Alpha Startups
阿尔法公社
Alpha Startups (阿尔法公社) is an early-stage venture fund led by founding partner & CEO Xu Siqing (许四清) and partner Liu Gang (刘罡) . The firm invests at the seed and pre-A stages, with portfolio companies including Noitom Robotics, which it led through pre-A and pre-A+ rounds in 2025 , and AI infrastructure startup Whale (帷幄) alongside investors like Temasek and Linear Capital . Xu has described government guidance funds, particularly Shenzhen's angel母基金 and Futian district引导基金, as key LPs that create a "siphon effect" attracting GPs nationwide . The fund also backed general-purpose LLM startup ZhiXiang Future (智象未来) at the seed stage in 2023 .
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5Y News | Noitom Robotics Completes Pre-A+ Funding Round
Accelerating the construction of data infrastructure for the embodied intelligence era.
五源资本·I think the sun will shine bright tomorrow morning | Opening Remarks
Maybe wrong, always fun.
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Can AI connect people with one another?
暗涌Waves·Is Leaving Big Tech to Build Hardware Really Worth That Much?
What exactly are investors buying into?
暗涌Waves·After Raising Over 400 Million, This B2B Company Rejected the Grand Startup Narrative | Linear Voice
Business itself is also a complex hard science.
线性资本·After Raising $60 Million, Whaley Technology's Shengxu Ye Says Business Model Is the Starting Point of Everything
Reject grandiose startup narratives.
暗涌Waves·Linear Capital's Can Zheng: The Hype Is Just a Surface — Opportunity Belongs to Teams With Conviction and Execution | Linear View
Focus on the power of obsession and execution.
线性资本·Exclusive | Luminous Sail Tech Raises 130 Million RMB in Three Months, with CATL Co-founder, Shokz, and Goertek Joining
The age of warring gods is back.
暗涌Waves·2024, When Everyone Stands at a Crossroads: 96 Investors' Decisions
Deciding is easy. Waiting is hard.
暗涌Waves·After Raising Hundreds of Millions in Funding, Mei Tao on How This Generation of AI Entrepreneurs Should Build
When the wave comes, jump with it.
暗涌Waves·200 Days of Frenzy: China's LLM Wars Stuck in a Stalemate
Consensus can form quickly — and dissolve just as fast.
暗涌Waves·How 28 Young People Spent 33 Hours on an Island
A celebration means something when it's shared.
暗涌Waves·Exclusive | The General-Purpose LLM Startup Wave: The First Battle Is About to End
Contestants, take your positions.
暗涌Waves·Some people take nighttime cruises along the Qiantang River; others fly all the way to Singapore. They all have bright futures ahead of them.
A note on two investor gatherings held in September, 3,600 kilometers apart.
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