Linear Capital Named to 36Kr's "China AI Sector Industrial Investment Fund" and Other Lists

This week, 36Kr released its 2024 "China Industrial Investment Fund" series rankings. Linear Capital was selected for both the "China AI Industrial Investment Fund" and "China Embodied Intelligence Industrial Investment Fund" lists. Harry Wang, founder and CEO of Linear Capital, was named to the "China AI Investor" list, while Linear Capital partner Songyan Huang was named to the "China Embodied Intelligence Investor" list.

According to 36Kr's methodology, this year's evaluation gathered comprehensive performance data across the full investment cycle — fundraising, investing, portfolio management, and exits — with specific criteria including: 1) AUM; 2) investment activity over the past three-plus-one years, star projects, and the number of portfolio companies that secured follow-on funding; 3) exit returns; and 4) influence in key industries (including ESG investing). For the full rankings, click "Read More" at the end of this article.

About Linear Capital

Linear Capital is an early-stage investment firm focused on "frontier technology + industry" — specifically, frontier technologies such as data intelligence, digital new infrastructure, next-generation robotics, and new technology transformations in traditional sectors (including biotech, materials, and energy), applied across vertical industries to dramatically improve efficiency, solve critical pain points, and enable industrial upgrading. Through this substantial creation of industrial value, we aim to generate outsized commercial returns. The firm currently manages ten funds with total AUM of approximately $2 billion.

We lead investments primarily from angel through Series A, with check sizes 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 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 build the most influential "Frontier Technology Application Fund."