Alvin Xiao
Chief Business Officer
Bachelor of Engineering, Material Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Alvin Xiao is the Chief Business Officer of the Berkeley Open Innovation Squad.
In his capacity as Chief Business Officer at UC Berkeley’s Open Innovation Squad, Alvin Xiao leverages his deep expertise in venture capital and entrepreneurship to guide and manage cross-functional innovation projects. His professional journey includes serving as General Partner at NYX Ventures, where he oversees a $50 million fund investing in transformative early and mid-stage startups, and as a previous General Partner at the $2Bn FutureX Capital US Fund—a crucial investor and supporter of ByteDance, supporting founders with funding opportunities and strategic guidance. Alvin’s experience as a founder of a two startups, where he scaled revenue to over $1 million in under 18 months and conducted IP sales with a US Government lab, underscores his ability to drive growth and innovation through emerging technologies and forward-thinking strategies.