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Mike Xia

Investor

Advisor at Homebrew

San Francisco, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Mike Xia is the founder and CEO of Anvil Robotics. He has founded four deep technology companies that have collectively raised over $20 million in venture funding. Xia has operated these ventures across multiple technology cycles over the past decade.

Experience

  1. Anvil RoboticsFounder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Menlo ResearchAdvisorcurrent2025 — presentSingapore
  3. Matter Venture PartnersVenture Fellowcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. Voltage ParkChief Product Officer2023 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
  5. Lumina | AI-powered 4K webcamAdvisor2023Taipei City, Taiwan
  6. Lumina | AI-powered 4K webcamCo-Founder and CTO2021 — 2023Taipei City, Taiwan
  7. MIT - senseable city labGraduate Research Assistant2013 — 2015Cambridge, MA

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Urban Studies and Planning
  2. Y Combinator2015
  3. University of MarylandMechatronics, Robotics

Colleagues at Homebrew

Hunter Walk
Co-founder & Partner at Homebrew
Kate Coughlin Stern
Principal at Homebrew
Satya Patel
Partner at Homebrew

Frequently asked questions

Where does Mike Xia work?
Mike Xia is Advisor at Homebrew.
What check size does Mike Xia write?
Mike Xia typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,280

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars

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Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Maroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious VenturesMuzzammil (MZ) ZaveriPartner at Audacious Ventures backing ambitious early-stage founders

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Also attended University of Maryland203

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Shared employers

Also worked at Anvil Robotics2

Haomiao HuangFounding Partner at Matter Venture PartnersVivek SoderaGeneral Partner at Supercharge.vc

Also worked at Voltage Park2

Eric ParkFounder at CadenceJaden WangFounder at OpenRelay

Also worked at MIT - senseable city lab441

Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Noubar AfeyanInvestor at Flagship PioneeringVyas RamananVenture Partner at Third Rock VenturesRhie LimPartner, Global Strategy at One Way Ventures

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