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Samsung NEXT is an early-stage corporate investor backing ambitious technology founders across artificial intelligence and intelligent machines, healthtech, consumer services and frontier technology. Because the mandate is broad and opportunistic rather than confined to one industry, it is classified as a generalist.
Stage focus
Lead / follow
Generalist / Specialist
Generalist
Investing team
Albert KimInvestor
Andy DuongInvestment Director
David LeeHead of Samsung Next
Diane ChoiInvestor
Maneeshika MadduriInvestor
Mark KimInvestor
Miguel CruzInvestor
Raymond LiaoManaging Director
Vinod JosephInvestor
How to reach them
Notable investments
1X, Figure AI, Stability AI, Perplexity AI, AI21, Apptronik, TabNine