Raymond Liao
InvestorVice President at Samsung Next
Mountain View, California
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
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
- Samsung NEXTFounding Managing Directorcurrent2012 — presentMountain View, California
- Field AIInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- CentMLInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- PerplexityInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- FigureInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- Liquid AIInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- Stability AIInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- OXIOInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- Space and TimeInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- Expeto™Investorcurrent2022 — present
- Dynamo AIInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- IoTeX - Building MachineFi For Web3Investorcurrent2022 — present
- Stellar CyberInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- ForAllSecure, IncInvestorcurrent2021 — presentPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- ZEDEDAInvestorcurrent2021 — presentSan Jose, California, United States
- EnsoInvestorcurrent2021 — presentKrakow, Poland
- Multiverse LabsInvestorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- NirmataInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- Arrcus, Inc.Investorcurrent2021 — present
- MetrikaInvestorcurrent2021 — presentGreater Boston
- VirtruBoard Observercurrent2020 — present
- VidrovrBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- TetrateInvestorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- RapidDeployBoard Observer2018 — 2024Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- FissionInvestor2022 — 2024
- Nifty'sInvestor2021 — 2023Miami, Florida, United States
- FreedomFiInvestor2022
- ZIMPERIUMBoard Observer (started as Board Member)2013 — 2022Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
- HealthifyMeBoard Observer2018 — 2021Greater Bengaluru Area
- Bayshore NetworksBoard Observer2017 — 2021North Carolina, United States
- VolterraBoard Observer2018 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- AST SpaceMobileInvestor2020Texas, United States
- Swiftly, Inc.Board Observer2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Dataguise now part of PKWAREBoard Observer2013 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Packet, an Equinix CompanyBoard Observer2018 — 2020New York City Metropolitan Area
- nuTonomyInvestor2015 — 2017Greater Boston
- Mast MobileBoard Observer2015 — 2017New York City Metropolitan Area
- Delta ID Inc.Board Observer2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- EyeVerifyBoard Observer2015 — 2016Kansas City Metropolitan Area
- IdibonBoard Observer2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
Strategy33Management4Start-ups67Business Strategy9Software Development6Venture Capital20Product Management26Product Development11R&D18Strategic Partnerships8Business Development25Telecommunications9
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EntrepreneurshipWirelessMobile DevicesIT StrategyResearch and Development (R&D)Languages Chinese · English · German
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Deals · 1
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Chris Kurdziel
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David Lee
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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.
- Where did Raymond Liao go to school?
- Raymond Liao studied at Columbia Engineering (Ph.D., COMET Group); AT&T Labs Cambridge, UK (Summer Intern, Wireless ATM); University of Toronto (M.A.Sc., Communications Group).
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