Monica Xie

Building 🤖 @Dyna Robotics (We are HIRING!) | Podcast “OnBoard!”| ex-VC, AWS AI GTM

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested May 2023
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Seed Investor
Sep 2021
Seed Investor
Jul 2021
Bytebase is the leader in database DecSecOps. We are an open-source solution managing all human-to-db operations for all databases. If you want 1) Streamlined database change process with review, approval, rollout, and rollback. 2) Just-in-Time database access. 3) Dynamic data masking. 4) Auditing and policy enforcement. Try us.
Pre-A investor
Feb 2021
API7.ai is the leading infrastructure company that empowers API Management and Analysis. In 2019, API7.ai donated the fattest and most feature-rich open-source API Gateway (APISIX) to the Apache Software Foundation and supports FinTech, Insurance, Telecoms, and Banks in confidently managing API transactions.
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Jan 2021
Matrix is an early-stage venture capital firm, investing from idea through Series A. As a close-knit team of former founders and company builders, weve partnered with companies from Apple and FedEx to Oculus and Canva.
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2025
Head of BizOps & Partnership
Jul 2025
Dyna Robotics is at the forefront of revolutionizing robotic manipulation with cutting-edge foundation models. Our mission is to empower businesses by automating repetitive, stationary tasks with affordable, intelligent robotic arms. Leveraging the latest advancements in foundation models, were driving the future of general-purpose robotics—one manipulation skill at a time.
2023
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May 2023
ZhenFund is an early-stage venture capital firm backing bold founders with disruptive visions for the future. We specialize in writing the first check to Chinese entrepreneurs and supporting them from the very beginning of their journey. Over the past decade, weve partnered with startups that have redefined industries, including REDNote, Moonshot AI, Manus, Genspark, Horizon Robotics, HeyGen, Apollo.io, Nuro, Momenta, Flexiv, Yatsen Group (Perfect Diary), Jumei, Huobi, Meicai, VIPKid, OpusClip, Typeless, DeepGlint, and ARX—many of which have grown into unicorns and global leaders. At ZhenFund, we believe in innovation, risk-taking, and the transformative power of extraordinary founders. Our mission is simple: to stand with entrepreneurs as they build world-changing, tech-driven companies. Headquartered in Beijing, with offices in Shanghai and Shenzhen, we are proud to be one of Chinas most active and founder-focused early-stage investors.
2021
Seed Investor
Sep 2021
Seed Investor
Jul 2021
Bytebase is the leader in database DecSecOps. We are an open-source solution managing all human-to-db operations for all databases. If you want 1) Streamlined database change process with review, approval, rollout, and rollback. 2) Just-in-Time database access. 3) Dynamic data masking. 4) Auditing and policy enforcement. Try us.
Pre-A investor
Feb 2021
API7.ai is the leading infrastructure company that empowers API Management and Analysis. In 2019, API7.ai donated the fattest and most feature-rich open-source API Gateway (APISIX) to the Apache Software Foundation and supports FinTech, Insurance, Telecoms, and Banks in confidently managing API transactions.
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