Yufeng Xu is the Co-founder and Steward of GoPlus, a Web3 user security data platform, known for its real-time and automated security detection environment. ^[1][2]

Education

Yufeng Xu attended Nankai University, graduating with a BSc. in International Economics and Trade in 2008. Afterward, he attended Lund University and studied for an MSc. in International Economics specializing in Growth, Innovation & Spatial Dynamics and he graduated in 2010. ^[1]

From April to October 2023, Xu joined the University of California, Berkeley as a Summer Visitor in Frontier Computing, Computer Science. ^[1]

Career

Yufeng Xu started his career as a Project Officer at CENTEC (Center for Environmental Technology in China, Embassy of Sweden) in 2010. In 2011 he moved to TEDA ECO CENTER as the Head of Enterprise Service Department and was promoted to the role of Deputy Director in 2014. ^[1]

In 2014, Yufeng Xu founded Chuangqing Tech in Beijing, a business consulting for International/local tech- companies (business entering, marketing analysis, strategy investing, fundraising, and localization). ^[1]

In March 2015, he co-founded EdgeOn IoT and served as the COO. EdgeOn is a 5G EDGE-Cloud Service Provider in China, providing enterprise-level IoT service company to state grid, high-end commercial real estate, and asset management brands in China; Member of Pingan Cloud Accelerator /Microsoft Accelerator, Official ISV for HUAWEI/ PINGAN TECH/Microsoft/ AWS/ Ali-pay/ Wechat/ Baidu/ Qing Cloud. ^[3]

GoPlus

In September 2020, Xu co-founded GoPlus Security and serves as the company's steward. GoPlus is a Web3 user security data platform, recognized for its real-time and automated security detection environment. The platform, located in Singapore and known for developing SecWare X, emphasizes transparency and user empowerment by offering permissionless security data and an end-user service environment. ^[4]

In April 2022, GoPlus raised a multimillion dollar-private funding round led by Binance Labs and other multiple chain entities, including Crypto.com Capital, Huobi Incubator, KuCoin Ventures, Arweave, Harmony, Avatar with Avalanche Asia Star Fund, Neo, SevenX Ventures, GSR Markets and Geekcarte. Yi He, Co-Founder of Binance and Head of Binance Labs, commented:

“Security is foundational to the ever-growing Web3 ecosystem and community. By supporting consumer-facing solutions like Goplus Security, we hope to see how security services to end users can evolve and prosper. ”^[5]