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 host an offline entrepreneurship exchange with the Aachen Chinese Students and Scholars Association, 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 Principal Wei Xin, 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 China's venture capital environment, we encourage you to join the conversation!

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

Linear Capital consistently enters at the early stage and provides support throughout a project's full lifecycle. Over the years, several technical founders from renowned European universities and research institutes have grown into standout portfolio companies, including Agile Robots, RealView, AUSGAR, Dishi Medical, Lu'er New Materials, Aceso Biosciences, Rokin Manufacturing, and SwissMile — with founding teams hailing from the German Aerospace Center, Cambridge University, the Max Planck Institute, and others. These experiences reinforce our conviction that Europe's frontier technology research and applications deserve deep capital attention and exploration. We look forward to connecting with you!

Agenda:

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

Time: 4:00 PM local time, April 22

Venue: Jülicher Straße 209d, collective incubator, Townhall

Speaker Bios:

Harry Wang

Founder and CEO of Linear Capital, focused 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 chronicled in his bestselling book The Facebook Way. After leaving Facebook, he served as CEO advisor to Dianping, Baixing, and CSDN, and has spoken at numerous Chinese technology companies and developer communities. Harry has been repeatedly recognized as "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 holds a 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, Hefei Coherent, Weijian, and Aikennong. He also serves as a reviewer for multiple top-tier IEEE journals. Before joining Linear Capital, Huang was 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. Huang has been recognized on 36Kr's "36 Under 36 Outstanding Investors," Venture50's "40 Under 40 Investors," and Jazzyear's "20 Most Insightful Tech Investors of 2021."

Wei Xin

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

Friends are welcome to scan the QR code to register 👇

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

Positions: Principal, Senior Principal

Requirements:

• STEM background from a top overseas university. Interested in early-stage investing and eager to source and invest in European projects
• Strong intellectual curiosity and logical thinking; unafraid to ask questions, then ask again; capable of rapid learning and self-motivation
• Keen observational skills and sharp instincts; excellent research and data analysis capabilities
• Deep curiosity about frontier technology and ability to dig beneath the surface
• Resilient and hardworking; values long-term interests and understands delayed gratification
• Punctual and time-conscious
• Strong communicator
• Speaks up, follows through, delivers results
• Willing to make mistakes, brave enough to admit them, learns from them, and grows through correction

Nice to have:

• Investment experience not required, but prior experience investing in technology startups is a plus
• R&D or PM background at a leading technology company, or track record of investing in well-known projects in relevant fields
• PhD in broad hard-tech fields is an additional plus; candidates with study experience in the base location preferred

Location: Europe-wide; Germany, Switzerland, and UK preferred

Please send your resume to: talent@linear.vc

P.S.: Cover image generated by Midjourney

About Linear Capital

Linear Capital is an early-stage investment firm focused on "frontier technology + industry," covering data intelligence, digital infrastructure, next-generation robotics, and technological transformation in traditional sectors such as biomedicine, materials, and energy. We apply these frontier technologies across vertical industries to dramatically improve efficiency, solve critical pain points, and enable industrial upgrading — capturing outsized commercial returns through substantial industrial value creation. The firm currently manages 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.

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."