Barrett Parkman

Barrett Parkman is Director of Startup and VC Ecosystem at Samsung Catalyst Fund, Samsung Electronics’ multi-stage venture capital fund focused on core technology areas including AI/deep learning, cloud infrastructure, smart machines (cars, robots, factories), IoT, digital health, and device-level technologies. Prior to Samsung, Barrett was managing partner at the GWC Innovator Fund, an early-stage venture fund that made over 30 investments in data and AI startups in Silicon Valley, China, India, and Israel. He also founded a global startup program called G-Startup Worldwide, where he helped hundreds of startups raised billions of dollars in capital and some get acquired by Amazon, Google, Alibaba, Apple and others. In addition, Barrett co-founded the Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC), where he led marketing and content to grow the event to become one of the largest tech conferences in the world. Barrett graduated from the Tsinghua University (in collaboration with MIT Sloan) International MBA program in Beijing and has continued his executive education at Stanford GSB, Harvard Business School, and UC Berkeley. He holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Georgia.