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    Samsung Catalyst Fund

    San Jose, California, United StatesFounded 2013
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    Samsung Catalyst Fund is Samsung Electronics' multi-stage evergreen venture capital fund that invests in deep-tech infrastructure, AI, and data-enabled platforms. It invests globally with offices in San Jose, Seoul, Tel Aviv, and Paris.

    Deal activity increased 133% year-over-year (7 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $78.1M (across 60 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    46

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    7

    Team

    CC

    Christopher Chu

    Former Managing Director

    DG

    David Goldschmidt

    Senior Vice President, Managing Director, and Head of Samsung Catalyst Fund

    AS

    Amit Shofar

    Sr. Investment Director

    RS

    Ray Schuder

    Sr. Investment Director

    AE

    Adry Elmilady

    Investment Principal

    GR

    Gil Rotenberg

    Investment Principal

    IC

    Ian Clow

    VC Investor

    RA

    Rutie Adar

    Investments and Innovation

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    66 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Zadar Labs logoZadar LabsUnknown$17MJun 2026
    Normal Computing logoNormal ComputingSeries C$50MMar 2026
    Axelera AI logoAxelera AISeries D—Feb 2026
    Axelera AI logoAxelera AISeries C—Feb 2026
    Axelera AI logoAxelera AIUnknown$250MFeb 2026
    Eliyan logoEliyanSeries C$50MJan 2026
    Eliyan logoEliyanStrategic$50MJan 2026
    Velaura logoVelauraSeries A$110MJan 2026
    OOXMIQ Labs Inc.Series A$35MJan 2026
    Normal Computing logoNormal ComputingUnknown$50MJan 2026
    Axiado logoAxiadoSeries C$60MDec 2025
    Auradine logoAuradineSeries C$153MApr 2025
    Auradine logoAuradineSeries C$153MJan 2025
    Axiado logoAxiadoSeries C$60MDec 2024
    Enfabrica logoEnfabricaSeries C$115MNov 2024
    DreamBig logoDreamBigSeries B$75MJul 2024
    CCelestialSeries C$175MMar 2024
    Eliyan logoEliyanSeries B—Mar 2024
    Tenstorrent logoTenstorrentSeries D$100MAug 2023
    Avicena logoAvicenaSeries A$25MAug 2022
    Avicena logoAvicenaSeries A$25MAug 2022
    AAda HealthSeries B$120MJan 2022
    WWeka.IOSeries D$73MJan 2022
    AAvicena TechUnknown$25MJan 2022
    Ada logoAdaSeries B$30MJan 2022
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    Top Co-Investors

    Maverick Silicon8 shared
    Robert Bosch Venture Capital8 shared
    BlackRock Private Equity Partners7 shared
    Micron Ventures7 shared
    Qualcomm Ventures6 shared
    Innovation Industries6 shared
    Plug and Play Tech Center5 shared
    Atreides Management5 shared
    Intel Capital5 shared
    Leaps by Bayer5 shared
    Mutschler Ventures5 shared
    Vitruvian Partners5 shared
    StepStone Group4 shared
    Premji Invest4 shared
    European Innovation Council (EIC)4 shared
    Cisco Investments4 shared
    Tiger Global Management, LLC4 shared
    Celesta Capital4 shared
    SFPIM4 shared
    Bitfury4 shared

    Last updated: 7 October 2026