In mid-July, we'll be hosting an offline party during the RSS conference in Delft — you're welcome to join.

RSS, or Robotics: Science and Systems, is a top-tier academic conference in robotics.

From July 15 to 19, 2024, RSS 2024 will be held at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Linear Capital will host an offline gathering near the venue, where partner Songyan Huang will be available to chat and exchange ideas with attendees. Researchers and entrepreneurs are welcome to join!

Time: Evening of July 15 or July 16 (local time) — please choose based on your schedule

Location: To be shared upon successful registration

To register, please scan the QR code below. Event details will be provided after registration.

About Songyan Huang

Partner at Linear Capital and head of deep tech investing. He has led investments in Agile Robots, Quanying Technology, Hygge Tech, Weijian, and Aicron, among others. He also serves as a reviewer for multiple top-tier IEEE journals. Before joining Linear Capital, Huang worked as a data scientist at Huawei, where he led several cutting-edge AI research and application projects. He earned his PhD in machine learning from the College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering at Zhejiang University. Huang has been named to 36Kr's "36 Investors Under 36," Venture50's "40 Investors Under 40," and Jazzyear's "20 Most Visionary Tech Investors of 2021."

P.S.: The cover image was generated by ChatGPT.

About Linear Capital

Linear Capital is an early-stage investment firm focused on "frontier technology + industry." It targets frontier technologies — including data intelligence, digital new infrastructure, next-generation robotics, and new technological transformations in traditional sectors such as biomedicine, materials, and energy — and applies them across vertical industries to dramatically improve efficiency, solve critical pain points, and enable industrial upgrading. By driving substantial industrial value creation, the firm aims to generate outsized commercial returns. Linear Capital currently manages ten funds with total AUM of approximately $2 billion.

The firm primarily leads angel to Series A rounds, with individual investments ranging from $1 million to $10 million (or RMB equivalent).

To date, Linear Capital has made early-stage investments in over 120 startups, including Horizon Robotics, Kujiale, Sensors Data, Tezign, Rokid, Guandata, and Agile Robots. The combined valuation of its 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, it aims to build itself into the most influential "Frontier Technology Application Fund."