Alan Chiu

Co-Founder & CEO

2020 - Current

Enabling hybrid applications between the blockchain and off-chain worlds

Co-Founder

2018 - 2020

President, Stanford GSB Alumni Association

2023

Board Member, Stanford GSB Alumni Association

2020

Selected to serve a 3-year term on the Stanford GSB Alumni Association Board of Directors. The Board consists of 18 alumni who guide the school in serving 30,000+ GSB alumni and its mission to develop innovative, principled, and insightful leaders who change the world.

VP & Treasurer, Stanford GSB Alumni Association

2022 - 2023

Co-Founder

2021

The first and only multichain Layer 2 blockchain scaling platform, offering Hybrid Compute to developers worldwide

Co-President

2014

With 1,800+ alumni members in the San Francisco bay area alone and chapters around the world, Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs is the premier network of Stanford alumni who are active in the startup community as investors or entrepreneurs. Through regular pitch meetings, educational panels, and social events, members develop invaluable relationships that further their career and investment portfolio. Portfolio companies include SoFi (going public via $IPOE), Blue River (acquired by John Deere for $300M+), and CirroSecure (acquired by Palo Alto Networks). If you are interested in pitching to our angel members please send your pitch deck to submission@stanfordaande.com. Our investment committee reviews every single pitch.

Investor

2017 - 2021

Acquired by Axon (Nasdaq: AXON)

Advisor

2018 - 2020

Lecturer

2019 - 2019

Partner

2011 - 2019

Update: On leave of absence to focus on building Enya.ai We invest in entrepreneurs who are setting the world on fire. Founded in 2006 as a pioneer of the new venture industry, XSeed Capital is an early stage investment firm that works with entrepreneurs whose goal is to build category-leading, high growth companies. We are serial entrepreneurs who appreciate the dedication, passion, anxiety and sleepless nights it takes to build something valuable from scratch. Board Member: StackStorm (acquired by Brocade), Breakaway Board Observer: Lex Machina (acquired by RELX Group), Migo (acquired by PayU), SIPX (acquired by Proquest), Zooz, Playnomics (acquired by Unity), AtScale Other portfolio companies sourced / involved with: AtScale, Listo, Teapot (acquired by Stripe), Caspar.ai, Pixlee, Inklo, Dispatcher, My90 Words from the entrepreneurs we are privileged to work with: http://xseedcap.com/entrepreneurs/ Taught product management class at Stanford in Strategies of Effective Product Management (S509) by Amir Goldberg and Robert Siegel Mentor/Speaker at Stanford: - Stanford Venture Studio - Spark (Stanford Technology Ventures Program) - Cardinal Ventures - Stanford Ignite - Topics in Digital Business (S517) by Susan Athey - Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital (S354) by Peter Wendell, Eric Schmidt, Raymond Nasr - Startup Garage (S366) by Stefanos Zenios - Lean Launchpad (E245) by Steve Blank, Jon Feiber, Ann Miura-Ko - Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital (S354) by Peter Ziebelman - Design for Extreme Affordability (Stanford d.school) - Purposeful Change - Harness Your Personal Meaning to Increase Your Impact - Creating a New Venture (S321) by Dennis Rohan Talks given at Stanford: - Nailing Product-Market Fit - Pricing and Revenue Models - How to Succeed in Product Management - Building a Successful Founding Team - (For MBA's) How to Work with Engineers - (For engineers) How to Work with Business People - (For non-tech founders) Do I Need a Technical Co-Founder?

Investor / Board Member

2016 - 2018

Investor / Board Observer

2014 - 2018

Consumer finance startup focused on emerging markets