Where does Mike Xia work?

Mike Xia is Venture Fellow at Matter Venture Partners.

What check size does Mike Xia write?

Mike Xia typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Where did Mike Xia go to school?

Mike Xia studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Department of Urban Studies and Planning); Y Combinator; University of Maryland (Mechatronics, Robotics).

Mike Xia

Investor

Venture Fellow at Matter Venture Partners · Advisor at Homebrew

San Francisco, California

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

Find your path to Mike

445 people in our graph share verified history with Mike — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Noubar AfeyanunlockedMike: together at MIT - senseable city lab (2013–2015)

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Mike: together at Homebrew

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

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

Colleagues at Matter Venture Partners

Albert Lee

Head of Strategic Relationships at Matter Venture Partners

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Investor at Matter Venture Partners

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Investor at Matter Venture Partners

Haomiao Huang

Founding Partner at Matter Venture Partners

Wen Hsieh

Founding Managing Partner at Matter Venture Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Mike Xia?: 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.
Where does Mike Xia work?: Mike Xia is Venture Fellow at Matter Venture Partners.
What check size does Mike Xia write?: Mike Xia typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Where did Mike Xia go to school?: Mike Xia studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Department of Urban Studies and Planning); Y Combinator; University of Maryland (Mechatronics, Robotics).

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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,000

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Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of Particle Arhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear Ventures Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire Ventures Jon XuGeneral Partner at Y Combinator Chris GoldaGeneral Partner at Y Combinator

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Also attended University of Maryland365

Katrina PagliaChief Legal Officer at Pantera Capital Sujal PatelStrategic Director at Madrona Venture Group Daniel DemmerInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners Dan RochkindCFO at Lerer Hippeau Aaron EpsteinGeneral Partner at Y Combinator Kevin NiechenInvestment Team at 8VC

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