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Samsung Next
Mountain View
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Samsung Next is an investment and corporate development group that champions bold and ambitious founders, focusing on transformative innovations in AI, intelligent machines, healthtech, consumer services, and frontier technologies. We provide early-stage capital, expertise and access to Samsung to accelerate founder success and bring strategic value to Samsung in the form of insights and collaborations. We deploy a unique strategy, making a large number of investments with rapid and independent decision-making.
We work globally, in particular with the Samsung headquarters in Suwon, Korea.
Mountain View, CA
The Investor position at Samsung Next is provides individuals with an opportunity to establish and/or expand a career as a venture investor with the backing of Samsung, one of the world’s best consumer technology brands. No prior investing experience is required. Individuals learn the fundamentals of investing over a three to four year program. This role is not targeted for seasoned investors.
Investors work directly with experienced Managing Directors to develop and augment their venture investment skills and are given as much responsibility as quickly as they can manage. Investors are exposed to a large quantity of deals. With a high degree of independence, they source deals and bring them to closure, partner with portfolio companies post-investment and gain experience with startups at a variety of stages and in a variety of verticals.
This role is a tech investor who will have a focus on artificial intelligence and robotics, or related areas of edge and on-device compute infrastructure. As such, a professional background and network in the AI tech stack gained through academic research or industry experience at a large corporation or startup is key. In addition, a strong intellectual prowess to distill the latest technical papers will be useful as our investments can be highly technical and early stage.
This is a hybrid position requiring regular in-office 3-4 days per week. Additionally, due to the global nature of our work, weekly evening and/or early morning meetings are required. Occasional travel will be required as well.
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