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List of acquisitions by Samsung

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List of acquisitions by Samsung

Samsung's headquarters in Silicon Valley, where Samsung NEXT and Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center also have locations.[1]
Samsung's Logo

Samsung is a South Korean conglomerate with affiliates in businesses including electronics, financial services, machinery and heavy industries.[2][3] Samsung formed Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center (SSIC) in 2012 and Samsung NEXT in 2013 for incubation, investment, partnerships, and acquisitions.[4][5] In 2017, Samsung NEXT created a USD 150 million fund for early-stage software and services startups.[4] Samsung Catalyst Fund, SSIC's investment arm, has funded 15-20 startups per year.[6] SSIC primarily focuses on internet of things, cloud and computer data storage, smart machines, smart health, and privacy and security.[6] In 2025, Samsung Electronics launched a business support division with a dedicated mergers and acquisitions team.[7] The tables below are an incomplete list of Samsung's recorded acquisitions, stakes, and divestments.

Unit Former Names Year Established Number of Investments Completed (2017) Acquisitions
Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center 2012 40 (SCF) Harman International
Samsung NEXT Open Innovation Center; Global Innovation Center 2013 70 LoopPay, SmartThings, Viv, Joyent

Acquisitions

Date[note 1] Company Business Country Value (USD) Ref. Derived products Acquired by
1 December 2010 MEDISON Co. Medical Equipment South Korea South Korea — [8] Diagnostic Ultrasound Systems Samsung Electronics
2 July 2011 Grandis, Inc. Spin-Transfer Torque Random Access Memory (MRAM)  United States — [9]

[10]

Samsung Electronics
3 December 2011 S-LCD Corporation Liquid-crystal display (LCD) South Korea South Korea 939,000,000[note 2] [11][12] Samsung Electronics
4 May 2012 mSpot Music Service  United States — [13] Samsung Music Hub Samsung Electronics
5 December 2012 NVELO, Inc. Software  United States — [14] Samsung Electronics
6 January 2013 NeuroLogica Medical imaging  United States — [15] Samsung Electronics
7 August 2014 SmartThings Home Automation  United States [note 3] [16] Samsung Electronics
8 August 2014 Quietside LLC Smart Home  United States — [17] Samsung Electronics
9 November 2014 Proximal Data Server-Side Caching Software  United States — [18] Samsung Electronics
10 February 2015 LoopPay Mobile payment  United States — [19] Samsung Pay Samsung Electronics
11 March 2015 YESCO Electronics Digital Billboards/Message Signs  United States — [20] Samsung Electronics
12 June 2016 Joyent Cloud computing  United States — [21] Samsung Electronics
13 August 2016 Dacor (kitchen appliances) Home appliance  United States — [22] Samsung Electronics America
14 October 2016 Viv Labs, Inc. Artificial intelligence — [23] Bixby 2.0 Samsung Electronics
15 November 2016 NewNet Canada Rich Communication Services (RCS) Canada Canada — [24] Samsung Electronics Canada Inc.
16 March 2017 Harman International Automotive electronics, Audio equipment  United States 8,000,000,000 [25][26] Samsung Electronics
17 October 2018 Zhilabs 5G [27] Samsung Electronics
18 January 2020 Teleworld 5G  United States [28] Samsung Electronics
19 May 2024 Sonio SAS Fetal ultrasound AI software France France [29] Samsung Medison
20 July 2024 Oxford Semantic Technologies Knowledge graph United Kingdom United Kingdom — [30] Samsung Electronics
21 July 2025 Xealth Digital health  United States — [31] Samsung Electronics
22 November 2025 FläktGroup Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning Germany Germany 1,800,000,000[note 4] [32]

[33]

Samsung Electronics
23 December 2025 ADAS business of ZF Group Advanced driver-assistance system Germany Germany 1,800,000,000[note 5] [34] Harman International

Stakes

Company Business Country Stake (%) Ref. Derived products Acquired by
1 Atlântico Sul Shipbuilding Brazil Brazil 10 [35]

[36]

Joao Candido[note 6] Samsung Heavy Industries
2 DGB Financial Group Banking South Korea South Korea 7.4 [37] Samsung Life Insurance
3 Corning Inc. Glass  United States 7.4 [38] Gorilla Glass Samsung Display
4 Doosan Engine Construction South Korea South Korea 14.1 [39] Samsung Heavy Industries
5 Pantech Mobile phone South Korea South Korea 10 [40] Samsung Electronics
6 Rambus Chip Interface  United States 4.19 [41] Samsung Electronics
7 Renault Korea Automotive South Korea South Korea 19.9 [42] Samsung
8 Seagate Technology Data storage  United States 9.6 [43] Samsung Electronics
9 Sungjin Geotec Offshore drilling South Korea South Korea 10 [44] Samsung Engineering
10 Taylor Energy Oil  United States 20 [45] Samsung Oil & Gas USA Corp.

Divestments

Target Company Business Country Date Sold Ref. Pre-Sale Owners Acquirer(s)
1 Rollei Optical instrument Germany 1999 [46] Samsung Techwin Rollei Management
2 Samsung Techwin Closed-circuit television South Korea June 2015 [47]

[48]

Samsung Hanwha Group
3 Samsung Thales Co., Ltd.[note 7] business South Korea France June 2015 [49] Samsung Techwin, Thales Group Hanwha Group
4 Samsung General Chemicals Chemical industry South Korea [50][51] Samsung Hanwha Group[note 8]
5 Hanhwa Total Chemical industry South Korea France June 2015 [48] Samsung General Chemicals, Total Petrochemicals Hanwha Group
6 Sharp Corporation Electronics industry Japan 2016 [52] Foxconn

Notes

  1. ↑ Initial acquisition announcement date indicated unless separate acquisition finalization announcement date found
  2. ↑ Cash consideration of approximately KRW 1.08 trillion, representing the purchase of Sony's entire stake in joint venture
  3. ↑ TechCrunch reported the price to be around $200 million.
  4. ↑ €1.5 billion (Estimated Conversion based on End of Q2 2025 Basic Conversion Rate provided by U.S. Treasury)
  5. ↑ €1.5 billion (Estimated Conversion based on End of Q4 2025 Basic Conversion Rate provided by U.S. Treasury)
  6. ↑ The Joao Candido, Brazil's largest ship, was built by Atlântico Sul with technology licensed by Samsung Heavy Industries. The companies have a technical assistance agreement through which industrial design, vessel engineering and other know-how is being transferred to Atlântico Sul.
  7. ↑ Until 2001 known as Samsung Thomson-CSF Co., Ltd.
  8. ↑ Another chemical division was sold to Lotte Corporation in 2016.

References

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