Investing Profile

Raymond Liao

CEO
Vice President | Ventures Managing Director at Samsung NEXT
samsungnext.comMountain View, California
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Networks Raymond is a member of
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
841 CONNECTIONS
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
841 CONNECTIONS
University of Toronto Network
83 CONNECTIONS
University of Toronto Network
83 CONNECTIONS
Siemens Network
65 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

Raymond Liao is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Raymond Liao's Investments On Record (7)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Liquid AI
SeedDec 2023$38M
$290M
Co-investors: Stephen Pagliuca (Bain Capital), 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), Kurt Schmidt (7BC Venture 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: Steve O'Hara (The Valley Fund), Michael Lackey (HighlandX), 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), Aysar Tayeb (Prosperity7 Ventures), Matthew Shang (Prosperity7 Ventures)
RapidDeploy
Series BApr 2021$40M
Series AFeb 2019$13M
$87M
Co-investors: Mark Dyne (Morpheus Ventures)
Edgeworx
SeedOct 2018
Co-investors: Alireza Masrour (Plug & Play Ventures)

Raymond Liao's Experience

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

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.