Raymond Liao
InvestorVice President at Samsung Next
Mountain View, California
Writes $100K β $5M checks Β· 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 β presentMountain View, California
- Field AIInvestorcurrent2024 β present
- CentMLInvestorcurrent2024 β present
- PerplexityInvestorcurrent2024 β present
- FigureInvestorcurrent2024 β present
- Liquid AIInvestorcurrent2023 β present
- Stability AIInvestorcurrent2022 β present
- OXIOInvestorcurrent2022 β present
- Space and TimeInvestorcurrent2022 β present
- Expetoβ’Investorcurrent2022 β present
- Dynamo AIInvestorcurrent2022 β present
- IoTeX - Building MachineFi For Web3Investorcurrent2022 β present
- Stellar CyberInvestorcurrent2021 β present
- ForAllSecure, IncInvestorcurrent2021 β presentPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- ZEDEDAInvestorcurrent2021 β presentSan Jose, California, United States
- EnsoInvestorcurrent2021 β presentKrakow, Poland
- Multiverse LabsInvestorcurrent2021 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- NirmataInvestorcurrent2021 β present
- Arrcus, Inc.Investorcurrent2021 β present
- MetrikaInvestorcurrent2021 β presentGreater Boston
Education
- Columbia EngineeringPh.D., COMET Group1996 β 2002
- AT&T Labs Cambridge, UKSummer Intern, Wireless ATM1999
- University of TorontoM.A.Sc., Communications Group1991 β 1993
- Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyB.E., Electronics & Informaiton Engineering1986 β 1990
Skills & more
+5 more
EntrepreneurshipWirelessMobile DevicesIT StrategyResearch and Development (R&D)Languages Chinese Β· English Β· German
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Same school
Also attended Columbia Engineering31
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Also attended University of Toronto221
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Also attended Huazhong University of Science and Technology8
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Shared employers
Also worked at IoTeX - Building MachineFi For Web32
Also worked at Enso3
Also worked at Vidrovr1
Deals Β· 1
Cast HoldingQuoted
via Samsung Next Β· filed Apr 2021
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