Xijing Dai (Jacob Dai)
Unicorn founderCo-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Airwallex
Singapore
FoundedAirwallex$11B
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Esther GilmoreunlockedXijing: together at University of Melbourne (2004)
×5Xijing: together at Airwallex
Xijing: together at University of Melbourne
×5Xijing: together at Plug and Play Ventures
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Airwallex
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Airwallex's investors · 28
Activant CapitalNew York · $100K – $50M checksAdditionNew York · $1M – $500M checks · since 2026AEF Greater Bay Area FundHong Kong · $2.5M – $28M checksAirTree VenturesSydney · $132K – $16.5M checksAmex VenturesPalo Alto · since 2026Athletic VenturesBaillie GiffordEdinburgh · since 2026Blackbird VenturesSydney · $149K – $60M checksBowery CapitalNew York · $1M – $2M checksDST GlobalGeorge Town, Grand Cayman · $100K – $200M checks · since 2021G SquaredChicago · since 2021Gobi PartnersHong Kong · $709K – $37M checksGobi Partners ChinaShanghai · $500K – $3M checksGreenoaksSan Francisco · $1M – $50M checksHaun VenturesSilicon Valley · $1M – $100M checks · since 2026HedosophiaLondon · since 2026HongShan Capital GroupHong Kong · $100K – $50M checksHorizons VenturesHong Kong · $1M – $110M checksHummingbird VenturesSingapore · $500K – $10M checksInsiders VenturesSt. HelierK3 VenturesSingapore · $1.2M – $42M checksPlug and Play VenturesSunnyvale · $50K – $12M checksQED InvestorsAlexandria · $30K – $25M checks · since 2026R136 VenturesWoodside · $2M – $20M checksSalesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checks · since 2021Square Peg CapitalMelbourne · since 2017T. Rowe PriceBaltimore · since 2026VetamerMenlo Park · since 2021
Co-founders at Airwallex
JZ
Jack ZhangCEO
ML
Max LiCo-Founder and Head of Design
LY
Lucy Yueting LiuCo-Founder and President
KW
Ki-Lok WongCo-Founder and Principal Architect
JD
Jacob DaiFounder
Founder at Airwallex
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Airwallex's investors · 28
Activant CapitalNew York · $100K – $50M checksAdditionNew York · $1M – $500M checks · since 2026AEF Greater Bay Area FundHong Kong · $2.5M – $28M checksAirTree VenturesSydney · $132K – $16.5M checksAmex VenturesPalo Alto · since 2026Athletic VenturesBaillie GiffordEdinburgh · since 2026Blackbird VenturesSydney · $149K – $60M checksBowery CapitalNew York · $1M – $2M checksDST GlobalGeorge Town, Grand Cayman · $100K – $200M checks · since 2021G SquaredChicago · since 2021Gobi PartnersHong Kong · $709K – $37M checksGobi Partners ChinaShanghai · $500K – $3M checksGreenoaksSan Francisco · $1M – $50M checksHaun VenturesSilicon Valley · $1M – $100M checks · since 2026HedosophiaLondon · since 2026HongShan Capital GroupHong Kong · $100K – $50M checksHorizons VenturesHong Kong · $1M – $110M checksHummingbird VenturesSingapore · $500K – $10M checksInsiders VenturesSt. HelierK3 VenturesSingapore · $1.2M – $42M checksPlug and Play VenturesSunnyvale · $50K – $12M checksQED InvestorsAlexandria · $30K – $25M checks · since 2026R136 VenturesWoodside · $2M – $20M checksSalesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checks · since 2021Square Peg CapitalMelbourne · since 2017T. Rowe PriceBaltimore · since 2026VetamerMenlo Park · since 2021
Co-founders at Airwallex
JZ
Jack ZhangCEO
ML
Max LiCo-Founder and Head of Design
LY
Lucy Yueting LiuCo-Founder and President
XD
Xijing Dai (Jacob Dai)Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
KW
Ki-Lok WongCo-Founder and Principal Architect
Experience
- AirwallexCo-Founder / CTOcurrent2015 — present
- Various failed startupsCo-Founder / CTO2009 — 2015Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Skills & more
StrategyAgile MethodologiesBusiness AnalysisProject ManagementSoftware DevelopmentConsultingInfrastructureAlgorithmsScriptingArtificial Neural NetworksDeep LearningMachine Learning
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SecurityCassandraJavaSQLJavaScriptMicrosoft SQL ServerC++Embedded SystemsLanguages Chinese · English
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- Who is Xijing Dai (Jacob Dai)?
- Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Airwallex
- Where does Xijing Dai (Jacob Dai) work?
- Xijing Dai (Jacob Dai) is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Airwallex.
- What companies did Xijing Dai (Jacob Dai) found?
- Xijing Dai (Jacob Dai) founded Airwallex.
- Where did Xijing Dai (Jacob Dai) go to school?
- Xijing Dai (Jacob Dai) studied at University of Melbourne (Master of Engineering (Software), Computer Software Engineering); University of Melbourne (Bachelor of Engineering (Software), Computer Software Engineering).
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