Edward Chyau

Managing Partner at MESH

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 8 investments📅 13 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2022
Angel investor🌍 United States
8
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13y
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Board Member
Sep 2022
Movellus Aeonic™ IP delivers chip-level architectural innovations to improve system performance through feature-rich, synthesizable IP. Aeonic is a Digital IP platform that solves system-level challenges in areas including power and performance optimization and monitoring in a manner that is configurable, synthesizable and process portable. The foundation of Aeonic is Movellus’ core expertise in converting traditionally analog functions into the digital domain and combining this with system-level knowledge to solve customer problems while providing those customers R&D leverage, flexibility, programmability and high degrees of observability as well as testability driven by a digital first approach. Founded in 2014, Movellus is headquartered in Sunnyvale , California.
Board Member
Nov 2021
Empower Semiconductor’s technology powers the AI revolution by reducing the energy footprint and total cost of ownership of Data Centers. Its transformational Integrated Voltage Regulators deliver on-demand scalable power with the speed, precision, and signal integrity required by AI processors. Empower’s power management architecture shrinks solution footprint, height and component count achieving vertical power delivery with unprecedented power density and efficiency. Learn more at empowersemi.com. All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Investor
Aug 2021
At MosaicML, we believe that all organizations should have access to state-of-the art AI capabilities. Our fully managed infrastructure and software tools lets you train and deploy large-scale machine learning models using your own data. We optimize every layer of the model development process - from algorithms to systems to hardware - so you can get more accurate insights, faster. We’ll help you train the ML models you need with the time and budget you have. Let’s put your data to work.
Board Observer
Dec 2019
Navitas Semiconductor (Nasdaq: NVTS) is the only pure-play, next-generation power-semiconductor company, founded in 2014. GaNFast™ power ICs integrate gallium nitride (GaN) power and drive, with control, sensing, and protection to enable faster charging, higher power density, and greater energy savings. Complementary GeneSiC™ power devices are optimized high-power, high-voltage, and high-reliability silicon carbide (SiC) solutions. Focus markets include mobile, consumer, data center, EV, solar, wind, smart grid, and industrial. Over 185 Navitas patents are issued or pending. Over 50 million GaN units have been shipped with zero reported GaN field failures, and Navitas introduced the industry’s first and only 20-year warranty. Navitas is the world’s first semiconductor company to be CarbonNeutral®-certified. Navitas has a strong and growing team of power semiconductor industry experts with a combined 300 years of experience in materials, devices, applications, systems and marketing, plus a proven record of innovation with over 200 patents among its founders. GaN power ICs integrate GaN power with drive, control and protection to enable faster charging, higher power density and greater energy savings for mobile, consumer, enterprise, eMobility and new energy markets. Over 130 Navitas patents are issued or pending, and over 30 million GaNFast power ICs have been shipped with zero reported field failures.
Board Observer
Jan 2017
Aatmunn, meaning "soul," is an industrial technology company with a clear mission: to revolutionize the lives of over 2 billion frontline workers globally. In 2023, over 2 million frontline workers tragically lost their lives, despite a $1 trillion investment in safety and productivity improvements. The adoption of technology among these workers has been inconsistent, leading to stagnant or declining outcomes. Aatmunn aims to change this narrative with its AI-powered data fabric and applications, already trusted by 150+ marquee customers like SpaceX, PepsiCo, and Amazon, as well as device manufacturers such as 3M and RKI. Weve achieved remarkable growth, with a 100% YoY increase in ARR.
Board Observer
Sep 2016
HYPR, the leader in passwordless identity assurance, delivers the industrys most comprehensive end-to-end identity security for your workforce and customers. By unifying phishing-resistant passwordless authentication, adaptive risk mitigation, and automated identity verification, HYPR ensures secure and seamless user experiences for everyone. Trusted by organizations worldwide, including two of the four largest US banks, leading manufacturers, and critical infrastructure companies, HYPR secures some of the most complex and demanding environments globally, showcasing our commitment to innovation and security excellence.
Investor
Aug 2013
WHILL connects the world with personal transportation solutions. Our mission is to deliver fun and innovative mobility for all. In addition to designing and selling mobility vehicles, WHILL provides mobility-as-a-service, offering autonomous transportation services as well as on-site fleet and short-term rental services that make public spaces such as airports, hospitals, and vacation destinations more accessible.
Board Member
Jan 2013
citiesocial was formed with the simple mission of matching emerging brands with consumers in Asia. Since 2011, our curated E-commerce platform has grown to a customer base of 600,000 in Taiwan. In this time we have featured over 2,000 of the most brilliant brands and more than 60,000 of their products. We differentiate ourselves from the pack by not only helping creators pitch their wares, but also giving them a chance to tell their unique brand stories to our band of loyal fans. We are a haven for discovering the most unashamedly cool stuff on the entire planet. If you would like to sell through citiesocial, please contact us at partner@citiesocial.com Check out https://partner.citiesocial.com/ We offer an English-speaking point of contact and offer services including brand localization, omni-channel sales planning, cross-border logistics, sales forecasting and inventory planning. citiesocial 找 好東西於 2011年成立,秉持著「各地精選、在地發現」的精神,我們精選世界各地的新興品牌,創造亞洲美好的購物體驗,使消費者不用出國也能找到好東西。自成立以來,citiesocial 突破傳統電商模式,以平台模式開發並提高電商經營規格,目前已經擁有台灣高達 60萬會員。不僅如此,citiesocial 更計畫在 2018年在中國、韓國及日本等國家爭取策略合作的機會以擴大銷售。屆時,我們將擁有超過 2千個精選品牌以及 6萬件居家單品和時尚配件。 我們與眾不同的是,citiesocial不僅幫助新創品牌推銷自己設計的產品,更有機會向我們的忠實客戶介紹獨特的品牌故事,citiesocial將成為這個世界上所有新興產品的走進消費者心中最完美的捷徑。 如果您有最新穎的產品想要讓 citiesocial為您推薦給更多消費者,合作請來信 partner@citiesocial.com。我們貼心提供英語的合作聯繫窗口,讓品牌能夠精準的被在地化推薦,並提供銷售策畫以及跨境物流合作,讓 citiesocial成為您在亞洲推銷品牌最穩固的橋樑。
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2022
Board Member
Sep 2022
Movellus Aeonic™ IP delivers chip-level architectural innovations to improve system performance through feature-rich, synthesizable IP. Aeonic is a Digital IP platform that solves system-level challenges in areas including power and performance optimization and monitoring in a manner that is configurable, synthesizable and process portable. The foundation of Aeonic is Movellus’ core expertise in converting traditionally analog functions into the digital domain and combining this with system-level knowledge to solve customer problems while providing those customers R&D leverage, flexibility, programmability and high degrees of observability as well as testability driven by a digital first approach. Founded in 2014, Movellus is headquartered in Sunnyvale , California.
2021
Board Member
Nov 2021
Empower Semiconductor’s technology powers the AI revolution by reducing the energy footprint and total cost of ownership of Data Centers. Its transformational Integrated Voltage Regulators deliver on-demand scalable power with the speed, precision, and signal integrity required by AI processors. Empower’s power management architecture shrinks solution footprint, height and component count achieving vertical power delivery with unprecedented power density and efficiency. Learn more at empowersemi.com. All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Investor
Aug 2021
At MosaicML, we believe that all organizations should have access to state-of-the art AI capabilities. Our fully managed infrastructure and software tools lets you train and deploy large-scale machine learning models using your own data. We optimize every layer of the model development process - from algorithms to systems to hardware - so you can get more accurate insights, faster. We’ll help you train the ML models you need with the time and budget you have. Let’s put your data to work.
2019
Board Observer
Dec 2019
Navitas Semiconductor (Nasdaq: NVTS) is the only pure-play, next-generation power-semiconductor company, founded in 2014. GaNFast™ power ICs integrate gallium nitride (GaN) power and drive, with control, sensing, and protection to enable faster charging, higher power density, and greater energy savings. Complementary GeneSiC™ power devices are optimized high-power, high-voltage, and high-reliability silicon carbide (SiC) solutions. Focus markets include mobile, consumer, data center, EV, solar, wind, smart grid, and industrial. Over 185 Navitas patents are issued or pending. Over 50 million GaN units have been shipped with zero reported GaN field failures, and Navitas introduced the industry’s first and only 20-year warranty. Navitas is the world’s first semiconductor company to be CarbonNeutral®-certified. Navitas has a strong and growing team of power semiconductor industry experts with a combined 300 years of experience in materials, devices, applications, systems and marketing, plus a proven record of innovation with over 200 patents among its founders. GaN power ICs integrate GaN power with drive, control and protection to enable faster charging, higher power density and greater energy savings for mobile, consumer, enterprise, eMobility and new energy markets. Over 130 Navitas patents are issued or pending, and over 30 million GaNFast power ICs have been shipped with zero reported field failures.
2017
Board Observer
Jan 2017
Aatmunn, meaning "soul," is an industrial technology company with a clear mission: to revolutionize the lives of over 2 billion frontline workers globally. In 2023, over 2 million frontline workers tragically lost their lives, despite a $1 trillion investment in safety and productivity improvements. The adoption of technology among these workers has been inconsistent, leading to stagnant or declining outcomes. Aatmunn aims to change this narrative with its AI-powered data fabric and applications, already trusted by 150+ marquee customers like SpaceX, PepsiCo, and Amazon, as well as device manufacturers such as 3M and RKI. Weve achieved remarkable growth, with a 100% YoY increase in ARR.
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