Investing Profile

Raymond Liao

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Vice President | Ventures Managing Director at Samsung NEXT
samsungnext.comMountain View, California
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University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
842 CONNECTIONS
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
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University of Toronto Network
48 CONNECTIONS
University of Toronto Network
48 CONNECTIONS
Siemens Network
29 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Samsung NEXT Ventures Vice President
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
8

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Raymond Liao's Investments On Record (7)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Liquid AI
SeedDec 2023$38M
$44M
Co-investors: Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Arunas Chesonis (Safar Partners), Nader Motamedy (Safar Partners), Teymour Boutros-Gali (Bold Capital Partners), Peter Diamandis (Bold Capital Partners), Tom Preston-Werner (Preston-Werner Ventures), Matt Mullenweg (Audrey Capital), Bob Young, Tobias Lutke
Kind Humanoid
Pre SeedApr 2023
Co-investors: Sven Strohband (Khosla Ventures), Trevor Blackwell
ZEDEDA
Series BJul 2022$26M
$150M
Co-investors: Bilal Zuberi (Lux Capital), Juan Muldoon (Energize Capital), Matthew Shang (Prosperity7 Ventures), Shelly Rao (Universal Hydrogen), Pasha Bogdanov (Almaz Capital), Tanya Dadasheva (Almaz Capital), Alexander Galitsky (Almaz Capital), Harris Barton
Stellar Cyber
Series BNov 2021$38M
$67M
Co-investors: Michael Lackey (HighlandX), Steve O'Hara (The Valley Fund), Raymond Choi (The Valley Fund), Corey Mulloy (Highland Capital Partners)
Arrcus
Series CMay 2021$28M
$170M
Co-investors: Steve Herrod (General Catalyst), Guru Chahal (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Rajeev Madhavan (Clear Ventures), Matthew Shang (Prosperity7 Ventures)
RapidDeploy
Series BApr 2021$40M
Series AFeb 2019$13M
$53M
Edgeworx
SeedOct 2018
Co-investors: Alireza Masrour (Plug & Play Ventures)

Raymond Liao's Experience

Vice President | Ventures Managing Director Samsung NEXT2012 - Present
Investor FieldAIPresent
Investor CentMLPresent
Investor FigurePresent
Investor PerplexityPresent
Investor Liquid AIPresent
Investor Stability AIPresent
Investor OXIOPresent
Investor Space and TimePresent
Investor Expeto™Present
Investor Dynamo AIPresent
Investor IoTeXPresent
Investor MayhemPresent
Investor Stellar CyberPresent
Investor Enso AnalyticsPresent
Investor ZEDEDAPresent
Investor NirmataPresent
Investor Multiverse LabsPresent
Investor MetrikaPresent
Investor Arrcus, Inc.Present
Board Member VidrovrPresent
Investor TetratePresent
Board Observer VirtruPresent
Founding Managing Director Samsung NextPresent
Board Observer RapidDeployPresent
Investor FissionPresent
Investor Nifty's (exited to MoonPay)Present
Investor FreedomFiPresent
Board Observer (started as Board Member) ZimperiumPresent
Board Observer HealthifyPresent
Board Observer Bayshore NetworksPresent
Board Observer VolterraPresent
Investor AST SpaceMobilePresent
Board Observer Swiftly, Inc.Present
Board Observer PKWAREPresent
Board Observer Packet, an Equinix CompanyPresent
Investor nuTonomyPresent
Board Observer University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Board Observer EyeVerifyPresent
Board Observer idibonPresent
Investor Inception MobilePresent
Board Observer Skytree® – The Machine Learning Company®Present
VP Technology & Innovation (CTO), Industrial Communications Product Unit SiemensPresent
Director of Venture Technology (started as Innovator), Siemens TTB SiemensPresent
Co-Founder University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Founding Team Invisible Hand NetworksPresent
ATM Network Performance Analyst Newbridge NetworksPresent
Investor Cyclos SemiconductorPresent

Raymond Liao's Education

Huazhong University of Science and Technology B.E. Electronics & Informaiton Engineering
University of Toronto M.A.Sc. Communications Group, Electrical Engineering
Columbia University - Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science Ph.D. COMET Group, Electrical Engineering
Columbia University - Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science Ph.D. COMET Group, Electrical Engineering
Columbia University - Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science Ph.D.
AT&T Labs Cambridge, UK Summer Intern
University of Toronto M.A.Sc.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology B.E.