Bryan Huang - Founder & CEO
Bryan is the founder of LANDED and a former New York VC who led investments for two New York based VC funds, including one backed solely by the state of New York. Prior to starting LANDED, Bryan also worked in equity research playing a crucial role on the #1 institutional investor ranked research team in the US.
Aside from leading the investment process to back early-stage startups across 5 verticals, Bryan also serves as a venture scout collaborating with 50+ VC funds across the West Coast, Midwest, and East Coast to support top founders developing disruptive technology.
Dr. Tony Alex - Advisor
Tony is a serial entrepreneur and PhD engineer who specializes in turning complex friction into seamless digital solutions. From authoring 17 patents in biotech R&D to founding USeDirect, which revolutionized park management and was acquired by Tyler Technologies in 2022, Tony’s career is defined by high-impact problem solving.
He is currently the founder of Enigma Vault, where he leads an elite team in developing advanced encryption to secure the world's most sensitive data.
Dr. Wayne Liu - Advisor
Dr. Wayne Liu is the Co-Founder, President, and Chief Growth Officer of Perfect Corp., where he has led global growth, strategic partnerships, and the company’s evolution into a publicly listed firm on the NYSE. Since 2015, he has built the company’s foundation by recruiting key talent and establishing collaborations with major beauty brands and retailers, including Estée Lauder, Walmart, Google, and Sephora.
Previously, Dr. Liu held engineering and leadership roles at NVIDIA, Intel, and Broadcom, and was a designer of NVIDIA’s shader processor architecture—now widely used in AI and advanced graphics computing.
Dr. Richard Chan - Advisor
Richard Chan is a College of Business professor at Stony Brook University with 15+ years of expertise in entrepreneurial finance.
Richard is a dedicated advocate for fostering innovation and entrepreneurship at Stony Brook University (SBU). Serving as the Director of the Innovation Center of the College of Business, Richard has partnered with passionate entrepreneurs and organizations to jointly bridge the gap between academia and the startup ecosystem and shape the future of aspiring SBU and regional entrepreneurs.
Eytan Weiner - Advisor
Eytan Wiener is the Founder and Managing Partner of Potentiate Ventures, a firm that helps high-growth e-commerce, logistics, and SaaS companies scale through strategic support, capital, and hands-on guidance.
Previously, he co-founded and served as COO of Quantum Networks, where he led the company to over 4,500% revenue growth. He later played a key leadership role driving global expansion at GETIDA, which was later acquired by SIB in 2022.
Dennis Lee - Advisor
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.
With a strong technical background as Silicon Valley engineer and 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.
Dr. I-Chien Jan - Advisor
I-Chien Jan (IC) is a veteran venture investor with two decades of experience scaling startups across Asia and the US. From co-founding AppWorks to his current role as Managing Director of Taiwan Global Angels, IC has a proven track record of identifying and funding high-growth talent, overseeing over $20M in investments since 2022. A specialist in healthcare innovation and a mentor for Berkeley SkyDeck, he bridges the gap between Taiwan’s manufacturing excellence and the global tech ecosystem to drive international expansion for emerging startups.
Valentina Matez - Advisor
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.
M.Yuan Xie-Venture Partner
Ming-Yuan is a seasoned entrepreneur with nearly 20 years of hands-on experience across industries—from e-commerce and retail to software and defense.
With experience raising over $5 million for his own company, Ming-Yuan has since then led several companies to over $10 million in annual revenue, and experienced both major wins and hard losses. Today, he helps founders navigate market validation, fundraising, and exit strategies with deep, battle-tested insight.
Howard Chen - Ambassador
Howard Chen is the Founder and CEO of Rovex.ai, where he develops AI-powered video analysis tools for the film and media industry. He previously served as a Project Manager at TONX.ai and FDC.ai, and brings extensive experience in both artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies.
Active in the startup ecosystems of Taiwan and the United States, he aims to help more companies successfully establish themselves in the U.S. and accelerate their growth through LANDED.