Songyan Huang
黄松延
Songyan Huang is a partner at Linear Capital, where he leads the deep-tech investment team and focuses on data-intelligence reconstruction of supply chains, robotics, and chips . He joined the firm in late 2017, was promoted from managing director to partner in March 2023 , and has since led investments in companies including Agile Robots (思灵机器人), Quanying Technology (全应科技), Haifeike (海飞科), Weijian Technology (蔚建科技), and Aikenong (爱科农) . Before Linear, he worked at Huawei as a data scientist on AI research and application projects , and he holds a PhD in machine learning from Zhejiang University . He has been recognized on 36Kr's "36 Under 36" and CYzone's "40 Under 40" investor lists .
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From PhD to "Foreman": Building a Robot Bricklayer, Paid for by Middle Eastern Tycoons | Linear Capital Portfolio Company
One robot replaces ten skilled workers, with efficiency up 14-fold
Linear Capital｜Linear Path, Nonlinear Growth
We strive to be the best Data Intelligence Technology Fund in China.
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Striving to become China's best frontier tech and innovation fund.
Linear Capital Named to 36Kr's "China AI Sector Industrial Investment Fund" and Other Lists
This week, 36Kr released its 2024 "China Industrial Investment Fund" series rankings. Linear Capital was named to both the "China AI Industrial Investment Fund" and "China Embodied AI Industrial Investment Fund" lists. Harry Wang, founder and CEO of Linear Capital, was selected as a "China AI Investor," while Linear Capital partner Songyan Huang was named a "China Embodied AI Investor."
In mid-July, we'll be hosting an offline party during the RSS conference in Delft — you're welcome to join.
RSS, *Robotics: Science and Systems* — a top-tier academic conference in robotics.
Huang Songyan, Linear Capital: I've Moved to Munich, Hunting for Deals Across Europe
Fresh opportunities are surfacing.
Linear Capital Partner Songyan Huang Makes Repeat Appearance on 36Kr's "36 Under 36" Investors List
Recently, 36Kr released its 2024 ["36under36" series rankings](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=Mzk0MDMyNDUxOQ==&mid=2247490968&idx=1&sn=027309e5c24b1eceda88d9ae5095a639&scene=21&
Two Roads Diverge, But You Can't Travel Both | 2024 · Under 36
Make your choice.
Linear Capital Partner Songyan Huang Retains Spot on Cyzone's "Under 40 Investors" List
This week, ChinaBang (创业邦) released its 2024 "Top Investors Under 40" list, evaluating nominees across three dimensions: **overall influence, investment performance, and exit performance**. Among the honorees, Linear Capital partner Songyan Huang made the list for the third consecutive year, following his selections in [2022](http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzAwNTAyMDAyNQ==&mid=2652302
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.
At ICRA 2024, Linear Capital and several of its portfolio robotics teams from China, Germany, and Switzerland look forward to meeting you!
ICRA, the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, is the largest and most influential academic conference in robotics. From May 13 to May 17, 2024, ICRA 2024 will be held in Yokohama, Japan. Linear Capital will attend with its portfolio companies Horizon Robotics, Agile Robots, and F
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...
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
Linear Capital will host an exchange event in Munich this April with the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) and the China University of Science and Technology (USTC) Munich Alumni Associations, with a focus on frontier technologies.
Last spring, Linear Capital visited top European universities, toured three major robotics labs, and other important innovation platforms. We not only experienced firsthand the research and frontier technologies of countries like the UK, France, and Germany, but also had extensive exchanges and preliminary discussions with local student organizations and entrepreneurs. In 2024, we will deepen our engagement with European university organizations, alumni associations, and entrepreneurship clubs through richer formats and more exchanges. **In mid-April, the Linear Capital investment team**
"DiSight Medical" Cui Di: Solving Pain Points in Fundus and Microsurgery with High-Precision Ophthalmic Surgical Robots | Linear Capital Portfolio Interview Series
In July 2023, Linear Capital portfolio company Hangzhou Disight Medical Biotechnology Co., Ltd. successfully performed a subretinal thrombolysis procedure for treating macular hemorrhage at Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital using its "Disight MicroEdge" ophthalmic surgical robot — **the first such procedure in Asia**. The company achieved its clinical milestone just two years after founding, and completed [three rounds of financing](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/...) in 2023 alone.
Linear Capital｜Linear Path, Nonlinear Growth
We strive to be the best Data Intelligence Technology Fund in China.
Linear Capital | Linear Path, Nonlinear Growth
Striving to become China's best frontier technology and innovation 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
Unicorns, multiple funding rounds, products already deployed across multiple industries... Ten portfolio robotics companies showcase at Linear Capital's general-purpose intelligent robotics event
Professor Jianwei Zhang, academician of the German National Academy of Science and Engineering and the Hamburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Germany, was invited to share his insights.
The Beauty of Technology and the Pain of Industry: A Conversation Between Linear Capital and Portfolio Company Weijian Technology on 36Kr's "Undercurrent Waves" Podcast
Recently, Songyan Huang, partner at Linear Capital, and Yanxue Liang, founder and CEO of Linear Capital portfolio company Weijian Technology, joined Guo Yunxiao, analyst at "Dark Current Waves" (暗涌Waves), a production under 36Kr, for an episode of the chat show "Waves Radio." The two guests started from "the beauty of technology and the pain of industry" to discuss how young people can understand traditional industries. In this podcast episode, Songyan Huang, partner at Linear Capital...
"Yimu Technology" announced the completion of a tens-of-millions RMB angel round, with Linear Capital as the sole investor.
Empowering the digital and intelligent transformation of ranches.
Linear Capital partner Songyan Huang has once again been selected for Cyzone's "40 Under 40 Investors" list.
Last week, *Cyzone* (创业邦) released its 2023 "40 Under 40" list — "40 Investors Under 40." This marks the 11th year Cyzone has published the ranking. According to Cyzone, the list was compiled over two months of applications, research, and interviews, evaluating candidates across four dimensions: investment experience, performance, exits, and industry influence. **Songyan Huang, Partner at Linear Capital, was named to this year's "40 Under 40," following his selection in 2022**
Linear Capital Annual Meeting Rebound 2023: Back Offline After Four Years, We Continue to Firmly Support China's Tech Innovation
frontier technology, frontier productivity, frontier lifestyle — all for a better society.
Linear Capital partner Songyan Huang has once again been named to 36Kr's "36 Under 36" list of outstanding investors.
Multiple founders from Linear Capital's portfolio have been selected for the 36Under36 entrepreneurs list.
Wrapped up Linear Capital's April European tour with visits to "Europe's Silicon Valley" Grenoble and the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)!
This week, Linear Capital's April European tour reached its final two stops: Grenoble, France and Genoa, Italy. Many people may not be very
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 wrapped up its UK leg of the April Europe tour, with Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy still to come.
Last week, colleagues from Linear Capital's investment team hosted and attended a series of events in London. Beyond sharing Linear's story and the purpose of our trip with the Zhejiang University UK Alumni Association, Oxford University Life Sciences Society, Oxford University Student Union, and Cambridge University Student Union, we also exchanged views on frontier technology and investment trends with local startups and institutions working on cutting-edge tech. At the same time, we shared Linear's lessons learned — our observations from watching founders who received higher education and professional training overseas return to China to start businesses.
Linear Capital announced that Songyan Huang has been promoted to partner.
We are pleased to share an important personnel change with friends who follow Linear Capital:
Microsurgical robotics platform "Digisight Medical" raises tens of millions of RMB in Pre-A funding led by Linear Capital | Linear News
Dongli Network has learned that **Dishi Medical recently completed a Pre-A round of financing worth tens of millions of RMB, led by Linear Capital with Hillhouse as a co-investor.** The funds from this round will be used primarily to accelerate NMPA Class III medical device registration for its ophthalmic surgical robot, advance R&D on product lines including microsurgical robots, and expand the team.
Linear Capital's Series A lead portfolio company **Luer New Materials** has closed a tens-of-millions-of-RMB A++ round, with existing shareholder Linear Capital increasing its stake.
Actively building a temperature-control platform for the phase-change materials industry.
Linear Capital Perspective | Frontier technologies that bring order-of-magnitude productivity gains to industry — and the products they power — may transform Chinese manufacturing from "corner overtaking" to "changing lanes entirely."
In mid-August, at the "16th China Investment Annual Conference & Annual Summit" hosted by ChinaVenture, Songyan Huang, Managing Director of Linear Capital, joined a panel discussion on "Made in China: From Following to Leading" and shared his perspectives on the topic.
Linear Capital Managing Director Songyan Huang Named to Ventureburn's "40 Under 40 Investors" List
This afternoon, ChinaBang announced its 2022 "40 Under 40 Investors" list, with Songyan Huang, Director at Linear Capital, among the honorees. Huang leads Linear Capital's deep tech investment team, focusing on deep tech, robotics, data intelligence, intelligent manufacturing, healthcare AI, and industrial internet. His representative investments include Agile Robots, Quanying Technology, Hygon, and Weijian Technology.
