Edward Chyau is the Managing Partner of MESH (also known as Mesh Ventures). See sector focus and contact routes.
Edward Chyau is the Managing Partner of MESH (also known as Mesh Ventures), a venture capital firm he founded in 2015 that is based in Taipei, Taiwan, with a focus on innovation in the electronics industry. His investment thesis targets early-stage technology companies, particularly those advancing core electronics and semiconductor technologies, with a geographic focus on leveraging Taiwan’s supply chain while connecting startups to partners in the U.S. and China. MESH typically leads investments, as evidenced by Chyau leading Empower Semiconductor’s $45 million Series C1 round, and the firm invests annually between $50 million and $100 million across its portfolio. Notable portfolio companies include Empower Semiconductor, where Chyau serves on the board, and HYPR, for which he has also been a board member since 2015. Chyau distinguishes himself through a multidisciplinary engineering background—holding degrees in Materials Science and Applied Biology from Georgia Tech—and a point of view that emphasizes hardware entrepreneurship as critical, especially in sectors like electric vehicles, where he has stated that “hardware startups are sexy” when
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