Investments
249Portfolio Exits
29Funds
2Partners & Customers
3Service Providers
1About Samsung NEXT
Samsung NEXT invests in entrepreneurs and startups to create breakout software and services. Its team of entrepreneurs, engineers, investors, strategists, business developers and experts work together to empower a global community of startups.
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State of Digital Health Q3’23 ReportLatest Samsung NEXT News
Nov 22, 2023
Lasso Security , a Tel Aviv, Israel-based Large Language Models (LLMs) cybersecurity company, raised $6M in Seed funding. The round was led by Entrée Capital with the participation of Samsung Next. The company intends to use the funds to expand its team and further enhance its offerings. Founded in 2023 by Elad Schulman, Lior Ziv, Ophir Dror, and Yuval Abadi, Lasso Security is a comprehensive LLM cybersecurity startup that is committed to addressing the evolving threats and challenges that businesses are beginning to encounter with large language models (LLMs) at every touchpoint within their organizations. Through its shadow AI discovery, ongoing LLM data-flow monitoring and observability features, combined with a real-time detection and alerting system, Lasso further ensures end-to-end protection, aligning seamlessly with an organization’s security policies. With it, organizations can safely integrate and deploy LLMs in production environments, preserving both data and user privacy while safeguarding against malicious threats. FinSMEs
Samsung NEXT Investments
249 Investments
Samsung NEXT has made 249 investments. Their latest investment was in Lasso Security as part of their Seed VC on November 11, 2023.
Samsung NEXT Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/20/2023 | Seed VC | Lasso Security | $6M | Yes | 4 | |
11/15/2023 | Pre-Seed | beoble | $2M | Yes | 2 | |
11/15/2023 | Series E | Forward | $50M | Yes | 1 | |
11/9/2023 | Series B | |||||
11/9/2023 | Seed VC |
Date | 11/20/2023 | 11/15/2023 | 11/15/2023 | 11/9/2023 | 11/9/2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Seed VC | Pre-Seed | Series E | Series B | Seed VC |
Company | Lasso Security | beoble | Forward | ||
Amount | $6M | $2M | $50M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Samsung NEXT Portfolio Exits
29 Portfolio Exits
Samsung NEXT has 29 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was MosaicML on June 26, 2023.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6/26/2023 | Acquired | 8 | |||
4/11/2023 | Acquired | 1 | |||
8/18/2022 | Acquired | 6 | |||
Samsung NEXT Acquisitions
9 Acquisitions
Samsung NEXT acquired 9 companies. Their latest acquisition was Unclip on June 17, 2017.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6/17/2017 | Acquired | 1 | ||||
6/16/2017 | ||||||
6/16/2016 | ||||||
6/15/2016 | Series D | |||||
2/18/2015 | Series A |
Date | 6/17/2017 | 6/16/2017 | 6/16/2016 | 6/15/2016 | 2/18/2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Investment Stage | Series D | Series A | |||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Total Funding | |||||
Note | Acquired | ||||
Sources | 1 |
Samsung NEXT Fund History
2 Fund Histories
Samsung NEXT has 2 funds, including Samsung NEXT Q Fund.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6/13/2018 | Samsung NEXT Q Fund | Early-Stage Venture Capital | Open | 1 | |
1/4/2017 | Samsung NEXT Fund |
Closing Date | 6/13/2018 | 1/4/2017 |
|---|---|---|
Fund | Samsung NEXT Q Fund | Samsung NEXT Fund |
Fund Type | Early-Stage Venture Capital | |
Status | Open | |
Amount | ||
Sources | 1 |
Samsung NEXT Partners & Customers
3 Partners and customers
Samsung NEXT has 3 strategic partners and customers. Samsung NEXT recently partnered with Galaxy Corporation on September 9, 2021.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/30/2021 | Partner | `` The partnership with Samsung Electronics will strengthen our efforts to provide truly differentiated experiences for our customers to interact with Genesis vehicles . '' | 2 | ||
7/28/2021 | Partner | ||||
12/11/2020 | Partner |
Date | 9/30/2021 | 7/28/2021 | 12/11/2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
Type | Partner | Partner | Partner |
Business Partner | |||
Country | |||
News Snippet | `` The partnership with Samsung Electronics will strengthen our efforts to provide truly differentiated experiences for our customers to interact with Genesis vehicles . '' | ||
Sources | 2 |
Samsung NEXT Service Providers
1 Service Provider
Samsung NEXT has 1 service provider relationship
Service Provider | Associated Rounds | Provider Type | Service Type |
|---|---|---|---|
Counsel | General Counsel |
Service Provider | |
|---|---|
Associated Rounds | |
Provider Type | Counsel |
Service Type | General Counsel |
Partnership data by VentureSource
Samsung NEXT Team
6 Team Members
Samsung NEXT has 6 team members, including current Managing Director, Raymond Liao.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Raymond Liao | Managing Director | Current | |
Name | Raymond Liao | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Work History | |||||
Title | Managing Director | ||||
Status | Current |
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