Samsung Ventures

Samsung Ventures, established in 1999, is a corporate venture capital arm of Samsung Electronics, headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The firm invests globally in emerging technology companies, with a focus on semiconductors, mobile services, internet, software, security, enterprise solutions, bioengineering, and medical sectors. Its investment portfolio spans early-stage startups to pre-IPO companies, with an annual investment budget of $250 million and over $1.8 billion under management. Samsung Ventures operates from key innovation hubs worldwide, including the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, London, Tel Aviv, Bangalore, Tokyo, and Beijing, to identify and support pioneering startups in areas such as AI, robotics, augmented/virtual reality, and digital health.

Liam Ahn

Principal

Robert Ashcraft

Investment Director

Ju Won Cha

Managing Partner

Jaeseok Cha

Investment Director

Myungseok Choi

Investment Director

Jeongheon Gwak

Investment Director

Uiseok Hwang

Investment Director

TaeWoo Jeon

Investment Director

Minjoo Kim

Investment Director

Junyeong Kim

Investment Director

Jongwook Kim

Investment Director

Han Seong Kim

Investment Director

Jihong Kim

Managing Director, Samsung Ventures America

Donghyun Kim

Investment Director

KyungNam Ko

Investment Director

Eunji Ko

Investment Director

JaeHo Koh

Investment Director

Helena Lee

Investment Director

Hyemin Lee

Senior Investment Manager

SunMin Lee

Investment Director

Stan Lee

Investment Director

Jaemin Lee

Investment Director

Claire Leurent

Managing Director

Sooyoun Lim

Investment Director

Michael Pachos

Managing Director and Head of Samsung Ventures America, East Coast

Jinho Park

Investment Director

Wookyoung Park

Investment Director

Junho Yang

Investment Director

Chanwoo Yang

Investment Director

Il Seok Yoon

Chief Investment Officer

Jisu Yoon

Investment Director

Sung Eun Sarah Kim

Investment Director

Past deals in Virtualization

Volumez

Series A in 2024
Volumez offers a Data Infrastructure as a Service (DIaaS) platform that simplifies the management of cloud resources for data-intensive workloads. By intelligently orchestrating cloud resources and utilizing a unique architecture, the platform delivers a tailored data infrastructure that meets specific workload requirements. Volumez’s controller-less design and declarative Data Infrastructure as Code (DIaC) facilitate easy storage deployment and adaptability to changing business needs. This results in a solution that is not only performant and resilient but also scalable and cost-efficient. The platform effectively abstracts the complexity of data path orchestration, optimizing resource utilization and ensuring guaranteed performance and availability for client applications. Volumez is accessible via major cloud marketplaces, including AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud.

Arcfra

Funding Round in 2024
Arcfra is a technology company specializing in enterprise cloud infrastructure. It offers a full-stack, software-defined platform that simplifies on-premises cloud management. The platform provides a range of services, including computing, storage, networking, security, backup, disaster recovery, and Kubernetes support. It supports both virtual machines and containers, ensuring flexibility and future-proofing. Arcfra's platform is designed to streamline infrastructure management, enabling enterprises to build robust, modern on-premises cloud environments.

ATTO Research

Venture Round in 2019
ATTO Research lead open networking innovations. ATTO Research is a network virtualization innovator with advanced SDN and NFV technologies. We are specialized in security-enhanced SDN control, network management, and cloud network virtualization.

Iguazio

Venture Round in 2019
Iguazio is a data science platform designed to assist enterprises in developing, deploying, and managing AI applications on a large scale. By enabling real-time execution of AI models, it supports deployment across various environments, including multi-cloud, on-premises, and edge locations. The platform facilitates the analysis of diverse data sources to generate actionable insights, allowing organizations to effectively leverage AI for business transformation. Additionally, Iguazio accelerates the transition of AI projects into practical applications, streamlining the development of automated machine learning pipelines and significantly reducing the time needed to realize tangible business value from AI initiatives.

Drivenets

Series A in 2019
DriveNets Ltd. is a software company based in Ra’anana, Israel, with an additional office in Red Bank, New Jersey, focused on developing innovative solutions for communications service provider networks. Founded in 2015, DriveNets has created the Network Cloud, a software-centric routing infrastructure that offers a comprehensive routing stack, data-path control, and central management capabilities. This cloud-native solution enables operators to disaggregate their network infrastructure from core to edge, similar to the practices of hyperscalers in the cloud industry. By utilizing standard networking white boxes, DriveNets allows communications service providers to enhance profitability and reduce complexity, while facilitating automated operations and fostering innovation through on-demand infrastructure.

BlueStacks

Venture Round in 2014
BlueStacks is a leading developer of emulator software designed to enable Android games and applications to run seamlessly on Windows PCs. Leveraging its patented LayerCake virtualization technology, BlueStacks App Player caters to a diverse user base of 145 million, allowing gamers to experience mobile content in high performance and full-screen mode. The platform supports multiple operating systems and devices, ensuring users can access their favorite games without concerns over their PC specifications. Additionally, BlueStacks offers features such as the ability to run multiple apps simultaneously in a tabbed interface and provides one-click streaming capabilities to Twitch.tv through BlueStacks TV. Through its innovations, BlueStacks enhances the gaming experience by allowing precise control using a keyboard, mouse, or gamepad.

Pure Storage

Series E in 2013
Pure Storage is a U.S.-based company that specializes in enterprise data storage solutions, designed specifically to leverage the advantages of flash memory. The company offers a platform that significantly enhances performance while simplifying storage management and reducing associated costs. Its product lineup includes integrated storage hardware and operating system software, alongside various subscription services. These subscription services encompass Evergreen Storage, Pure as-a-Service, Cloud Block Store, and Portworx, as well as professional services for installation and consulting. By enabling organizations to efficiently manage data growth within existing power and space limitations, Pure Storage is transforming business operations across sectors, particularly benefiting applications that require high random I/O performance, such as server and desktop virtualization, databases, and cloud computing.

Ubitus

Venture Round in 2013
Ubitus Inc. is a technology company that specializes in cloud computing solutions, particularly for the gaming industry and digital media services. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Tokyo, with a research and development center in Taipei, Ubitus offers a software platform designed for fixed-mobile convergence applications. Its products include ubiLive, which enables users to access and share online content across devices, and commercial mobile cloud gaming services. The company's innovative GameCloud technology allows for the streaming of both gaming and metaverse content on multiple devices, catering to game developers, telecommunications service providers, and device manufacturers. Ubitus has established strategic partnerships, including collaborations with Alibaba Cloud and Kokusai Kogyo Co. Ltd., to enhance its service offerings and expand its market reach.

Astute Networks

Series B in 2012
Astute Networks, Inc. is a manufacturer of network-based virtualization appliances, specializing in performance storage solutions for physical, virtual, and cloud computing environments. Founded in 2000 and based in San Diego, California, the company is known for its VMware Ready Certified ViSX G3, which accelerates server and desktop virtualization as well as cloud computing infrastructures. The ViSX G3 also provides virtualization solutions for Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, Oracle, SAP, and SQL. Astute's patented DataPump Engine enhances performance by delivering high iSCSI IOPS and maintaining sustained random I/O performance, effectively eliminating bottlenecks that can hinder virtual machine and application efficiency. The company's products are distributed through a network of established solution providers, ensuring accessibility for users seeking to improve productivity and reduce IT costs.

Pure Storage

Series C in 2011
Pure Storage is a U.S.-based company that specializes in enterprise data storage solutions, designed specifically to leverage the advantages of flash memory. The company offers a platform that significantly enhances performance while simplifying storage management and reducing associated costs. Its product lineup includes integrated storage hardware and operating system software, alongside various subscription services. These subscription services encompass Evergreen Storage, Pure as-a-Service, Cloud Block Store, and Portworx, as well as professional services for installation and consulting. By enabling organizations to efficiently manage data growth within existing power and space limitations, Pure Storage is transforming business operations across sectors, particularly benefiting applications that require high random I/O performance, such as server and desktop virtualization, databases, and cloud computing.
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