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XVC — Seed VC Firm ($500K–$2.0M Checks)

VC
New York, New YorkWebsite

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
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

AUM

$500M

Portfolio

29+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

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

WY

Wei Yong

Investor Relations Manager

NV

None verified

Partner

B2B SaaS
Platforms
NY

Neo Yang

Operating Partner

risk control

Neo is a “non-typical accountant”. He worked in Ernst & Young as an auditor and in Geek Founders, an angel fund, for 2 years, in charge of fund operation. He is responsible for risk control.

BH

Boyu Hu

Partner

big ideas
early-stage investments

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).

LL

Leo Lu

Partner

technology
industry studies

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.

RY

Rickey Yao

Partner

new population
new interaction
new consumption

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.

N

Neil

Partner

innovation
reconstruction

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

SaaS
Other
Marketplace
Fintech
Healthcare
Developer Tools
Consumer
EdTech

Funds

XVC Fund III

$200M2023
investing

XVC Fund II

$150M2018
actively investing

XVC Fund I

$100M2015
fully deployed

Portfolio Companies (29)

Other

KU

Kuaishou

WE

Weee!

XVC

Online grocery delivery platform serving Asian foods and household essentials

HE

Hetao Coding

CH

Chagee

MO

moody

KE

KeenData

ON

ONES

XVC

Software collaboration / developer productivity company

IN

In-Link

LA

Laifen

LI

Lihoo's

How to pitch XVC
  • •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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