Linear Capital Tops 36Kr's "Most Founder-Friendly Investors in China" Rankings for Another Year
Last week, 36Kr released the *36Kr China Equity Investment Annual Ranking*, which evaluated investment institutions across multiple dimensions including assets under management and industry influence, investment activity over the past three-plus-one years, star projects, the number of portfolio companies that subsequently raised new funding, and exit returns. Classified by the primary investment stage of portfolio companies, the rankings were divided into *China's Top 50 Early-Stage Investment Institutions*, *China's Top 100 Venture Capital Institutions*, and *China's Top...*
Last week, 36Kr released the 36Kr China Equity Investment Annual Ranking, which evaluates investment firms across multiple dimensions including AUM and industry influence, investment activity over the past three-plus-one years, star portfolio companies, the number of portfolio companies that subsequently raised new funding, and exit returns. The ranking is segmented by the primary investment stage of each firm's portfolio, divided into China's Top 50 Early-Stage Investment Firms, China's Top 100 Venture Capital Firms, and China's Top 100 Private Equity Firms.
In this ranking, Harry Wang, founder and CEO of Linear Capital, was once again named "China's Most Entrepreneur-Friendly Investor." Linear Capital also retained its spot in the "Top 10 Early-Stage Investment Firms in China's Equity Investment Industry."
About Linear Capital
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 sectors (such as biotech, materials, and energy), applied across vertical industries to dramatically improve industrial efficiency, empower companies to solve pain points, and complete industrial upgrades. Through substantial increases in industrial value, we achieve outsized commercial returns. We currently manage ten funds with total AUM of approximately $2 billion.
Our investment stage focuses primarily on leading angel to Series A rounds, with individual investments ranging from $1 million to $10 million (or RMB equivalent).
To date, we have made early-stage investments in over 120 founding teams, including Horizon Robotics, Kujiale, Sensors Data, Tezign, Rokid, Guandata, and Agile Robots. The combined valuation of Linear Capital'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 gradually build ourselves into the most influential Frontier Technology Application Fund.