Scott Levine left his managing director position at WarnerMedia Investments, media group WarnerMedia’s now-defunct corporate venturing unit, to join Samsung Catalyst Fund, which is owned by electronics manufacturer Samsung, last month.
WarnerMedia Investments, formerly known as Time Warner Investments, hired Levine in 2011 and he was responsible for investments in digital media startups. He was also part of the 2018 batch of Global Corporate Venturing’s Rising Stars award last year.
WarnerMedia Investments’ deals in which Levine participated included investments in video technology software providers You.i TV and Conviva, as well as virtual reality technology developers 8i and NextVR.
Levine also oversaw funding for portfolio companies that were later acquired, such as data management developer Krux, which was bought by Salesforce for about $700m, and online video content producer Maker Studios, which was acquired for $500m by Walt Disney.
Levine helped launch Samsung Catalyst Fund’s New York office, which he now leads as managing director, focusing on developers of data-empowered technologies in the healthcare, retail and finance sector, that are based in the eastern parts of the US and Canada.
Photo of Scott Levine courtesy of LinkedIn.
