Linear Capital
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Linear Capital is a frontier technology venture capital fund founded in 2014, managing ten funds with over $2 billion in assets. It invests in early-stage startups applying advanced technologies to solve real-world problems, focusing on AI, robotics, and science-related sectors.
Linear Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Beijing, China, founded in 2014. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to Series A, in AI software and applications, AI hardware & embodied intelligence, AI for science and manufacturing and energy. Its stated cheque size is $1 million to $10 million per project. $2+ Billion under management and 170 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We have consistently prioritized a technology-driven approach, identifying startups at the earliest stages that excel at applying advanced technologies to solve "Real Problems".”
— Linear Capital, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Invests in
- China, worldwide
- Sectors
- AI software and applications, AI hardware & embodied intelligence, AI for science and manufacturing, energy, materials, biotech
- Cheque size
- $1 million to $10 million per project
- Founded
- 2014
- Assets under management
- $2+ Billion
- Portfolio
- 170 companies
Team, as Linear Capital publishes it
- Harry Wang Founder and CEO
- Neil Zeng Partner
- Jun Yang Partner
- Can Zheng Managing Director
- Zeren Bai Executive Director
- Dunmin Dong Senior Principal
- Tianyi Zhou Principal
- Haitao Hu Data Analyst
- Ben Li COO & CFO
- Michael Ling Managing Director
- Cherie Qian Legal Director
- Franny Zhong Finance Manager
Names and roles exactly as listed on linear.vc. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 16 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- Plug and Play China 3 shared companies: roboticplus.com, tezign.com, icanag.com
- 襄禾资本 3 shared companies: stonewise.cn, sensorsdata.cn, guandata.com
- Qiming Venture Partners 2 shared companies: acxel.com, tongdun.cn
- Unicorn Capital Partners 2 shared companies: tezign.com, agile-robots.com
- Kima Ventures 1 shared company: manycore.io
- Prosperity7 Ventures 1 shared company: hongjingdrive.com
- Translink Capital 1 shared company: hongjingdrive.com
- 靖亚资本 1 shared company: tezign.com
- Source Code Capital 1 shared company: icanag.com
- ZhenFund 1 shared company: ehang.com
and 6 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Linear Capital publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.linear.vc/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, founded, aum, portfolio_count, status, confidence
- https://www.linear.vc/teampeople
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Record 6188 · added 2026-09-03 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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