John Xie
Investor at Startups
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder and CEO
2017 - Current
Meet your AI workforce with Taskade! Build, train, and deploy your AI agents for any task. Instantly craft plans, mind map, and more. Boost productivity 10X with Taskade! 🚀
Taskade is a real-time organization and collaboration tool for distributed teams.
Raised $5,150,000.00 from Amit Shanbhag, Grishin Robotics, Y Combinator, Pareto Holdings, Edward Lando, Y Combinator and Zillionize.
Angel Investor
2018
DEV.to (Seed) GitStart (Seed) Knowtex (Seed) Writesonic (Seed) Laserfocus (Seed) Stacked (Seed)
Senior Director of i18n
2015 - 2016
Co-Founder
2013 - 2015
MeowChat (Acquired by Razer Inc.) is a social discovery platform on iOS and Android with over 25 millions installs and users around the world. The app connects users with penpals and made it fun to chat and meet new friends. MeowChat reached #1 App Store ranking in over 20 countries. • http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/11/05/messaging-app-meowchat-hunts-down-8-million-on-prowl-for-more/
Co-Founder
2010 - 2015
Minus is a minimalist photo sharing platform that simplified the way users share files to just drag-n-drop and sharing a link. Minus sets itself apart with its simplicity and dedicated apps for nearly every platform (Win, Mac, Chrome, iOS, Android) in addition to the browser accessible web app. Minus has been featured in numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Mashable, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Gizmodo, Lifehacker, PCWorld, Mirror, CNET, Yahoo, Independent, TheNextWeb, Fortune Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine and more. • https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/02/minus-raises-1-million-from-idg-capital-to-simplify-file-sharing/ • https://techcrunch.com/2010/11/23/minus/ • http://lifehacker.com/5833186/minus-is-a-drag-and-drop-file-sharing-service • https://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/11/03/try-this-minus-wonderfully-minimalist-drag-and-drop-photo-sharing/ • https://www.wsj.com/video/minus-image-gallery-sharing-service-demo/2C9E08B4-A180-4FD7-A6C2-3CCBFEC4ED5B.html
Minus builds and runs MeowChat, a mobile chat and photo sharing application available on iPhone and Android, launched in March 2013.
Raised $11,117,870.00 from IDG Capital, Social Starts, Eniac Ventures and Susquehanna International Group (SIG).
Founder and CEO
2003 - 2012
John Xie is the founder and CEO of Cirtex Corp, a leading web hosting service provider hosting more than 100,000 websites internationally, specializing in video and social media hosting solutions. Cirtex Corp has flourished in a hyper-competitive, commoditized industry by delivering affordable, scalable and professional web hosting solutions that meet the needs of a variety of clientele. As one of the first web hosting providers to develop an all-in-one web hosting solution for online video sharing websites, Cirtex Corp enables new clients to sign up and have a website online within minutes – whether it’s a video sharing website, online gallery, social media website, blog, social networking website, or an online business presence. Brands under Cirtex Corp included www.hostv.com and cirtexhosting.com. Cirtex Corp has been featured in Bloomberg, INC Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, BusinessWeek and more. Notable clients included Dota Allstars, Garry's Mod, phpBB, and more. • https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/222646