# XSeed Capital

> XSeed Capital is a VC fund in Portola Valley backing Software and Analytics. See 98 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Portola Valley, United States
- Total investments: 98
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last fund: May 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xseed-capital
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/xseedcapital
- Website: http://www.xseedcap.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/xseedcapital

XSeed Capital is a VC fund in Portola Valley focused on Software and Analytics. XSeed believes in the creative destruction unleashed by technological innovators. Its portfolio companies boast significant differentiation that creates unique customer value. With $110 million under management, they make their initial investment commitments at the seed stage and then continue to support their portfolio companies with time,effort and follow-on capital through multiple investment rounds.The company works hard from the get-go to help entrepreneurs build value, define, and reach risk-reduction milestones, and get to their next value inflection point quickly.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $870k–$3M |
| Series A | $2M–$11M |
| Series B | $5M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 18 | 18% |
| Analytics | 12 | 12% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 12 | 12% |
| Health Care | 8 | 8% |
| Machine Learning | 8 | 8% |

109 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 36 | 37% |
| Series A | 24 | 24% |
| Series B | 12 | 12% |
| Series C | 8 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 6% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 55 | 56% |
| Israel | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alan Chiu | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-chiu |
| Bryan Vu | EIR | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryan-vu |
| Jonathan Feiber | Venture Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-feiber |
| Ken Kronquist | Executive In Residence | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ken-kronquist |
| Lev Mass | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lev-mass |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nova Credit | Nova Credit helps you access credit in the U.S. by translating your international credit score into a U.S.-equivalent credit score. This translated score is made available to U.S. financial institutions so you can apply for credit cards, loans, housing and more without having to build a U.S. credit score from scratch. Founded by newcomers, thecompany has a diverse team from around the globe who are creating a world beyond borders to help newcomers arrive and thrive. | $45M | Series C | Oct 17, 2023 |  |
| FINDMINE | FindMine is the world's leading company helping iconic brands scale their editorial point of view. FindMine's Content Engine saves retailers and brands 90% of their time while dynamically generating exponentially more high-quality, "on-brand" content. FindMine enhances sell-through, and boosts gross margins and customer lifetimevalue (by over 150%!) for customers such as Rent the Runway, Revolve, Land's End, Vineyard Vines, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, and many more. FindMine's solutions power best-in-class customer experiences across ecommerce, email, chat, marketing channels, and stores. FindMine is a Gartner Cool Vendor, and LVMH Maison des Startups member, winner of VIP Award's Best SaaS/Cloud provider and is an Inc. Magazine Top 200 Most Dynamic Women Entrepreneurs company. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 14, 2022 |  |
| FINDMINE | FindMine is the world's leading company helping iconic brands scale their editorial point of view. FindMine's Content Engine saves retailers and brands 90% of their time while dynamically generating exponentially more high-quality, "on-brand" content. FindMine enhances sell-through, and boosts gross margins and customer lifetimevalue (by over 150%!) for customers such as Rent the Runway, Revolve, Land's End, Vineyard Vines, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, and many more. FindMine's solutions power best-in-class customer experiences across ecommerce, email, chat, marketing channels, and stores. FindMine is a Gartner Cool Vendor, and LVMH Maison des Startups member, winner of VIP Award's Best SaaS/Cloud provider and is an Inc. Magazine Top 200 Most Dynamic Women Entrepreneurs company. | $8.2M |  | Sep 02, 2022 |  |
| LUUM | LUUM is introducing automation to the beauty-services market, initially focusing on eyelash extensions, a widely popular treatment ($20B global market opportunity). Pioneering a patented combination of robotics, AI, and machine vision, LUUM applies a full set of eyelash extensions in 20 minutes (instead of 2 hours), while eliminating the costsand safety risks associated with human application. |  |  | Jul 12, 2022 |  |
| LUUM | LUUM is introducing automation to the beauty-services market, initially focusing on eyelash extensions, a widely popular treatment ($20B global market opportunity). Pioneering a patented combination of robotics, AI, and machine vision, LUUM applies a full set of eyelash extensions in 20 minutes (instead of 2 hours), while eliminating the costsand safety risks associated with human application. | $2.9M | Seed | Jul 12, 2022 |  |
| LILT | Lilt powers the global experience across every step of the customer journey.We bring human-powered, technology-assisted translations to global enterprises. We give organizations everything they need to scale their translation programs, go-to-market faster than ever, and improve the global customer experience. Lilt’s translation services arepowered by our translation technology, which improves translator speeds by 3-5x and reduces localization costs by 50% or more. We're based in San Francisco with global offices in Berlin, Dublin, Indianapolis, Washington, D.C., and London, and are backed by Intel Capital, Sequoia, Redpoint, Zetta, and XSeed. | $55M | Series C | Apr 07, 2022 |  |
| Esports One | Esports One is an esports data and analytics company that wants to change the way fans watch and engage with esports. We built a computer vision and machine learning-powered platform capable of capturing and analyzing thousands of data points in real-time. This enabled us to generate one of the most comprehensive databases of League of Legendsesports stats on the planet, going all the way back to the first professional game played in 2011 and being updated with new match data in real-time. In 2020, we are bringing our database of stats to the masses with Esports One Fantasy. Users will research teams and players, set their lineup, and compete with friends in the first all-in-one fantasy platform built specifically for esports. It’s like a Bloomberg Terminal for esports. | $4M | Seed | Dec 03, 2020 |  |
| ArtisanBio | Provider of cell engineering and data analysis. | $21M | Series A | Nov 25, 2020 |  |
| Narrative | Everyone needs data. From retailers looking to overhaul their brand strategies, to companies seeking to generate new revenue from existing assets — data is an essential element that ignites compelling stories for every organization.At Narrative, we make it easy for you to access, acquire, and integrate the data your company needs to thrive. Andif you're a data owner, we can help you reach multiple, active data seekers all at once. Narrative's efficient and intuitive platform creates opportunities for both buyers and sellers to acquire or monetize data the way they see fit.Buying and selling data, simplified. So you can shape your story today. | $8.5M | Series A | Aug 27, 2020 |  |
| LILT | Lilt powers the global experience across every step of the customer journey.We bring human-powered, technology-assisted translations to global enterprises. We give organizations everything they need to scale their translation programs, go-to-market faster than ever, and improve the global customer experience. Lilt’s translation services arepowered by our translation technology, which improves translator speeds by 3-5x and reduces localization costs by 50% or more. We're based in San Francisco with global offices in Berlin, Dublin, Indianapolis, Washington, D.C., and London, and are backed by Intel Capital, Sequoia, Redpoint, Zetta, and XSeed. | $25M | Series B | May 12, 2020 |  |

10 of 98 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does XSeed Capital invest in?

XSeed Capital invests primarily in Software, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 98 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is XSeed Capital's check size?

XSeed Capital typically joins rounds of $870k–$3M at Seed, $2M–$11M at Series A and $5M–$20M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds XSeed Capital participates in.

### How do I contact XSeed Capital?

Public channels for XSeed Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at XSeed Capital?

The team at XSeed Capital includes Alan Chiu (Partner), Bryan Vu (EIR) and Jonathan Feiber (Venture Partner), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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