresses, smart contracts, and deceptive web platforms. Their suite of products includes blockchain-labeled data and tools for know-your-transaction (KYT) and blockchain investigations, equipping internet-related companies and users with the necessary resources to protect their digital assets effectively.

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 was founded in 2016 on the belief that the future of finance is digital. Through a full suite of APIs, we help financial institutions and fintech companies build seamlessly, launch quickly, and scale securely. As an independent, regulated trust company, we work with clients such as crypto exchanges and payment platforms, who rely on our trusted, secure ecosystem and institutional grade blockchain technology. Prime Trust solutions are at the center of a quickly-evolving crypto industry, providing the infrastructure that merges digital assets with traditional finance. For fintech businesses in the US and around the world, Prime Trust makes it possible to securely and compliantly access the digital economy. The company is recognized by Forbes as America’s Best Startup Employer 2022 and is also Great Place to Work-Certified™ 2022. Prime Trust has also been named to CB Insights Blockchain 50 for 2022. Visit us at www.primetrust.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.

Terra API

Seed Round in 2021
Terra API specializes in facilitating the seamless transfer of health data between various applications and devices. The company provides an online application programming interface (API) that enables developers to connect easily with health apps, wearables, sensors, and blood laboratories. By utilizing standard protocols for data exchange, Terra API allows applications to accept requests and return responses in commonly used formats, supporting efficient communication across diverse fitness tracking devices. This integration empowers users to share and access their health and fitness data from multiple sources, enhancing the overall user experience in health management.

Arrcus

Venture Round in 2021
Arrcus, Inc. is a technology company based in San Jose, California, that specializes in developing closed-source operating systems for networking hardware, including switches and routers. Founded in 2016, Arrcus offers a suite of products designed to facilitate scalable infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Key offerings include ArcOS, a hardware-agnostic network operating system; ArcRR, a 64-bit route reflector; and ArcIQ, an analytics platform providing real-time insights for network management and troubleshooting. The company also features Arrcus VDR, an advanced routing platform, alongside solutions for IP/EVPN Clos and multi-cloud networking. Through its software, Arrcus aims to enhance connectivity among people, machines, and data, simplifying operations and management across complex network infrastructures.

Hyperithm

Series B in 2021
Hyperithm is a prominent digital asset financial service provider based in Tokyo and Seoul, focusing on cryptocurrency services for institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals. The company specializes in algorithmic and high-frequency trading strategies, emphasizing market-neutral approaches. As a fully regulated Virtual Asset Service Provider, Hyperithm also offers comprehensive prime brokerage services, facilitating streamlined crypto trading for a diverse clientele that includes publicly listed companies, family offices, and venture capital firms. The firm is committed to supporting the Web3 ecosystem by investing in Layer 1 and Layer 2 solutions, decentralized applications, gaming projects, and asset managers. Co-founded by an ex-Morgan Stanley investment banker and a Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur, Hyperithm attracts top talent, consisting of seasoned professionals and award-winning scholars. Through the use of innovative algorithms developed in Rust, the company aims to create a robust digital asset gateway, combining automated trading with advanced risk management techniques.

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 provides a decentralized machine learning platform that focuses on privacy-preserving technology for mobile, web, and server applications. The company's open-source developer tools allow organizations to train machine learning models without compromising the privacy and security of sensitive data. By ensuring that data remains on the host during the training process, DiscreetAI enables the use of larger datasets than traditional centralized methods would allow. This approach not only enhances compliance with data protection regulations but also empowers developers to create secure online marketplaces for big data transactions. DiscreetAI serves a diverse clientele, including Fortune 500 companies, helping them address complex real-world challenges through innovative machine learning solutions.

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.

StreamElements

Series A in 2019
StreamElements is a company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2016. It specializes in developing a web-based platform tailored for live content creators, offering tools for monetization, audience management, and community growth. The platform allows creators to display unblockable ads, collect donations, and reward viewers with loyalty points. Key features include a stream dashboard, overlay manager, chat statistics, leaderboard, spam filters, and custom stream pages. StreamElements also facilitates revenue generation through viewer purchases using currency earned by watching streams. Additionally, the company provides cloud-based overlays, alerts, chatbots, loyalty programs, sponsorships, and brand-safe moderation services. It supports creators across various platforms like Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok, connecting them with brands for performance marketing campaigns.

Packet

Series B in 2018
Packet is a cloud hosting provider that specializes in automating server configurations through bare metal infrastructure. The company supports a wide range of clients, including enterprises, SaaS companies, and software innovators, by offering a platform that enables the deployment of physical servers and networks without relying on virtualization or multi-tenancy. With over 60,000 deployments each month across 20 global public cloud locations and various private and on-premise sites, Packet's services cater to both traditional and cloud-native workloads. Their focus on flexible bare metal automation and robust networking features allows clients to manage infrastructure efficiently and securely, enhancing their competitive advantage in the market.

Gyroscope

Seed Round in 2017
Gyroscope Software offers developer-friendly tools designed to enhance user growth and retention, while improving overall user satisfaction and revenue for companies. Leveraging extensive expertise in large-scale data processing and predictive systems, Gyroscope has created intuitive tools that integrate advanced machine learning techniques with efficient systems programming. These tools empower developers to build applications that can learn from user behavior and respond accordingly, eliminating the need for specialized knowledge in data science or growth strategies. The company focuses on providing solutions that enable game developers to create adaptive and personalized gaming experiences, ultimately increasing engagement and enjoyment for players.

StreamElements

Seed Round in 2017
StreamElements is a company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2016. It specializes in developing a web-based platform tailored for live content creators, offering tools for monetization, audience management, and community growth. The platform allows creators to display unblockable ads, collect donations, and reward viewers with loyalty points. Key features include a stream dashboard, overlay manager, chat statistics, leaderboard, spam filters, and custom stream pages. StreamElements also facilitates revenue generation through viewer purchases using currency earned by watching streams. Additionally, the company provides cloud-based overlays, alerts, chatbots, loyalty programs, sponsorships, and brand-safe moderation services. It supports creators across various platforms like Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok, connecting them with brands for performance marketing campaigns.

Vinli

Series A in 2015
Vinli, Inc. is an automotive technology company that specializes in developing a connected car and data intelligence platform for the automotive industry. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Vinli offers a connected-car device that provides access to 4G LTE Internet and supports various smart car applications and services. Its flagship product, an OBD-II data device, delivers a range of services, including mobile and third-party applications, as well as real-time insights through its cloud-based dashboard system, Carport. The company focuses on extracting meaningful correlations from diverse data points such as GPS, sensor data, and driver behavior, which enables clients to enhance fleet management and consumer connectivity. Vinli's customizable platform allows partners to create and monetize tailored mobility solutions, and it has established strategic partnerships with notable industry players. The company serves a wide array of clients, including consumers, developers, and distributors in both domestic and international markets.

Traceloop

Traceloop specializes in monitoring the performance and quality of large language model (LLM) applications in production environments. The company offers a platform that facilitates the generation, execution, and maintenance of end-to-end tests for backend systems, including features for auto-generating tests, integration monitoring, and canary monitoring. By providing alerts and insights, Traceloop enables clients to confidently implement changes to their prompts and model configurations while ensuring the reliability of their microservices. This comprehensive approach helps organizations improve system performance and effectively manage the deployment of updates.
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