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Samsung Next

Corporate venture · Founded 2012 · Active in 2026

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24 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #406 · Global · 24 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 267% 5y
22
Decacorns → 5y
1
Thoroughbreds → 5y
6

Samsung Next is a corporate venture based in USA, founded in 2012. The page below shows 24 Power Law outcomes from Samsung Next's portfolio — 22 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 1 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in AI · Fintech · Other B2B Software; top portfolio geographies are USA · Canada · Israel. Samsung Next ranks #406 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 24 Samsung Next Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. USA16
  2. Canada2
  3. Israel2
  4. Germany1
  5. Switzerland1
  6. Cayman Islands1
  7. UK1
By sectorCount
  1. AI7
  2. Fintech6
  3. Other B2B Software3
  4. Cybersecurity3
  5. Health Tech & Medtech2
  6. Other1
  7. Marketing1
  8. Space1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+16
  2. Series A5
  3. Seed2
01 · Portfolio market map

Samsung Next's 24 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
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24 of 24 Power Law outcomes
02 · Founder talent

Where Samsung Next's founders come from — and where they study.

47 founders across the 24 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Alphabet | Google are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States20
Romania4
Greece3
Canada3
France3
South Korea2
Iran2
Russia2
Nigeria1
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UniversityCount
Stanford University Graduate School of Business6
University of Southern California4
Stanford University4
University of Oxford3
University of Heidelberg2
University of Cambridge2
Columbia Engineering2
Dartmouth College2
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania2
Cornell University2
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Origin companyCount
Alphabet | Google9
Microsoft6
Meta5
Palantir5
Apple4
Amazon3
Abra2
Zynga2
Tableau2
LinkedIn2
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Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company.
03 · Key people

Key people at Samsung Next.

Senior investment team at Samsung Next has not been published on this profile yet.
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04 · Compare with peers

How does Samsung Next stack up?

Samsung Next in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.

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Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

Sentiment on X

What X is saying about Samsung Next

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Samsung Next on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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Latest news about Samsung Next

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