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Shouwen Xu

Founder & Operator | Fintech | Mobility | GenAI | I take startups, teams, products from 0 to 1

Palo Alto, California

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $750,000.00

Work Experience

  • Menlo Fellow

    2024

  • Mentor at Insurtech NY

    2024

2023 - 2024

  • Co-Founder & CPO

    2023 - 2024

    Set the playbook for Amber from day 0, including but not limited to — Establishing company vision (warranty -> repair -> end-of-life), business model, hiring strategy, distribution strategy, product roadmap (both financial product and digital underwriting), all with economics in mind. Drove team efforts accordingly. Worked extensively with EV technicians, experts, ecosystem players to acquire Amber’s core EV industry and Warranty industry knowledge. Built and Launched Amber's first product offering and proved early PMF.

2021 - 2022

  • Chief of Staff

    2021 - 2022

    Relationship building on behalf of founder with LP / GP; Advising Fintech portfolio companies; Scanning Web3 landscape.

2018 - 2019

  • Co-Founder

    2018 - 2019

    Financial inclusion -- Strategy; Fundraising; B2B business development to acquire LOI.

2018 - 2018

  • Ski Instructor

    2018 - 2018

2012 - 2017

  • Head of actuarial team

    2013 - 2017

    [NYSE: LMND] Built the team from the ground up. Hired and led the cross-functional team of credentialed actuaries and data scientists from Series A - D-II Product launch; Drive Product Strategy (Insurance product, digital underwriting, customer acquisition, LTV, etc.) through data insights; Defined and developed core business metrics and actuarial practice from the ground up.

  • Actuarial Product Manager

    2012 - 2013

    Joined at seed funding stage / stealth mode as one of the first 10 employees.

2009 - 2012

  • Associate / Consultant

    2009 - 2012

    Led pricing strategy / risk management projects for Fortune 100 clients.

  • Asset Analyst

    2009 - 2009

    Hedging variable annuities with bonds; Distributed MonteCarlo simulation workload across multiple computers within local network and automated results consolidation and reporting.