Jun Yang
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Jun Yang is a venture partner at Linear Capital, having joined the firm in September 2023 after a career as a veteran tech entrepreneur and engineering leader . He was previously co-founder and CTO of Dada Nexus, the on-demand delivery platform that went public in 2020, a role he held from 2015 . Earlier, he spent years in Silicon Valley as an engineer and engineering manager at Google, Facebook, and Square . He holds a PhD in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University . In his investor role at Linear, he has taken board or advisory positions in portfolio companies including Shenpu Intelligence, a robotics startup where he backed the firm's home-scene approach to embodied AI commercialization .
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"Shenpu Intelligence" Closes New Financing Round of Several Hundred Million Yuan, Led by Linear Capital | Linear Portfolio
Using family-like commercial scenarios as an entry point.
Linear Capital's New Year Reading List Is Now Open Source — Trading Cognitive Upgrades with You | Linear Recommend
Capturing new signals at the cross-entropy of technology and the humanities.
After the CES Hype, What's the Answer for AI Heading into the Physical World? | Linear Voice
Adding AI to old hardware versus creating a true "new species."
Linear Voice: 2025 in the Linear Capital Network
Those real and important moments.
Linear Capital's 2025 Investor Conference Successfully Held in Beijing | Linear News
To be or not to be, in the AI-dominated future.
Linear Yang Jun: Young People All Want to Retire Early — I Tried It, and It's Not as Great as You'd Think | Linear View
The hardest thing in life is figuring out what you want.
Linear Capital Announces Jun Yang Joins Full-Time as Partner | Linear News
Drive Linear Capital to become a more competitive frontier-tech fund. Drive Linear Capital to become a more competitive frontier-tech fund.
Linear Capital's 2023 Retrospective: Moving Forward Through Challenges
In September 2023, [when summarizing Linear Capital's ninth anniversary, we wrote this line: the goal lies far ahead, the road remains difficult, but there is light in our hearts](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzAwNTAyMDAyNQ==&mid=2652305248&idx=1&sn=eb922534db0722f5ef06117e
Seeking Outstanding Global Tech Entrepreneurs — Global Young PhD Fellow Recruitment Now Open
In mid-November, we published our recruitment post for the Global Young PhD Fellow program, [which drew considerable interest from prospective applicants](http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzAwNTAyMDAyNQ==&mid=2652305641&idx=1&sn=1b9227f1314dbe2600b98
Seeking Outstanding Global Tech Entrepreneurs: Global Young PhD Fellow Recruitment Now Open
**Global Young PhD Fellow** is a program launched by Linear Capital and Linear Family companies, designed as a rapid learning and exchange platform for young talent at home and abroad who are passionate about tech entrepreneurship, currently in early-stage ventures, or eager to understand the growth trajectories of China's most outstanding tech startups. Here, you'll gain access to insights and advice from the most hardcore tech investors, and connect with China's top technology companies
Linear Capital announced that Yang Jun, a veteran tech entrepreneur and former CTO of Dada, will join as a Venture Partner.
We're excited to share some news about a new addition to Linear Capital: Yang Jun, former co-founder and CTO of Dada, has joined as a Venture Partner effective recently. Yang will help Linear Capital source startups, evaluate investment opportunities, and support portfolio company growth.
Dada CTO Jun Yang: Reflections on Critical Questions in Entrepreneurship | Linear Academy
In May, Linear Capital's entrepreneurship learning and sharing platform, Linear Academy, invited Yang Jun, co-founder and CTO of Dada Group, to share his thinking on key questions in entrepreneurship with founders from Linear's portfolio companies. Yang discussed his experiences and ideas on development strategies for startups at different stages, organizational management, founder growth, and how technical teams can work with commercial teams. We've compiled some of the highlights to share with you.
