XVC — Seed VC Firm ($500K–$2.0M Checks)
XVC is a Seed venture capital firm based in New York, New York investing in SaaS, Other, Marketplace. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 29 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 29 companies on record
- Partners
- 7 listed
- AUM
- $500M
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- SaaS, Other, Marketplace, Fintech, Healthcare, Developer Tools, Consumer, EdTech
- HQ
- New York, New York
Seed
$500K – $2.0M
$500M
29+ companies
7 partners
Investment Thesis
XVC backs software businesses with strong network effects and repeatable B2B value. It is not logistics-only, but can support a category-defining operations platform.
How XVC invests
XVC is a vc firm based in New York, New York. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on SaaS, Other, Marketplace, Fintech, Healthcare.
XVC typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $500M in assets under management. Our records include 3 funds raised by the firm.
XVC has backed 29 companies in our records, including Kuaishou, Weee!, Hetao Coding.
Partners & Team
None verified
Partner
Boyu Hu
Partner
An entrepreneur and product geek, Boyu's investment experience spans over a decade. He excels at singling out 'big ideas' at early-stage, and the market value of his portfolio companies, which includes Kuaishou, Weee!, Hetao coding, Chagee, etc., reached over a hundred billion USD. Before becoming an investor, Boyu had nearly 10 years of entrepreneurial experience. He co-founded China’s largest credit risk management software company, Amarsoft (SHE:300380).
Leo Lu
Partner
Before joining XVC, Leo did in-depth study of multiple industries while he was working at Bluelake Capital with Boyu, and invested and managed several great startups. He worked at Bain & Company Shanghai and Sydney Office. Since age 11, internet has played an important role in Leo’s life. He has received many website development awards while in high school.
Rickey Yao
Partner
Rickey dreams to live in the future today. Before joining XVC, Rickey worked at GGV Capital and The Carlyle Group. At GGV, his emphasis was new population, new interaction and new consumption. He engaged in investment projects such as Zuiyou, Hellobike, Tangdou, Musical.ly, Zuoyebang, Chushou.tv, Kuaidian, Citybox and Philm.
Neil
Partner
Neil relentlessly reconstructs how he sees the world from an abstract standpoint. He believes that innovation and reconstruction are the pathways towards value creation.
Industry Focus
Invests In
Funds
XVC Fund III
XVC Fund II
XVC Fund I
Portfolio Companies (29)
Other
Kuaishou
Weee!
Online grocery delivery platform serving Asian foods and household essentials
Hetao Coding
Chagee
moody
KeenData
ONES
Software collaboration / developer productivity company
In-Link
Laifen
Lihoo's
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Other, Marketplace — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Wei Yong, Investor Relations Manager.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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