Linear Capital received several awards at Qimingpian's 2022 rankings, including **No. 2 on China's Best Early-Stage Investment Firms — Overall Ranking** and **No. 3 on China's Best Early-Stage Investment Firms — Active Ranking**.

On August 15, Qimingpian (企名片) released its "2022 China Equity Investment Mid-Year Rankings." Linear Capital placed second on the "China Top 50 Best Early-Stage Investment Firms — Overall Ranking" and third on the "China Top 50 Best Early-Stage Investment Firms — Activity Ranking."

The rankings drew on Qimingpian's global primary market database, combining desktop research, survey questionnaires, self-nominations, group site visits, and phone interviews. Covering early-stage VC firms, venture capital institutions, equity investment firms, and financial advisors, the selection process relied on data and verified facts across the four dimensions of fundraising, investment, portfolio management, and exits.

About Linear Capital

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Linear Capital is a specialized investment firm focused on Data Intelligence and Frontier Technology.

The firm currently manages ten funds with total assets under management of approximately $2 billion.

We concentrate on early-stage opportunities across Data Application, Data Infrastructure, and Frontier Technology applications. We typically lead seed to Series A rounds, with typical check sizes of $3–8 million or RMB equivalent.

To date, Linear Capital has made early-stage investments in more than 120 startups, including Horizon Robotics ($3B valuation), Tongdun (>$1B), Kujiale (>$1B), Sensors Data, Tezign, Rokid, Guandata, Agile Robots, and others. The combined valuation of Linear's portfolio companies stands at approximately $20 billion.

In the near term, Linear Capital is working to become the premier Data Intelligence Technology Fund, with a long-term goal of evolving into the most influential Frontier Technology Application Fund.