The landing accelerator helping Taiwanese founders
LAND IN THE US
What Is
LANDED?
LANDED is a transpacific landing accelerator developed in collaboration with the State University of New York at Stony Brook, designed to empower founders from Asia to successfully expand into the US market. As the flagship innovation program focused on global scaling, LANDED bridges two worlds: the technical excellence and resilience of Asian founders, and the capital-rich, fast-moving ecosystem of the United States.
At its core, LANDED isn’t just an accelerator—it’s a transition platform. We don’t believe in generic startup programs or textbook advice. Instead, we provide what founders actually need at the most critical stage of international expansion: real traction, investor-aligned narratives, legal and operational readiness, and most importantly, a trusted support network embedded in both markets.
LANDED was founded by Bryan Huang, a former Wall Street professional, ex-VC, and proud alumnus of Stony Brook University, with one mission in mind: to help ambitious founders scale successfully within the US ecosystem.
Coming from a family of immigrant entrepreneurs, Bryan experienced firsthand the frustration of watching talented founders struggle—not because of lack of grit or ideas, but because the support available to them was often superficial. Disillusioned by accelerators that prioritized ticking boxes and PR over actual outcomes, Bryan set out to build something different: a program that skips the fluff and focuses on doing the hard, unglamorous, real work of helping startups land, operate, and grow in the US.
The LANDED Team
Bryan Huang
Bryan is the founder of LANDED and a former VC who led investments for two US-based VC funds, including one backed solely by the state of New York. He played a key role in funding early-stage startups across B2B SaaS, HealthTech, FinTech, InsurTech, Entertainment, and more. As a venture scout, he collaborates with 50+ VC funds across the West Coast, Midwest, and East Coast to support top founders developing disruptive technology.
Dennis Lee
Dennis is the mastermind behind the Trans-Pacific Angel Conference, began angel investing through the Seattle Angel Conference (SAC) and aims to bring its successful model to Asia, starting with Taiwan. An impact-driven investor, he has backed startups in internet infrastructure, clean energy, health tech, antibody development, agricultural robotics, medical devices, AIoT, energy infrastructure, and vaccines.
Valentina Matez
Val is currently building her fourth startup, having previously been a founder or early employee in three others. Val excels at bridging the gap between product and business teams. She is particularly passionate about Product-Led Growth (PLG) principles, go-to-market strategies, and early product validation, focusing on B2B markets.