Samsung Catalyst Fund
samsungcatalyst.com Direct + LP
Samsung Catalyst Fund is the venture capital arm of Samsung Electronics, investing in deep tech AI infrastructure globally. It makes direct investments in startups and also invests in other venture funds.
Samsung Catalyst Fund is a corporate venture arm headquartered in Menlo Park, United States. It invests both directly in companies and in funds as a limited partner, from seed to growth, in deep tech AI infrastructure, data center and cloud, artificial intelligence and networking and 5G.
“We are Samsung Electronics' evergreen multi-stage venture capital fund that invests in deep tech AI infrastructure.”
— Samsung Catalyst Fund, own website
- Layer
- Direct + LP
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, United States
- Invests in
- global
- Sectors
- deep tech AI infrastructure, data center and cloud, artificial intelligence, networking and 5G, automotive, sensors, quantum computing
Team, as Samsung Catalyst Fund publishes it
- David Goldschmidt Senior Vice President, Managing Director and Head of Samsung Catalyst Fund
- Adry Elmilady Investment Principal, San Jose
- Amit Shofar Sr. Investment Director, Tel Aviv
- Cindy Dole Deputy General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, San Jose
Names and roles exactly as listed on samsungcatalyst.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 135 co-investors found.
- Celesta Capital 4 shared companies: upscaleai.com, eliyan.com, proteantecs.com, velaura.ai
- Palo Alto Growth Capital 3 shared companies: anthropic.com, groq.com, tenstorrent.com
- Open Field Capital LLC 3 shared companies: groq.com, avicena.tech, eliyan.com
- Hitachi Ventures GmbH 3 shared companies: rescale.com, avicena.tech, weka.io
- Prosperity7 Ventures 3 shared companies: rescale.com, avicena.tech, enfabrica.net
- Avenir Management Company, LLC 2 shared companies: anthropic.com, proteantecs.com
- Axevil Capital, LLC 2 shared companies: anthropic.com, tenstorrent.com
- Goanna Capital Management LLC 2 shared companies: anthropic.com, lakestar.com
- Integra Groupe 2 shared companies: anthropic.com, groq.com
- LG Technology Ventures 2 shared companies: anthropic.com, tenstorrent.com
and 125 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Samsung Catalyst Fund publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://samsungcatalyst.com/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description
- https://samsungcatalyst.com/team/david-dede-goldschmidt/people
- https://samsungcatalyst.com/team/adry-elmilady/people
- https://samsungcatalyst.com/team/amit-shofar/people
- https://samsungcatalyst.com/team/cindy-dole/people
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Record 1155 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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