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Raymond Liao

Investor

Vice President at Samsung Next

Mountain View, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

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Alexandra FarmerunlockedRaymond: together at Field AI (2025–2026)
Raymond: together at Stability AI
×2Raymond: together at Samsung Next
×3Raymond: together at Perplexity

About

Raymond Liao is Founding Managing Director at Samsung NEXT, where he leads early-stage investments in AI, intelligent machines, and edge and blockchain infrastructure. His background includes 25+ years in technology, including roles as a PhD researcher, entrepreneur, venture technologist, and CTO at Siemens. His investment portfolio includes exits in MosaicML and Leonardo in AI, and Volterra, Packet, and AST SpaceMobile in edge infrastructure.

Experience

  1. Samsung NEXTFounding Managing Directorcurrent2012 — presentMountain View, California
  2. Field AIInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  3. CentMLInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  4. PerplexityInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  5. FigureInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  6. Liquid AIInvestorcurrent2023 — present
  7. Stability AIInvestorcurrent2022 — present
  8. OXIOInvestorcurrent2022 — present
  9. Space and TimeInvestorcurrent2022 — present
  10. Expeto™Investorcurrent2022 — present
  11. Dynamo AIInvestorcurrent2022 — present
  12. IoTeX - Building MachineFi For Web3Investorcurrent2022 — present
  13. Stellar CyberInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  14. ForAllSecure, IncInvestorcurrent2021 — presentPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
  15. ZEDEDAInvestorcurrent2021 — presentSan Jose, California, United States
  16. EnsoInvestorcurrent2021 — presentKrakow, Poland
  17. Multiverse LabsInvestorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  18. NirmataInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  19. Arrcus, Inc.Investorcurrent2021 — present
  20. MetrikaInvestorcurrent2021 — presentGreater Boston

Skills & more

Start-ups67Business Strategy9Software Development6Venture Capital20Product Management26Product Development11R&D18Strategic Partnerships8Strategy33Business Development25Telecommunications9Entrepreneurship11
+5 moreWirelessMobile DevicesIT StrategyManagementResearch and Development (R&D)

Languages Chinese · English

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Deals · 1

Cast HoldingQuoted

via Samsung Next · filed Apr 2021

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Other disclosed investments

Investor

ArrcusEdgeworxKind HumanoidLiquid AIRapidDeployReality DefenderStellar CyberZededa

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Colleagues at Samsung Next

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Diane Choi
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Elaine Di lorio
Legal at Samsung Next
Gus Warren
Managing Director at Samsung Next
Haerim Yun
Venture Operations at Samsung Next

Frequently asked questions

Who is Raymond Liao?
Raymond Liao is Founding Managing Director at Samsung NEXT, where he leads early-stage investments in AI, intelligent machines, and edge and blockchain infrastructure. His background includes 25+ years in technology, including roles as a PhD researcher, entrepreneur, venture technologist, and CTO at Siemens. His investment portfolio includes exits in MosaicML and Leonardo in AI, and Volterra, Packet, and AST SpaceMobile in edge infrastructure.
Where does Raymond Liao work?
Raymond Liao is Vice President at Samsung Next.
What check size does Raymond Liao write?
Raymond Liao typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies has Raymond Liao invested in?
Investments tracked here include Arrcus, Edgeworx, Kind Humanoid, Liquid AI, RapidDeploy, Reality Defender, Stellar Cyber, Zededa.
Where did Raymond Liao go to school?
Raymond Liao studied at Columbia Engineering (Ph.D., COMET Group, Electrical Engineering); AT&T Labs Cambridge, UK (Summer Intern, Wireless ATM); University of Toronto (M.A.Sc., Communications Group, Electrical Engineering).

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