ETH Zurich, again — Linear Capital's Switzerland offline event is open for registration!

Last April, Linear Capital's investment team visited top labs at ETH Zurich and EPFL in Switzerland, and hosted exchange events with local Chinese professional networks. 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 our perspective with attending technical founders on the enormous opportunity of combining European frontier technology innovation with the domestic Chinese market. These experiences greatly informed our subsequent investment decisions.

This April, Linear Capital's investment team will once again visit universities across select European countries and regions. We will return to ETH Zurich, partnering with the ETH Chinese Students and Scholars Association to host an offline exchange event, sharing the latest insights and developments in China's hard tech investment landscape. Harry Wang, Founder and CEO of Linear Capital, Partner Songyan Huang, and Senior Principal Wei Xin will attend the event. The founding team of Swiss-Mile, a Linear portfolio company and ETH alumni, will also share their entrepreneurial journey with fellow students. We welcome PhDs, postdocs, and technical founders to register — whether you're looking to commercialize a research project or exploring startup ideas, we encourage you to sign up and join the conversation!

Founded in 2014, Linear Capital focuses on "frontier technology + industry" investments — frontier technologies spanning data intelligence, digital infrastructure, next-generation robotics, and technological transformation in traditional sectors (such as biotech, materials, and energy), applied across vertical industries to dramatically improve efficiency, solve critical pain points, and enable industrial upgrading. We capture outsized returns through substantial value creation in these industries.

Over the past few years, several technical founders from renowned European universities and research institutes whom we backed at the early stage have grown into standout companies, including Agile Robots, Realview, Aosagn, Diis Medical, Luerr New Materials, Acell Biotech, Ruixin Manufacturing, and SwissMile, with founding teams hailing from the German Aerospace Center, University of Cambridge, Max Planck Institute, and others. These experiences have strengthened our conviction that Europe's frontier technology research and applications deserve deep capital attention and exploration. We look forward to connecting with many of you!

Event Agenda:

• Linear Capital presentation — Linear Capital Partner
• SwissMile founder sharing
• Research project / startup idea Demo Show
• Q&A

Event location and specific timing: To be notified via valid registration email.

Speaker Bios:

Harry Wang

Founder and CEO of Linear Capital. Focuses on frontier technology projects that address industrial upgrading challenges. Angel investor in Horizon Robotics, Sensors Data, Tezign, Kujiale, and others. Before founding Linear Capital, Harry was the second Chinese engineer and first Chinese engineering manager at Facebook headquarters, experiences he chronicled in the bestselling book The Facebook Way. After leaving Facebook, he served as CEO advisor to Dianping, Baixing, and CSDN, and has spoken at numerous Chinese tech companies and technical communities. Harry has been repeatedly recognized by media outlets as "Best Early-Stage Investor" and "Most Founder-Friendly Early-Stage Investor." He is an Aspen Fellow, founding chair of the Future Forum Youth Council, and a 2018 World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Harry graduated from Zhejiang University's Computer Science department and holds a master's degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.

Songyan Huang

Partner at Linear Capital, head of deep technology investments. Has led investments in Agile Robots, Quanying Technology, HyperAccel, Weijian, Aikennong, and others. He also serves as reviewer for multiple top-tier IEEE journals. Before joining Linear Capital, Songyan worked as a data scientist at Huawei, leading several frontier AI research and application projects. He earned his PhD in machine learning from Zhejiang University's College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering. Dr. Huang has been named to 36Kr's "36 Under 36 Outstanding Investors," Venture50's "40 Under 40 Investors," and Jazzyear's "20 Most Visionary Tech Investors of 2021."

Wei Xin

Senior Principal at Linear Capital. Focuses on industry analysis at the intersection of hardware and software, and data-enabled industrial applications. Before joining Linear Capital, Wei worked as a system lead designer at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Innovation Academy for Microsatellites, and did hard tech investing at a venture capital firm. He holds a bachelor's and master's degree in mechanical engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology and its Robotics Institute respectively, and an MBA from Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance.

To register for the event, please scan the QR code below:

Additionally, we have open headcount for our European investment team:

Positions: Principal, Senior Principal

Requirements:

• STEM background from a well-known overseas university. Interest in early-stage investing, with desire to work on European deal sourcing and investment execution
• Strong curiosity and logical thinking; willing to ask questions, and ask again if still unclear; capable of rapid learning and self-driven growth
• Keen observational skills and quick reflexes; excellent research and data analysis capabilities
• Deep curiosity and digging ability on frontier technologies
• Hardworking, with appreciation for long-term interests and delayed gratification
• Strong sense of time
• Good communication skills
• Willing to speak up, follows through on commitments, delivers results
• Willing to make mistakes, brave enough to admit them, capable of correcting them, and able to learn through the process

Nice to have:

• Investment experience not required, but prior experience investing in technology startups is a plus
• R&D or PM background at a top-tier tech company, or having invested in well-known projects in relevant domains, is a plus
• PhD in hard tech or related fields is an additional plus; candidates with study experience in the base location preferred

Location: Anywhere in Europe; Germany, Switzerland, and UK preferred

Please send resumes to: talent@linear.vc

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About Linear Capital

Linear Capital is an early-stage investment firm focused on "frontier technology + industry" — frontier technologies spanning data intelligence, digital infrastructure, next-generation robotics, and technological transformation in traditional sectors (such as biotech, materials, and energy), applied across vertical industries to dramatically improve efficiency, solve critical pain points, and enable industrial upgrading. We capture outsized returns through substantial value creation in these industries. The firm currently manages ten funds with total AUM of approximately $2 billion.

We invest primarily from angel through Series A, typically leading rounds of $3–8 million or RMB equivalent.

Our early-stage investments include Horizon Robotics, Kujiale, Sensors Data, Tezign, Rokid, Guandata, Agile Robots, and over 120 other founding teams. The combined valuation of Linear's portfolio companies is approximately $20 billion.

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