Jianming Guo
郭建明
Jianming Guo is the founder and CEO of ICAN (爱科农), a smart-agriculture startup that has raised over 100 million yuan in funding led by Source Code Capital and with Pre-A backing from Linear Capital . He holds a PhD from China Agricultural University and spent more than two decades in the agriculture sector, including as vice president at China National Seed and Monsanto China, before leaving the multinational "comfort zone" to start his own company . His move into entrepreneurship was partly inspired by Monsanto's 2013 acquisition of The Climate Corporation, whose algorithmic approach to predicting crop yields through weather data showed him the potential of technology in farming .
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From Big Tech to VC: Nine Deals in Year One, with First Investment in Aikenong丨Core Investors
Self-taught calculus in middle school, holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from Tongji University and a master's degree in science from Columbia University, champion of the IBM Intelligent Business Analytics Competition, and previously worked at Tencent Cloud and Smart Industries Group.
Linear Capital News | Linear Capital-led Pre-A round portfolio company "Akenong" announces over 100 million RMB funding round, with Linear Capital continuing to increase its support
On June 23, 2022, Aicron, China's first smart crop cultivation decision-making service provider, announced the completion of two consecutive funding rounds — a Series A and a Series A+ — totaling over RMB 100 million. The Series A was led by Source Code Capital, while the Series A+ was jointly led by IDG Capital and Hillhouse. Linear Capital and Bits x Bites participated in both rounds as co-investors.
MaHui | ICAN Closes Two Rounds Totaling Over 100 Million Yuan, Source Code Capital Leads Series A
Focused on providing full-growth-cycle smart planting decision guidance services for agricultural producers.
