Chun Xia is the Founding Partner of TSVC, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm he co-founded in 2010 as the first. See sector focus and contact routes.
Chun Xia is the Founding Partner of TSVC, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm he co-founded in 2010 as the first super angel fund operated by Chinese immigrants in the region. Before investing, he was a serial tech entrepreneur who served as CEO of Mash5 Technologies and co-founder of brightinfo.com, holding a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois. His investment thesis targets early-stage startups, primarily at the seed level, with a focus on IoT, enterprise software, edge computing, mobile internet, and medical devices, often leveraging deep ties to the Tsinghua entrepreneurial ecosystem in China. TSVC typically invests check sizes ranging from $50,000 to $400,000 with a sweet spot around $150,000, and Xia is known to lead rounds. Notable portfolio companies include Zoom, which TSVC was the first fund to invest in, as well as Carta, Ginkgo Bioworks, and Jasper. Xia describes his philosophy as constantly looking for unicorns and views himself as living proof of the American Dream, drawing on his background as a former immigrant entrepreneur.
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