Updates
Over the past few days, xNova VC had the opportunity to participate in three meaningful university alumni events across Silicon Valley, each bringing together founders, investors,
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This week, we were in Taipei for GTC Taipei and COMPUTEX 2026, where the momentum around AI was unmistakable. One clear theme stood out: AI is rapidly moving from the cloud to the
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xNova VC was delighted to join the “Startup 101” salon hosted by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Silicon Valley Alumni Association on May 31, 2026. In the current wave of AI, the
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We're proud to co-host World Models After Dark — an invite-only evening at 2026 CVPR in Denver, CO, brought together by our portfolio company Physion Labs. CVPR (Conference on Com
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On May 26, 2026, Chris Ma, Founder & Managing Partner of xNova VC, joined “Meet ZJU AI Power in Silicon Valley”, an AI community gathering co-hosted by ZAI Network and Q BAY Center
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Excited to co-host the AI Pitch Night together with Altos Bank and Han Kun LLP in Silicon Valley on 5/15. Why the three of us? Because for founders at the earliest stage, the most important long-term partners are often:...
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We are excited to share that xNova VC portfolio company Sonilo has announced a strategic partnership with Shutterstock, marking Shutterstock’s first-ever partnership with a video-to-music AI platform.
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We’re excited to share that IntelliPro Pitch #2 will take place on May 1, 2026 in the Bay Area.
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On May 9, xNova VC proudly co-hosted HYSTA Talk: AI + Robotics together with HYSTA (Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association), Carnegie Mellon University, Association of Chinese Entrepreneurs (ACE) at Berkeley, and De...
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The first HYSTA Founders Club Pitch Night of 2026 offered a strong reminder of why early-stage ecosystems matter. Bringing together founders, investors, operators, and organizers, the event was not just about evaluating ...
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We’re excited to share that xNova VC Fund I (Aries) completed its Initial Closing on 1/18/2026—reaching our original target fund size at the initial close.
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In the ~100 days since our first close, we’ve been focused on one thing: building a system that consistently surfaces and supports high-conviction opportunities at the frontier of AI.
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