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Linear Capital Leuven Offline Exchange Event — Now Open for Registration!
**In late April, Linear Capital's investment team will host an offline entrepreneurship meetup in Leuven, sharing the latest insights and updates on China's hard tech investment landscape. Harry Wang, founder and CEO of Linear Capital, partner Songyan Huang, and senior director Xin Wei 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 the domestic [Chinese] market.
Zhejiang University alumni in Zurich — heads up! Linear Capital vs. Zhejiang University Alumni Association Zurich: April meetup now open for registration!
Last spring, Linear Capital traveled to Europe to visit top universities, tour three major robotics labs, and other key innovation platforms. We got a firsthand feel for the research and frontier technology in developed countries like the UK, France, and Germany, and also had extensive conversations and preliminary discussions with local student organizations and entrepreneurs. In 2024, we'll be expanding our engagement with university groups and alumni networks across Europe through a broader range of formats and partnerships.
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 co-host an offline entrepreneurship exchange with the Aachen Chinese Students and Scholars Association, sharing the latest updates and insights on domestic hard-tech investing. Harry Wang, founder and CEO of Linear Capital, partner Songyan Huang, and senior director Xin Wei will attend the event.** Entrepreneurs, PhD candidates, postdocs, and other researchers are welcome to sign up — whether you're looking to commercialize a research project, have a startup idea, or simply
Explore Frontier Tech — Linear Capital's April Delft Offline Meetup Awaits
Last spring, Linear Capital traveled to Europe to visit top universities, tour three major robotics labs, and other key innovation hubs. The team got firsthand exposure to cutting-edge research and technology across the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, and also held extensive discussions and preliminary exchanges with local student organizations and entrepreneurs.
ETH Zurich, again — Linear Capital's Switzerland offline event is open for registration!
Last April, Linear Capital's investment team visited several top labs at ETH Zurich and EPFL in Switzerland, and hosted exchange events with local Chinese organizations. The research environment there and the universities' support for early-stage technology commercialization left a deep impression on us. During these events, we also shared with attending technical entrepreneurs Linear Capital's view on the tremendous opportunity of combining cutting-edge European technological innovation with the domestic market. These observations
Jobs | Linear Capital Is Hiring Investment Directors for AI Software and AI Robotics
As the title says, Linear Capital is currently hiring for Director and Senior Director positions. Details below:
Linear Capital's angel-round lead investment project, *SynMetabio*, has raised tens of millions of RMB in a Pre-A round, with existing investor Linear Capital continuing to double down as a follow-on investor.
The cost of bio-based leather manufacturing has dropped sharply, and a commercial inflection point could arrive next year, with tens of millions of yuan in revenue.
"贻如生物" Su Rui: How the World's First Continuously Produced 100% Bio-based Leather Was Achieved | Linear Capital Portfolio Interview Series
Today, SynMetabio, a Linear Capital seed-round lead portfolio company, announced it has raised tens of millions of RMB in a Pre-A round. One year after announcing its seed round from Linear Capital in April 2023, SynMetabio has made significant progress, **including optimizing its entire production process, substantially reducing manufacturing costs, and achieving cost advantages for bio-based materials in most application scenarios.** Next, SynMetabio will build a factory in Changzhou to scale up mass production of its synthetic leather.
Now Hiring | Linear Capital Is Recruiting a Europe-Based Investment Director and Senior Director
As the title suggests, we're hiring Investment Directors and Senior Directors in Europe. Here are the details: **
The Spring of Low-Altitude Economy eVTOL: WEFLY Poised for Takeoff | Linear Capital Portfolio Company
Linear Capital's angel-round investment, WEFLY (Qifei Aviation), was founded by a team of aviation professionals with deep industry experience, united by a mission to advance China's new-energy aviation sector. Drawing on decades of hard-won experience and core technologies accumulated in the traditional civil aviation industry both domestically and abroad, as well as China's formidable technical strengths and industrial foundation in the new-energy "three electrics" (motor, electronic control, and battery), the company aims to establish a Chinese-owned global player in urban air mobility (U