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    Samsung Catalyst Fund

    San Jose, California, United StatesFounded 2013

    Samsung Catalyst Fund invests in disruptive technologies and innovative startups across strategic areas like AI, IoT, automotive, data centers, advanced materials, and health tech. Their strategy is to accelerate the development of next-generation technologies that can enhance Samsung's product portfolio and drive future growth.

    38% of their portfolio is in AI. Average disclosed round size is $96.3M (across 16 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    16

    Fund Size

    $500M

    Top Stage

    Series C

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    YS

    Young Sohn

    Founding Managing Partner

    AH

    Ada Health

    Portfolio Company

    AA

    Axelera AI

    Portfolio Company

    DS

    DreamBig Semiconductor

    Portfolio Company

    ES

    Empower Semiconductor

    Portfolio Company

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    16 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Axelera AI logoAxelera AISeries D$250MFeb 2026
    Eliyan Corporation logoEliyan CorporationSeries C$50MJan 2026
    AAxeleraSeries B$68MJun 2024
    EEliyanSeries B$60MMar 2024
    Adia Health logoAdia HealthSeries B$90MMay 2021
    GGerman BionicSeries A$20MDec 2020
    AAImotiveSeries C$20MJun 2020
    Commsignia logoCommsigniaSeries A$11MAug 2019
    AAImotiveSeries C$38MJan 2018
    Graphcore logoGraphcoreSeries A$30MOct 2016
    LLanding AISeries A$57M
    AAxiadoSeries C$60M
    Adia Health logoAdia HealthSeries C$90M
    SSkyloSeries B$37M
    Groq logoGroqSeries D$640M
    GGerman BionicSeries A$20M

    Top Co-Investors

    Robert Bosch Venture Capital2 shared
    Leaps by Bayer2 shared
    Vitruvian Partners2 shared
    F42 shared
    MIG AG2 shared
    Partech1 shared
    Credo Ventures1 shared
    B Capital1 shared
    Invest-NL1 shared

    Last updated: 5 March 2026