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Vinod Cherian

Investor, Samsung NEXT Ventures at Samsung NEXT Ventures

Vinod Cherian is a Senior Director and Head of the Open Innovations Group at Samsung Research America, where he also serves as an investor at Samsung NEXT Ventures. He focuses on identifying game-changing technologies across sectors including on-device AI, camera, health sensors, AR/XR, wearables, and foldable devices, with a mandate covering startups across the United States and Canada.

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Roles

  • Investor, Samsung NEXT Ventures
  • Senior Director and Head of Open Innovations, Samsung Research America

Organizations

  • Samsung NEXT Ventures
  • Samsung Research America

Locations

  • British Columbia (remote/travel-based)

Tags

  • ar-xr
  • hardware
  • on-device-ai
  • open-innovation
  • samsung
  • startups
  • venture-capital