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Sheng Xu

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Venture Partner & Advisor at Lair East Labs

San Francisco, California, United States

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Sheng: together at Lair East Labs

About

Founder of Alect Labs, an innovation lab at the intersection of AI, blockchain, and next-generation financial infrastructure. Former director at BlackRock with over 13 years of fintech experience. Led strategic initiatives in systematic trading, investment platforms, and operational excellence. Expertise spans financial infrastructure design, governance, risk management, and scalable fintech architecture.

Experience

  1. Alect LabsFounder & Principal Architectcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Lair East LabsVenture Partner & Advisory Board Membercurrent2021 — present
  3. BlackRockDirector - Investment Platform, Portfolio Management Group2018 — 2025New York City & San Francisco
  4. BlackRockAMRS Chair of BlackRock Networks （MOSAIC）2023 — 2025
  5. BlackRockGlobal Co-Chair of BlackRock Vice President Network2021 — 2023
  6. BlackRockVP - Clients Analytics, Aladdin Business2015 — 2018New York City
  7. BlackRockManager - Portfolio Risk & Data Product2012 — 2015Greater Philadelphia Area
  8. 8833 Creative StudioFounder & Owner2021 — 2023
  9. Panphil Realty, LLCBusiness Analyst2011 — 2012Greater Philadelphia Area
  10. iCreative studioFounder2007 — 2009Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
  11. The Ming An Insurance Co.(China) Ltd.Finance Department Internship2008Hangzhou, China

Skills & more

Data Analysis1Program Management1Relationship Management1SalesFixed Income Portfolio ManagementOrganizational LeadershipEvent PlanningPanel ModeratorPresentation SkillsQuantitative AnalyticsProduct StrategyProduct Road Mapping
+12 moreCommunicationBusiness InsightsRisk ManagementFinancial AnalysisMicrosoft ExcelSQLC++PerlGermanLinuxPythonMicrosoft Word

Languages Chinese · English · German

  • Plenary Lectures Week 3 - International Summer Programme 2025 — University of Cambridge Professional and Continuing Education
  • Shakespeare’s Sonnets: an Introduction — University of Cambridge Professional and Continuing Education
  • AI and digital transformation in healthcare — University of Cambridge Professional and Continuing Education
  • Building your startup using Agile Principles — University of Cambridge Professional and Continuing Education
  • Philosophy of mind: the nature of conscious experience — University of Cambridge Professional and Continuing Education
  • Real Estate Salesperson — California Department of Real Estate
  • Real Estate Appraisal — Colibri Real Estate
  • Product Management Certificate — Product School
  • Regression Models — Coursera
  • Practical Machine Learning — Coursera

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Product Mentor at Lair East Labs
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Charlyn Ho
Legal Mentor at Lair East Labs
Elizabeth Tobey
Marketing Mentor at Lair East Labs
Eric Fung
Venture Partner at Lair East Labs
Han Liu
Mentor at Lair East Labs
Hannah Thompson
Product Mentor at Lair East Labs
Jane Tran
Mentor at Lair East Labs

Frequently asked questions

Who is Sheng Xu?
Founder of Alect Labs, an innovation lab at the intersection of AI, blockchain, and next-generation financial infrastructure. Former director at BlackRock with over 13 years of fintech experience. Led strategic initiatives in systematic trading, investment platforms, and operational excellence. Expertise spans financial infrastructure design, governance, risk management, and scalable fintech architecture.
Where does Sheng Xu work?
Sheng Xu is Venture Partner & Advisor at Lair East Labs.
Where did Sheng Xu go to school?
Sheng Xu studied at Drexel University (MBA & MS in Finance, Finance); University of Cambridge (International Summer Program); Product School (Product Management Certificate, Product Management).

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