Investor Type | Firm |
Type of Fund | Corporate VC |
Industries | Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) |
Stages | Expansion, MBO/LBO, Turnaround, Acquisition, Recapitalization, Ownership Transition, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Pre-IPO |
Investing | United States • United Kingdom • Canada • Germany • France • Israel • Europe |
Investment Range | €3,000,000 - €5,000,000 |
Assets Under Management | €100,000,000 |
The Samsung Catalyst Fund is Samsung Electronics' evergreen multi-stage venture capital fund that invests in deep-tech infrastructure and data-enabled platforms. They are focused on mid-stage startups and specialize in sectors including software and IT, FinTech and financial services, hardware and manufacturing, as well as medical devices and hospital services. Their areas of expertise include equity investments in areas such as expansion, MBO/LBO, turnaround, acquisition, recapitalization, ownership transition, seed stage, Series A through C, and pre-IPO ventures. With assets under management of $100 million, their investment range lies between $3 million and $5 million. The fund leverages Samsung's global reach to foster mutual growth and offers shared resources, financing, networking, corporate development, and mentorship from domain experts to the founders of their portfolio companies. They operate transparently and nimbly, empowered by the stature of Samsung to make rapid investment decisions. Samsung Catalyst Fund has a global footprint with headquarters in Menlo Park, California and additional locations in San Jose, CA, USA; Seoul, Korea; and Tel Aviv, Israel. Their investment focus encompasses technologies that offer tangible societal benefits and span across multiple domains such as data center and cloud, artificial intelligence, networking and 5G, automotive, sensors, quantum computing, and more. By partnering with these innovative companies, Samsung Catalyst Fund supports the future of technology while targeting big-scale impact and co-prosperity on a global scale.
We invest in mid-stage startups in AI, cloud infrastructure, next-gen data centers, and semiconductors located in North America, Europe and Israel.