Event Preview | May 24, Nanjing — Nanjing Jinyuzui X Linear Capital Institutional Day: Discussing Global Frontier Tech Trends and Application Prospects

On May 24, Linear Capital will partner with the Nanjing Jinyuzui Fund District Development Center and Nanjing Jinyuzui Daily Roadshow Culture Development Co., Ltd. to launch "Jinyuzui Institutional Day x Linear Capital Frontier Technology Special", exploring "Global Investment Strategies and Future Innovation Directions in Frontier Technology." At the event, Linear Capital partner Songyan Huang will deliver a presentation titled "Investing in European Frontier Technology", and select portfolio companies of Linear Capital (with European study or work backgrounds) will also showcase their work. Additionally, the event will feature a panel discussion on New Paradigms in Frontier Technology Investment. Five distinguished investors — Songyan Huang, partner at Linear Capital; Yangfa Pan, partner at Chengmei Capital; Jiecong Sun, executive director at Kunzhong Capital; Jun Yu, partner at SenseTime Guoxiang; and Bin Zhu, partner at Yuanhe Origin — will discuss innovation prospects in global frontier technology sectors.

About Linear Capital:

As an institution with a decade of deep engagement in frontier technology, Linear Capital focuses on "frontier technology + industry" investments — namely, frontier technologies such as data intelligence, digital new infrastructure, next-generation robotics, and technological transformation in traditional domains (including biomedicine, materials, energy, and more), applied across vertical industries to substantially improve industrial efficiency, empower solutions to pain points, and enable industrial upgrading. Through significant increases in industrial value, the firm achieves outsized commercial returns. Linear Capital currently manages ten funds with total AUM of approximately $2 billion, and has made early-stage investments in over 120 startup teams including Horizon Robotics, Kujiale, Sensors Data, Tezign, Agile Robots, Shushu Tech, Rokid, Guandata, and Douxiang Technology, with a combined portfolio valuation of approximately $20 billion.

Mr. Songyan Huang holds a Ph.D. in machine learning from Zhejiang University. Since joining Linear Capital in late 2017, he has focused on investments at the intersection of frontier hard tech and industrial application, and has successfully led investments in projects including Agile Robots, Hygon, Weijian Technology, and Aikenong.

About Nanjing Jinyuzui Fund District:

China's first fund-themed district, officially inaugurated on July 15, 2019, with planned total scale exceeding 450,000 square meters. Jinyuzui Fund District emphasizes its positioning as a "capital engine," "catalyst," and "incubator," leveraging various social capital through fund matching, direct investment, and co-investment. It has attracted equity investment institutions including Source Code Capital, Yida Capital, and Huaying Capital, ranking first in the city for both registered funds and registered managers. The district hosts over 620 registered funds and registered managers, with registered fund scale exceeding 230 billion yuan and assets under management surpassing 400 billion yuan; newly registered managers in 2023 accounted for 91.84% of the city's total. It has received numerous provincial and municipal honors, as well as awards from specialized institutions for best fund town. Jinyuzui Fund District maintains a "business format + ecosystem" development framework, centered on "fund-of-funds + direct investment" approaches, actively cultivating a financial ecosystem, accelerating financial industry chain expansion, introducing new business formats, and boosting financial development.

Since the launch of the "Jinyuzui Daily Roadshow" brand in April 2021, the district has hosted over 770 events, attracted more than 1,700 projects, and facilitated over 6.3 billion yuan in project financing, helping batches of domestic and international innovation projects pilot in Jianye District and drawing increasing numbers of financial institutions and investment firms to Jinyuzui.

About Linear Capital

Linear Capital is an early-stage investment firm focused on "frontier technology + industry" investments — namely, frontier technologies such as data intelligence, digital new infrastructure, next-generation robotics, and technological transformation in traditional domains (including biomedicine, materials, energy, and more), applied across vertical industries to substantially improve industrial efficiency, empower solutions to pain points, and enable industrial upgrading. Through significant increases in industrial value, the firm achieves outsized commercial returns. The firm currently manages ten funds with total AUM of approximately $2 billion.

Our investment stage focuses primarily on angel to Series A lead investments, with check sizes ranging from $1 million to $10 million (or RMB equivalent) per project.

To date, we have made early-stage investments in over 120 startup teams including Horizon Robotics, Kujiale, Sensors Data, Tezign, Rokid, Guandata, and Agile Robots. Linear's portfolio companies have a combined valuation of approximately $20 billion.

In the near term, Linear Capital is working to become the premier "Data Intelligence Technology Fund," and over the long term aims to build itself into the most influential "Frontier Technology Application Fund."