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 traveled to Europe to visit top universities, tour three major robotics labs, and other important innovation platforms — not only to get a firsthand feel for the research and cutting-edge technology in countries like the UK, France, and Germany, but also to engage in discussions and preliminary exchanges with local student organizations and entrepreneurs. In 2024, we'll deepen this engagement through richer formats, partnering with university organizations, alumni associations, and entrepreneurship clubs across Europe for more extensive collaboration.

In mid-April, Linear Capital's investment team will join forces with the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) and University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) alumni associations to host a high-quality offline entrepreneurship exchange in Munich, sharing the latest insights and updates on China's hard tech investment landscape. Harry Wang, Founder and CEO of Linear Capital, along with Partner Songyan Huang and Senior Director Xin Wei, will attend this event.

We welcome interested entrepreneurs, PhD students, and postdoctoral researchers to sign up — whether you're looking to commercialize a research project, exploring a startup idea, or simply curious about China's venture capital environment, we encourage you to join us for discussion and exchange!

Founded in 2014, Linear Capital focuses on "frontier technology + industry" investments — frontier technologies such as data intelligence, digital new infrastructure, next-generation robotics, and new technological transformations in traditional sectors (biomedicine, materials, energy, etc.), applied across vertical industries to dramatically improve efficiency, address pain points, and enable industrial upgrading — generating outsized commercial returns through substantial industrial value creation.

Linear Capital insists on entering at the early stage and providing continuous support throughout a project's entire lifecycle. Over the past few years, numerous technical founders from renowned European universities and research institutes whom we've backed have grown into standout projects, including: Agile Robots, Reevise, Auscognitive, Dishi Medical, Luer New Materials, Ausbiox, Ruixin Manufacturing, SwissMile, and others — with founding teams hailing from the German Aerospace Center, Cambridge University, the Max Planck Institute, and other institutions.

The UCAS and USTC German Alumni Associations were established successively in 2023. Beyond strengthening alumni connections and exchanges around study and life, the associations are working to build a platform for innovation and entrepreneurship collaboration, bringing more frontier research achievements and technical services to market.

Whether you're from a university, research institute, or industry in Munich, this is an opportunity to connect and exchange with fellow entrepreneurs and investors who share your passion for frontier technology.

Event Agenda:

• Partner presentation by Linear Capital
• Portfolio company case studies
• Alumni presentations
• Research project / startup idea Demo Show
• Q&A

Venue and exact timing: To be notified via email upon successful registration.

Speaker Bios:

Harry Wang — Founder and CEO of Linear Capital. Focuses on frontier technology projects that solve 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 his bestseller Building Facebook. After leaving Facebook, he served as CEO advisor to Dianping, Baixing, and CSDN, and has spoken and shared at numerous Chinese tech companies and technical communities. Harry has been repeatedly named "Best Early-Stage Investor" and "Most Founder-Friendly Early-Stage Investor" by media outlets. 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 earned his master's 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, Webuild, Aikennong, and others. He also serves as a reviewer for multiple top-tier IEEE journals. Before joining Linear Capital, Songyan worked as a data scientist at Huawei, responsible for several frontier AI research and application development projects. He earned his PhD in machine learning from Zhejiang University's College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering. Dr. Huang has consecutively received honors including 36Kr's "36 Under 36 Outstanding Investors," VentureBeat's "40 Under 40 Investors," and Jazzyear's "2021 Top 20 Tech Investors with the Keenest Insight."

Xin Wei — Senior Director at Linear Capital. Focuses on industry analysis at the intersection of hardware and software, and data-empowered industry. Before joining Linear Capital, Xin 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 earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering from the School of Mechatronics Engineering at Harbin Institute of Technology and the HIT Robotics Institute respectively, and his MBA from Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance.

Interested friends are welcome to scan the QR code and fill out the registration form. We will contact you promptly upon successful registration.

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About Linear Capital

Linear Capital is an early-stage investment firm focused on "frontier technology + industry" — frontier technologies such as data intelligence, digital new infrastructure, next-generation robotics, and new technological transformations in traditional sectors (biomedicine, materials, energy, etc.), applied across vertical industries to dramatically improve efficiency, address pain points, enable industrial upgrading, and generate outsized commercial returns through substantial industrial value creation. The firm currently manages ten funds with total assets under management of approximately $2 billion.

Our investment stage focuses primarily on angel to Series A lead investments, with typical check sizes of $3 million to $8 million or RMB equivalent.

To date, we have made early-stage investments in over 120 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." Over the long term, we aim to build the most influential "Frontier Technology Application Fund."