Updates
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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Excited to co-host a small, invitation-only gathering this weekend with the General Association of Zhejiang Entrepreneurs USA and CASPA (Chinese American Semiconductor Professional Association), focused on optical commun...
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xNova VC participated in the AASF AIX Summit and the Columbia China Summit.
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We’re pleased to share an early portfolio update and introduce our first investment from xNova VC Fund I (Aries), L.P. We have completed an investment in CDimension, a semiconductor deep-tech company developing enabling ...
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We’re excited to share that xNova VC has invested in RoboForce, a Silicon Valley–based company building Physical AI robots for demanding industrial environments, as part of its $52M oversubscribed Pre-A round (bringing t...
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Most of today’s AI conversation is still centered around compute.
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