# Sherwin Xia

> Sherwin Xia is the co-founder and CEO of Trendsi, a San Francisco-based e-commerce supply chain infrastructure company that raised $30M total including a $25M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Before Trendsi, he was one of the first employees at Lime and an analyst at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). A Stanford postgraduate, Xia co-founded Trendsi in late 2020 after spotting an opportunity to bring Asian S2B2C supply chain models to Western markets, targeting a demographic of small boutique sellers and stay-at-home moms building online fashion businesses. Trendsi's platform automates inventory forecasting, dropshipping, and custom branding for thousands of independent sellers.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Trendsi
- **Organizations:** Trendsi, Lime, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Tencent, Stanford Startup Garage
- **Nationality:** American (Chinese origin)
- **Education:** Postgraduate (Computer Science), Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Trendsi, which raised $30M total including a $25M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Grew Trendsi to 10x year-over-year user growth and #1 ranked fashion app on Shopify's App Store, Attracted high-profile investors including Zoom CEO Eric Yuan and Zola CEO Shan-Lyn Ma

## Career timeline

- **~2016-2018** — Product Manager at Tencent, contributing to internet and mobile service offerings
- **~2018-2019** — Analyst at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), gaining exposure to Silicon Valley's startup ecosystem
- **~2019-2020** — Among the first employees at Lime (e-scooter startup), focused on operations in a low-margin, high-logistics business
- **2020** — Attended Stanford Startup Garage incubator; met co-founder Ella Zhang
- **Late 2020** — Co-founded Trendsi during COVID-19 pandemic alongside Ella Zhang, Maddie Davidson, Owen Ma, and Wayne Chen
- **2022** — Trendsi ranked #1 fashion app on Shopify; achieved 10x YoY user growth
- **October 2022** — Led Trendsi's $25M Series A round by Lightspeed Venture Partners, bringing total raised to $30M
- **2025** — Launched Trendsi's new all-in-one Fashion Dropshipping Service, expanding the platform's supply chain capabilities

## Achievements

- Co-founded Trendsi, which raised $30M total including a $25M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Grew Trendsi to 10x year-over-year user growth and #1 ranked fashion app on Shopify's App Store
- Attracted high-profile investors including Zoom CEO Eric Yuan and Zola CEO Shan-Lyn Ma
- Secured backing from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Basis Set Ventures, Footwork VC, Peterson Ventures, Sierra Ventures, and Liquid 2 Ventures
- Built Trendsi to approximately $134.5M post-money valuation at Series A
- Scaled Trendsi to 105 full-time employees by October 2022
- Successfully adapted the Asian S2B2C supply chain model for the US fashion market

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Trendsi launched a new all-in-one Fashion Dropshipping Service aimed at further simplifying the supply chain for fashion entrepreneurs
- **2022-10** — Trendsi closed $25M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners; Sherwin Xia cited US tariff environment as a driver of domestic supply chain demand
- **2022-10** — Trendsi reached 105 full-time employees and reported 10x year-over-year user growth

## Links

- Website: https://trendsi.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sherwinx
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xia.sherwin/

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Last updated: 2026-05-13