Michael Pachos
Managing Director at Samsung Ventures
Greater Boston
Overview
Work Experience
Head of East Coast / Managing Director
2019 - Current
Managing Director
2018
Sr. Investment Director (Seoul and Silicon Valley)
2009 - 2018
Samsung Ventures agents located in Silicon Valley & Boston focusing on US and Canada investments
Investor
2022
Board Member
2022
Vizion integrates and estimates data and observes tracking and monitoring for ocean freight, logistics, and supply chain industry.
Raised $15,500,000.00 from SaaS Ventures, Tech Square Ventures, Samsung Venture Investment, Maersk Growth, ValueStream Ventures, MS&AD Ventures, 1984 Ventures and Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund.
Investor
2022
Jaguar Gene Therapy is accelerating breakthroughs in gene therapy for patients suffering from severe genetic diseases.
Raised $139,000,000.00 from JDRF T1D Fund and Samsung Ventures.
Board Member
2019
Welldoc is a digital health platform that helps in managing chronic conditions.
Raised $55,152,027.00 from Johnson & Johnson Robotics and Digital Solutions, Hudson River Capital Partners, Samsung Ventures, TCP Venture Capital, Alexandria, Adage Capital Management, Excel Venture Management, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and Asset Management Ventures (AMV).
Investor
2017
Building a web scale, carrier grade, wireless network for modern consumer devices.
Plume is a SaaS platform that provides the delivery of technological services for connected homes.
Raised $722,357,341.00 from Bossa Invest.
Investor
2019
Investor
2019
Advisory Board Member
2014
Pangaea Ventures invests in companies solving fundamental problems in the world with hard technology; Impact Investor
BoD Observer
2013
Nanosys specializes in the development of quantum dot technology for displays.
Raised $246,700,087.00 from Centerbridge Partners, Kilonova Capital and Fortress Investment Group.