Visited two federal institutes of technology in Switzerland and met with local Chinese organizations — next stop, France.
During our days in Switzerland, the Linear Capital investment team visited several top-tier labs at both ETH Zurich and EPFL, and held networking events with local Chinese organizations. After touring both federal institutes of technology, we came away with a strong impression: the research environment here is exceptional. What many people may already know is that ETH Zurich alone has produced more than 32 Nobel laureates and one Turing Award winner.
During our days in Switzerland, the Linear Capital investment team visited multiple top-tier labs at both ETH Zurich and EPFL, and held exchange events with local Chinese organizations. After touring both federal institutes of technology, we came away with a deep impression: the research environment here is exceptional. Most people probably know that ETH Zurich has produced over 32 Nobel laureates and one Turing Award winner, and that it was Albert Einstein's alma mater. These schools are remarkably supportive of startups, playing a crucial role in the earliest stages of helping researchers commercialize their technology.
Beyond the lab visits, we also co-hosted a small salon with the Sino-Swiss Innovation Center and the Association of Chinese Scientists in Switzerland, exchanging ideas with local Chinese entrepreneurs and friends interested in tech investment. We were struck by how much technical innovation is happening here, with enormous potential to drive efficiency gains across industries. On the path from technology to product, and from product to commercial product, if we can combine and complement this with China's massive market base — applying cutting-edge technology to domestic industrial upgrading, cost reduction, and scaling — we believe the prospects are very promising.
Next we'll be heading to France and Italy. We'll continue hosting and participating in exchange events in Grenoble, France (April 24 local time) and Genoa, Italy (April 26 local time). Due to limited venue capacity, interested friends please scan the QR code to fill out the form. We'll reach out directly to coordinate participation based on registrations.
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Linear Capital is an early-stage investment firm focused on "frontier technology + industry" — frontier technologies represented by data intelligence, digital new infrastructure, next-generation robotics, and new technological transformations in traditional domains (such as biotech, materials, energy, etc.), applied across vertical industries to substantially improve industrial efficiency, solve pain points, and enable industrial upgrading. We capture outsized returns through the substantial increase in industrial value. We currently manage ten funds with approximately $2 billion in total AUM.
Our investment stage focuses on leading angel to Series A rounds, with typical check sizes of $3–8 million or RMB equivalent.
We have made early investments in over 120 startup teams including Horizon Robotics, Kujiale, Sensors Data, Tezign, Rokid, Guandata, Agile Robots, and others. 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." In the long term, we aim to build the most influential "Frontier Technology Application Fund."