# Samsung Next: investor

Canonical ID: `f47613a7-cfbb-483c-9e2e-77727543a152`

Samsung Next is Samsung's innovation group investing in AI, IoT, and frontier technology.

- **Type:** Strategic / corporate
- **Parent company:** [Samsung Electronics](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/samsung.md)

## Portfolio (7)

- [Standard Bots](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/standard-bots.md) Series C · 2026-06-09 · $200M (reported)
- [Skild AI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/skild-ai.md) Series C · 2026-01-14 · $1.4B · _strategic_
- [Dyna Robotics](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/dyna-robotics.md) Series A · 2025-09-15 · $120M · _strategic_
- [Field AI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/field-ai.md) Funding (2025) · 2025-08-20 · $405M (reported)
- [Skild AI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/skild-ai.md) Series B · 2025-06-01 · $500M (reported)
- [Mentee Robotics](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/mentee-robotics.md) Funding 2024 · 2024-04-17 · $17M (reported)
- [1X Technologies](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/1x-technologies.md) Series B · 2024-01-11 · $100M (reported) · _strategic_

## Invests alongside (28)

Other investors that participated in the same funding rounds as Samsung Next.

- [NVentures (NVIDIA)](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/nventures.md) · 4 shared rounds: [Skild AI Series C](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/skild-ai.md#funding-rounds), [Dyna Robotics Series A](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/dyna-robotics.md#funding-rounds), [Field AI Funding (2025)](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/field-ai.md#funding-rounds), [Skild AI Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/skild-ai.md#funding-rounds)
- [Jeff Bezos / Bezos Expeditions](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/bezos-expeditions.md) · 2 shared rounds: [Skild AI Series C](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/skild-ai.md#funding-rounds), [Field AI Funding (2025)](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/field-ai.md#funding-rounds)
- [LG Technology Ventures](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/lg-technology-ventures.md) · 2 shared rounds: [Dyna Robotics Series A](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/dyna-robotics.md#funding-rounds), [Skild AI Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/skild-ai.md#funding-rounds)
- [RoboStrategy](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/robostrategy.md) · 2 shared rounds: [Standard Bots Series C](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/standard-bots.md#funding-rounds), [Dyna Robotics Series A](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/dyna-robotics.md#funding-rounds)
- [Salesforce Ventures](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/salesforce-ventures.md) · 2 shared rounds: [Skild AI Series C](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/skild-ai.md#funding-rounds), [Dyna Robotics Series A](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/dyna-robotics.md#funding-rounds)
- [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/softbank.md) · 2 shared rounds: [Skild AI Series C](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/skild-ai.md#funding-rounds), [Skild AI Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/skild-ai.md#funding-rounds)
- [Ahren Innovation Capital](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/ahren-innovation-capital.md) · 1 shared round: [Mentee Robotics Funding 2024](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/mentee-robotics.md#funding-rounds)
- [Amazon](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/amazon.md) · 1 shared round: [Standard Bots Series C](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/standard-bots.md#funding-rounds)
- [Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/amazon-iif.md) · 1 shared round: [Dyna Robotics Series A](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/dyna-robotics.md#funding-rounds)
- [BHP Ventures](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/bhp-ventures.md) · 1 shared round: [Field AI Funding (2025)](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/field-ai.md#funding-rounds)
- [BoxGroup](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/boxgroup.md) · 1 shared round: [Standard Bots Series C](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/standard-bots.md#funding-rounds)
- [Canaan Partners](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/canaan-partners.md) · 1 shared round: [Field AI Funding (2025)](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/field-ai.md#funding-rounds)
- [Cisco Investments](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/cisco-investments.md) · 1 shared round: [Mentee Robotics Funding 2024](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/mentee-robotics.md#funding-rounds)
- [CRV](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/crv.md) · 1 shared round: [Dyna Robotics Series A](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/dyna-robotics.md#funding-rounds)
- [Emerson Collective](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/emerson-collective.md) · 1 shared round: [Field AI Funding (2025)](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/field-ai.md#funding-rounds)
- [EQT Ventures](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/eqt-ventures.md) · 1 shared round: [1X Technologies Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/1x-technologies.md#funding-rounds)
- [First Round Capital](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/first-round-capital.md) · 1 shared round: [Dyna Robotics Series A](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/dyna-robotics.md#funding-rounds)
- [Gates Frontier](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/gates-frontier.md) · 1 shared round: [Field AI Funding (2025)](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/field-ai.md#funding-rounds)
- [General Catalyst](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/general-catalyst.md) · 1 shared round: [Standard Bots Series C](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/standard-bots.md#funding-rounds)
- [GiantLeap Capital](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/giantleap-capital.md) · 1 shared round: [Standard Bots Series C](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/standard-bots.md#funding-rounds)
- [Intel Capital](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/intel-capital.md) · 1 shared round: [Field AI Funding (2025)](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/field-ai.md#funding-rounds)
- [Khosla Ventures](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/khosla-ventures.md) · 1 shared round: [Field AI Funding (2025)](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/field-ai.md#funding-rounds)
- [Macquarie Capital](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/macquarie-capital.md) · 1 shared round: [Skild AI Series C](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/skild-ai.md#funding-rounds)
- [OpenAI](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/openai.md) · 1 shared round: [1X Technologies Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/1x-technologies.md#funding-rounds)
- [Prysm Capital](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/prysm-capital.md) · 1 shared round: [Field AI Funding (2025)](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/field-ai.md#funding-rounds)
- [TechU Ventures](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/techu-ventures.md) · 1 shared round: [Mentee Robotics Funding 2024](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/mentee-robotics.md#funding-rounds)
- [Temasek](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/temasek.md) · 1 shared round: [Field AI Funding (2025)](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/field-ai.md#funding-rounds)
- [Tiger Global Management](https://registry.deploy.report/investors/tiger-global.md) · 1 shared round: [1X Technologies Series B](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/1x-technologies.md#funding-rounds)

## Partners (1)

- [Shankar Chandran](https://registry.deploy.report/people/shankar-chandran.md) general partner

## Sources (9)

1. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dyna-robotics-raises-120-million-to-advance-robotic-foundation-models-on-the-path-to-physical-artificial-general-intelligence-302556817.html
2. https://www.1x.tech/discover/1x-secures-100m-in-series-b-funding
3. https://www.skild.ai/blogs/series-c
4. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fieldai-announces-over-400m-in-funds-raised-to-advance-embodied-ai-at-scale-302534675.html
5. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/gates-nvidia-fieldai-robotics.html
6. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-samsung-back-4-5b-203049332.html
7. https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/robotics-startup-skild-ai-triples-valuation/
8. https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/mentee-robotics-series-unknown--8feb7595
9. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/standard-bots-raises-200-million-series-c-at-1-billion-valuation-to-scale-american-made-ai-native-industrial-robots-302795268.html


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