Sensors Data
神策数据
Sensors Data (神策数据) is a Chinese big-data and marketing-technology company that started from user-behavior analytics and expanded into a full-stack digital-marketing suite . Its product line centers on "two clouds and one platform" — the Sensors Analytics Cloud, Sensors Marketing Cloud, and a data-foundation platform — built around a data-closed-loop methodology it calls SDAF (Sense → Decision → Action → Feedback) . The company serves over 2,000 enterprise clients across more than 30 verticals and claims a renewal rate approaching 100% with more than 100,000 active users .
In May 2022 Sensors Data closed a $200 million Series D round led by Tiger Global and Carlyle, with follow-on participation from Sequoia China, DCM, 5Y Capital, Linear Capital and others — at the time the largest financing in China's data-analytics SaaS segment . The company was founded and is led by CEO Sang Wenfeng (桑文锋), a Zhejiang University graduate whose graduate research in grid computing laid the technical groundwork for the venture . Linear Capital, an early backer, has repeatedly cited Sensors Data as a representative portfolio company in its data-intelligence thematic bets .
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The First Newsletter of Autumn | Linear Quarterly
Cycles turn, and Wanwu Capital begins to harvest.
线性资本·Linear Capital｜Linear Path, Nonlinear Growth
We strive to be the best Data Intelligence Technology Fund in China.
线性资本·Linear Capital | Linear Path, Nonlinear Growth
Striving to become China's best frontier tech and innovation fund.
线性资本·Linear Capital Angel-Round Project **Hongjing Drive** Closes Hundreds of Millions of Yuan in Series C1 Funding, with Middle Eastern Capital Backing Four Consecutive Rounds
This is one of the larger funding rounds the autonomous driving industry has seen this year.
线性资本·Event Recap | How Can AI Startups Build Digital Operations?
User data is the new prompt
线性资本·Harry Wang's Counter-Cyclical Bet — Entering the Game --- When the venture capital industry was retreating en masse, Harry Wang made a move that seemed to defy the tide. It was late 2023. The Chinese tech investment landscape lay in near-freeze — fundraising had collapsed, deal flow dried to a trickle, and even seasoned investors were sitting on their hands or pivoting to safer harbors. At Linear Capital, where Wang had spent years as a founding partner, the firm was also tightening its belt, shifting toward more conservative deployment. Wang chose the opposite path. He left. Not to retire. Not to wait out the winter. But to start something new — a fund built for exactly this moment of pessimism, when valuations had cratered and founders with real substance were being overlooked in the panic. "Everyone's talking about risk-off," Wang told me when we met in Shanghai. "But that's precisely when the best opportunities emerge. The question is whether you have the stomach for it." The new vehicle, which Wang has been quietly assembling over the past year, represents a
Is investing a game of guts?
暗涌Waves·Event Registration | June 14 Afternoon, Beijing — Linear AI Sharing Session, Sign Up Now!
On the afternoon of June 14, Linear Capital will host an AI sharing session in Beijing.
线性资本·Event Preview | May 24, Nanjing — Nanjing Jinyuzui X Linear Capital Institutional Day: Discussing Global Frontier Tech Trends and Application Prospects
On May 24, Linear Capital will partner with Nanjing Jinyuzui Fund Block Development Center and Nanjing Jinyuzui Daily Roadshow Cultural Development Co., Ltd. to launch the **"Jinyuzui Institutional Day x Linear Capital Frontier Technology Special"**, exploring "Global Investment Strategies for Frontier Technology and Future Innovation Directions." At the event, Linear Capital partner Songyan Huang will deliver an on-site presentation titled **"Investing in European Frontier Technology"**, with select Linear portfolio companies (featuring founders with European study and work backgrounds) also participating.
线性资本·Action Is the Simplest Method | 5Y News Monthly
The big news from last month.
五源资本·Casual Chat on Indonesia: When Chinese Entrepreneurs Unlock a New Map | 5Y Capital Tavern Vol. 16 [Podcast]
The New Age of Chinese Voyaging.
五源资本·Linear Capital's Eindhoven offline networking event — sign up now!
**In late April, Linear Capital's investment team will host an offline entrepreneur meetup in Eindhoven to share the latest updates and insights on China's hard tech investment scene. Harry Wang, founder and CEO of Linear Capital, along with partner Songyan Huang and senior director Xin Wei, will attend the event.** Entrepreneurs, PhD candidates, and postdoctoral researchers are welcome to sign up — whether you're looking to commercialize a research project, have a startup idea, or are simply curious about...
线性资本·Linear Capital Leuven Offline Exchange Event — Now Open for Registration!
**In late April, Linear Capital's investment team will host an offline entrepreneurship meetup in Leuven, sharing the latest insights and updates on China's hard tech investment landscape. Harry Wang, founder and CEO of Linear Capital, partner Songyan Huang, and senior director Xin Wei will attend the event.** Entrepreneurs, PhD candidates, and postdoctoral researchers are welcome to sign up — whether you're looking to commercialize a research project, exploring a startup idea, or simply curious about the domestic [Chinese] market.
线性资本·Zhejiang University alumni in Zurich — heads up! Linear Capital vs. Zhejiang University Alumni Association Zurich: April meetup now open for registration!
Last spring, Linear Capital traveled to Europe to visit top universities, tour three major robotics labs, and other key innovation platforms. We got a firsthand feel for the research and frontier technology in developed countries like the UK, France, and Germany, and also had extensive conversations and preliminary discussions with local student organizations and entrepreneurs. In 2024, we'll be expanding our engagement with university groups and alumni networks across Europe through a broader range of formats and partnerships.
线性资本·Explore Frontier Tech — Linear Capital's April Delft Offline Meetup Awaits
Last spring, Linear Capital traveled to Europe to visit top universities, tour three major robotics labs, and other key innovation hubs. The team got firsthand exposure to cutting-edge research and technology across the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, and also held extensive discussions and preliminary exchanges with local student organizations and entrepreneurs.
线性资本·Join us in Aachen for frontier tech discussions — Linear Capital's April offline meetup is now open for registration!
**In late April, Linear Capital's investment team will co-host an offline entrepreneurship exchange with the Aachen Chinese Students and Scholars Association, sharing the latest updates and insights on domestic hard-tech investing. Harry Wang, founder and CEO of Linear Capital, partner Songyan Huang, and senior director Xin Wei will attend the event.** Entrepreneurs, PhD candidates, postdocs, and other researchers are welcome to sign up — whether you're looking to commercialize a research project, have a startup idea, or simply
线性资本·ETH Zurich, again — Linear Capital's Switzerland offline event is open for registration!
Last April, Linear Capital's investment team visited several top labs at ETH Zurich and EPFL in Switzerland, and hosted exchange events with local Chinese organizations. The research environment there and the universities' support for early-stage technology commercialization left a deep impression on us. During these events, we also shared with attending technical entrepreneurs Linear Capital's view on the tremendous opportunity of combining cutting-edge European technological innovation with the domestic market. These observations
线性资本·Event Registration | Linear Capital's April Munich Offline Meetup — You're Invited!
**In mid-April, Linear Capital's investment team will partner with the Munich Chinese Students and Scholars Association to host an in-person meetup in Munich, sharing the latest insights and updates on domestic hard-tech investing. Harry Wang, Founder and CEO of Linear Capital, partner Songyan Huang, and senior director Xin Wei will attend the event.** Doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, as well as technical entrepreneurs, are welcome to sign up — whether you're looking to commercialize a research project or have a startup idea in mind, we'd love to have you join.
线性资本·Linear Capital｜Linear Path, Nonlinear Growth
We strive to be the best Data Intelligence Technology Fund in China.
线性资本·Linear Capital | Linear Path, Nonlinear Growth
Striving to become China's best frontier technology and innovation fund.
线性资本·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
线性资本·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
线性资本·Linear Academy | What We Discussed at the "ToB Tech Enterprise Operations Management Salon"
Not long ago, Linear Capital and its portfolio company Guandata co-hosted a "ToB Tech Company Operations Management Salon" — a "homework submission" event that followed up on a Huawei BLM workshop Linear Academy had organized for portfolio companies two years prior. It was warmly received by founders across Linear's portfolio. At the event, Monica, formerly a business operations specialist at Sensors Data, drew on her practical experience since first encountering Huawei's BLM to discuss "enterprise operations management systems."
线性资本·Linear Academy | Hiring Has Flywheel Effects Too — We Co-Hosted a Recruitment Workshop with Amazon Web Services
In March, Linear Academy — the entrepreneurial learning platform run by Linear Capital — partnered with AWS to host an in-person workshop with a Beijing-Shanghai video link, sharing Amazon's hiring insights with founders and teams from Linear Capital's portfolio companies.
线性资本·Tech Investor | Linear Capital's Harry Wang: Understanding Technology Matters More Than Technology Itself
Recently, Harry Wang, founding partner and CEO of Linear Capital, sat down with *Pengpai Tech* to share the fund's perspective on the hot topic of ChatGPT, lessons learned from investing in AI commercialization projects, and how his investment philosophy has evolved over Linear Capital's eight-year history. As the article notes, Linear Capital has always emphasized that "technology is the primary productive force." We pursue and believe in technological innovation, while also maintaining deep respect for the humanities, our customers, business fundamentals, and capital markets.
线性资本·Linear Capital Portfolio Company | Sensors Data Gains Azure OpenAI Commercial Service Access, Taking the Lead in China's Intelligent Marketing Sector
Recently, ChatGPT has become officially available through OpenAI services on Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing operating system. Azure OpenAI integrates OpenAI's technologies, allowing Azure global enterprise customers to directly access OpenAI models on the cloud platform, including GPT-3.5, Codex, and DALL-E models, while enjoying Azu
线性资本·Tech Unicorn Fireside Chat Transcript | Tezign: A Business Adventure in Technology-Enabled Creativity
"Tech Unicorn Fireside Chat" is Linear Capital's [Linear Fellow program](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzAwNTAyMDAyNQ==&mid=2652302409&idx=1&sn=4f470812e7565650196e8665129fb996&chksm=8
线性资本·No More 2020-Too, a Hopeful 2023 — Linear Capital's 2022 Year in Review
2022 was a difficult year for many, and the venture capital industry was no exception. Linear Capital has long been bullish on the future of AI integrated with industry and digitalization, but in 2022, uncertainty increased, and even tech investment — long seen as "an oasis in the desert" — was not immune to pessimism. According to data compiled by IT Juzi, both the number and value of investment deals in China's new economy sector declined for two consecutive quarters in the first half of the year, and deal activity remained subdued after the third quarter.
线性资本·A Business Lens on Data-Driven Strategy: Sensors Data's 2022 Data-Driven Conference Unveils New Closed-Loop Digital Product Suite
On October 26, the Sensors Data 2022 Data-Driven Conference was held at the Beijing Liting Huayuan Hotel. The conference, themed "Reshaping Marketing with Science," featured Alexander Osterwalder, a renowned author in the field of business model innovation; Sang Wenfeng, founder & CEO of Sensors Data; Cao Jiang, co-founder & CTO of Sensors Data; and the deputy general manager of Xiaomi Group's Internet Business Division.
线性资本·August: Reasons to Stay Confident | 5Y News Monthly
The big news from last month.
五源资本·Harry Wang on Linear Capital: Lessons from Transitioning from Tech to Investing
A while back, Harry Wang, founder and CEO of Linear Capital, was invited to an online sharing event co-hosted by the Harvard Venture Capital Club and MIT Chinese Entrepreneurs Organization (MIT CEO). At the event, Harry shared his journey from engineer to investor,
线性资本·Now Hiring | Linear Capital's Investment Team Is Still Growing — Enterprise Software, Biotech, and Hard Tech Roles Open
**1. Principal, Senior Principal — Enterprise Services, Biotech/Healthcare, Deep Tech/Hard Tech, and related verticals**
线性资本·July: Seeking Vast Possibilities | 5Y News Monthly
The big news from last month.
五源资本·Linear Capital Perspectives | AI Enters Industry: Is the Current Moment a Window of Opportunity or a Bubble, and Which Investment Areas Does Linear Capital Favor?
In late June, Harry Wang, founder and CEO of Linear Capital, was invited to speak at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Innovation Conference, where he joined Dr. Zhang Xia, chief enterprise strategy advisor at AWS, for a conversation on recent AI investment insights. Wang shared Linear Capital's analysis of AI's integration into industries, the firm's investment focus areas, the technical bottlenecks that need to be overcome in the next phase, and related recommendations. Below is a summary of the conversation, with both video and transcript.
线性资本·5Y Capital and Multiple Portfolio Founders Win Multiple Awards from 36Kr and *Fortune* Magazine | 5Y News
5Y Capital continues to seek out, support, and stand by the rarest founders.
五源资本·Multiple founders and executives from Linear Capital's portfolio companies have been selected for 36Kr's "X·36Under36" list.
On the evening of June 9, 36Kr unveiled the "X·36Under36 S-Class Young Entrepreneurs List." This marks the sixth year that 36Kr has published its "36 Under 36" list. Unlike previous editions, this year 36Kr elevated "36 Under 36" to the "X·36Under36 S-Class Young Entrepreneurs List," with the aim of identifying more potentially great Chinese entrepreneurs at an earlier stage. **Among the honorees, 13 are founders of portfolio companies backed by Linear Capital.**
线性资本·June, Vitality | 5Y News Monthly
The big news from last month.
五源资本·5Y News | Sensors Data Closes $200 Million Series D Round
Boost efficiency through scientific methods.
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