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Steven Xi

Managing Partner at Eastlink Capital

Menlo Park, California

Overview 

Steven Xi is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Eastlink Capital in Menlo Park, California, with a background in private equity, venture capital, and strategic consulting. Highlights of his career include serving as Managing Director at Riverwood Capital and Acting Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at VanceInfo Technologies Inc. Steven Xi has a strong track record in the investment industry, with notable roles at Riverwood Capital and VanceInfo Technologies Inc., showcasing expertise in private equity and corporate development. Currently, as the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Eastlink Capital, he focuses on investments in seed and Series A stages within sectors like Data Services, Cloud Infrastructure, and AI in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work Experience 

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Eastlink Capital

  • Co-Founder and Managing Partner

    2014 - Current

    VC focusing on enterprise cloud opportunities (esp. data & AI infra) primarily in the Silicon Valley. Stage focus is in seed and series A. Also have some flexibilities in stage and geos. Selectively interested in investments outside of the U.S. (Europe particularly). Big on cloud native, open source, and AI. Active in the Asian American community. Relationship driven and love to root for the underdogs (immigrants) and help the nice guys to win!

Eastlink Capital is an investment firm.

eastlinkcap.com
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StreamNative

  • Board Observer

    2021

StreamNative offers an streaming platform based on Apache Pulsar that enables companies to access enterprise data as real-time streams.

Raised $29,700,000.00 from Prosperity7 Ventures, Eastlink Capital and Sequoia Capital.

streamnative.io
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Databricks

  • Investor

    2021

Databricks is an AI cloud data platform that interacts with corporate information stored in the public cloud.

Raised $3,997,000,000.00 from Firestreak Ventures and Bossa Invest.

databricks.com
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TigerGraph

  • Board Observer

    2019

TigerGraph supports advanced analytics and machine learning platforms through its distributed native graph database.

Raised $171,846,262.00 from Victor Koch and Tiger Global Management.

tigergraph.com
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Riverwood Capital

  • Managing Director and Adviser

    2007 - 2016

    Growth capital investments in private technology companies in the U.S., Latin America and China. Over $2B assets under management. f.k.a. Bigwood Capital. Spearheaded RW's enterprise software, IT services and digital media investments in China, while based in Menlo Park.

Riverwood Capital invests in technology companies in need of financial and intellectual capital to scale.

riverwoodcapital.com
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Hina Group

  • Managing Director

    2004 - 2007

    Cross-boarder China related venture capital/PE & merchant banking services

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VanceInfo Technologies Inc. (NYSE:VIT)

  • Acting Executive Vice President, Corporate Development

    2004 - 2004

    Leading software outsourcing firm based in China with over $1.5 billion market cap.

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Sun Microsystems Inc.

  • Strategy, Utility Computing Group

    2003 - 2003

Sun Microsystems is a multinational vendor of computers, computer software and hardware, and information technology services.

Raised $1,700,000.00 from Kleiner Perkins.

sun.com

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