Luke Xie
FounderFounder at SatLayer · Former Founding Associate at Romulus Capital
Singapore
FoundedSatLayer
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About
Luke Xie is Co-Founder and CEO of SatLayer, where he built a team of over 20 people, grew the protocol to more than $450M in deposits within 11 months, and raised an $8M pre-seed round from investors including Castle Island, Hack VC, Franklin Templeton, and OKX Ventures. He co-founded Press Start Capital, an investor in projects such as Monad, aPriori, and Zerodev, as well as the MIT x Harvard Blockchain Accelerator. Earlier in his career, he worked in growth and local operations at Airbnb, led revenue at a hardware Kickstarter startup, and began as a business analyst at McKinsey.
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Experience
- StealthAdvisorcurrent2026 — present
- Marvin VCFounder Advisorcurrent2026 — present
- SatLayerCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2024 — present
- Press Start CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2024 — present
- Press Start CapitalCo-Founder & General Partner2022 — 2024Los Angeles / Singapore
- MIT x Harvard Blockchain AcceleratorCore Contributor2024 — 2026
- Voyance GroupAdvisor2022 — 2024
- Voyance GroupPartner2020 — 2022Los Angeles / Beijing
- Comma VenturesCo-Founder & General Partner2018 — 2022
- RocketFuelPartner2017 — 2021
- On DeckFellow (ODF3)2020
- Sentio (fmr. Andromium)Head of Revenue2016 — 2017
- AirbnbGrowth & Local Ops2014 — 2015
- Wilshire AxonBusiness Development and Delivery2013 — 2014
- CODA Automotive, Inc.Manager, Corporate Strategy & Business Development2011 — 2013
- McKinsey & CompanyBusiness Analyst2010 — 2011
- Romulus CapitalFounding Associate2008 — 2010
- ActivisionProduction2007
- MIT Media LabResearch Associate2006 — 2007
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Business DevelopmentAutomotiveProduct ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipStrategic PartnershipsInvestmentsProduct DevelopmentMarket ResearchPortfolio ManagementMarket AnalysisMergers & AcquisitionsBlockchainLanguages English · Mandarin
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Luke Xie?
- Luke Xie is Co-Founder and CEO of SatLayer, where he built a team of over 20 people, grew the protocol to more than $450M in deposits within 11 months, and raised an $8M pre-seed round from investors including Castle Island, Hack VC, Franklin Templeton, and OKX Ventures. He co-founded Press Start Capital, an investor in projects such as Monad, aPriori, and Zerodev, as well as the MIT x Harvard Blockchain Accelerator. Earlier in his career, he worked in growth and local operations at Airbnb, led revenue at a hardware Kickstarter startup, and began as a business analyst at McKinsey.
- Where does Luke Xie work?
- Luke Xie is Founder of SatLayer.
- What companies did Luke Xie found?
- Luke Xie founded SatLayer.
- Where did Luke Xie go to school?
- Luke Xie studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science, Management Science); Carmel High School.
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