Linear Capital
Venture capitalActively deployingShanghai · Pre-Seed–Series A · 22 people tracked
Also known as LINEAR VENTURE, LTD.
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Investment thesis
Linear Capital focuses on Frontier Technology Applications, backing startups that apply advanced technology at the earliest stages. Core areas include AI software and applications, AI hardware and embodied intelligence, and AI for science and manufacturing spanning energy, materials, and biotech. The firm typically leads rounds from angel to Series A, committing $1 million to $10 million per company with exceptions for standout cases. Based in China, it seeks high-quality projects worldwide and emphasizes a technology-driven approach to identifying companies solving real problems.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.
Team · 22 people
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What they invest in
from 38 of 71 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×26Enterprise Software ×11Deep Tech ×9Hardware ×9Advanced Manufacturing ×8Robotics ×8Mobility & Transportation ×6SaaS ×6
HQs:China×21United States×6Switzerland×2Hong Kong×1Japan×1Singapore×1
Investments · 71 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 22023 · 13 dated
EHang develops and manufactures pilotless electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for uses such as aerial tourism, intra-city and intercity transport, logistics, and emergency firefighting.
Deep TechHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & Transportation
Hu Huazhi(Founder)in
Co-investorsGranite AsiaPreAngel FundZhenFund
Tezign builds enterprise-grade AI agent systems and products that organize a company's proprietary content, knowledge, rules and processes into "Context" so agents can understand business goals and act on them.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechShanghai, CN
Co-investorsHearst VenturesTemasekCherubic Ventures
Uniner offers an agent governance platform that enables enterprises to manage, monitor, and control multiple AI agents, skills, and connectors across their organization.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsSequoia CapitalYunqi Partners
Oorstec (Guangdong Oorstec Micro-Nano Technology) develops a digital microfluidics platform based on proprietary active-pixel thin-film semiconductor arrays that generates and manipulates large numbers of microscale biological droplets in parallel.
BiotechDeep TechSemiconductorsFoshan, CN
Yang Su(Founder)in
Co-investorsQiming Venture Partners
Agile Robots (思灵机器人) develops intelligent robotics systems combining AI with physical-world applications, with core technologies in robot perception, decision-making, force control, vision, operating systems, and deep learning.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardwareRobotics
Zhaopeng Chen(Founder)in
Co-investorsHongShan Capital GroupOVO FundSoftBank GroupSoftBank Vision Fund
Notta provides AI-powered transcription tools available as a web app, mobile app, and Chrome extension, along with features such as AI summaries, meeting minutes, screen recording, and a sales-focused AI agent for recording and analyzing meetings and syncing with CRM.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSTokyo, JP
Yan Zhang(Founder)inRyan Zhang(Representative Director)
Co-investorsGranite AsiaPKSHA Technology Capital
AIOS builds software infrastructure for consumer healthcare that automates clinical workflows and patient management, currently operating brands like Bolt Pharmacy and Fella Health that deliver treatment at scale with minimal human intervention.
HealthtechWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US
Richie Cartwright(Founder)in
Co-investorsStreamlined VenturesY CombinatorBosch VenturesMDI Ventures
Bot Auto develops autonomous trucks for goods transportation, focusing on reducing environmental impact in the logistics industry.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationRoboticsHouston, US
Xiaodi Hou(Founder)in
Co-investorsFirst Star VenturesUpHonest Capital
BTRY develops solid-state battery technology designed to charge in one minute, extending electrification to applications previously limited by energy storage constraints.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechDeep TechEnergyHardwareNew MaterialsZurich, CH
Abdessalem Aribia(Founder)inMoritz H. Futscher(Founder)in
Co-investorsBerliner Volksbank VenturesKickfundRedstoneTane FundBloomhaus VenturesHTGF
Cobo provides a digital asset custody and wallet platform for institutions such as exchanges, funds, and fintechs, offering custodial, MPC, smart contract, and exchange wallets through unified APIs and SDKs.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechHong Kong, HK
Changhao Jiang(Founder)in
Co-investorsBitDAOMantle NetworkA&T CapitalDHVCDST GlobalIMO Ventures+1 more
D-Robotics builds robotics development infrastructure, including developer boards with a proprietary AI acceleration engine (BPU), operating systems, and open-source algorithms for edge and embodied intelligence.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareRobotics
Co-investorsMonolith Venture Advisory Limited
Datablau (数语科技) builds AI-oriented data governance and modeling software, including ontology/semantic modeling tools (DOM, DDM, OSM standard) and an agent-driven data governance system (DIG) that automates metadata completion, data classification/grading, quality-rule generation, and data lineage tracking.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
王琤(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsWI Harper Group
AI for Science (Chemistry/Materials) innovator (Hangzhou)
Haidian, CN
Chenru Duan(Founder)inHaojun Jia(Founder)in
Co-investorsGobi PartnersBaidu
Final Round AI provides AI tools for interview preparation, including mock interviews, real-time interview assistance, resume building, and LinkedIn optimization.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundLevel One FundMento vcRitual CapitalTranspose Platform Management+6 more
Functorz is a no-code cloud development platform that enables users to design pages, business logic, and data models visually, then automatically generates code and deploys applications to eliminate technical barriers in cross-platform app development.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaSSector AgnosticShanghai, CN
HoJing (Hongjing Drive) develops full-stack autonomous driving software algorithms and system integration, providing customized L1–L4 intelligent driving solutions that have reached mass production across more than 30 vehicle models.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechDeep TechMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsProsperity7 VenturesTransLink CapitalTeda Venture Capital
Horizon Robotics develops full-stack software and hardware solutions for advanced driver assistance (ADAS) and autonomous driving, supplying pre-installed mass-production systems to automakers.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareMobility & TransportationSemiconductorsBeijing, CN
Co-investorsVertex Ventures ChinaZhenFund
Jelep (捷象灵越) builds pallet vertical-warehouse robots (VPR), latent forklift robots (E-Robot) and the JMS industrial digital platform to provide flexible automated storage and horizontal material-handling solutions.
Advanced ManufacturingLogistics & Supply ChainRobotics
Mindos (Second Me) builds AI digital twins that learn from a person's notes, voice recordings, and ideas to reflect their personality, voice, and thinking, which can then be shared to interact with others.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeveloper ToolsSingapore, SG
Felix Tao(Founder)in
Co-investorsSquare Peg CapitalYinxinggu Capital
Rea-Vis develops holographic and augmented reality display technology for automotive applications, including head-up displays and instrument clusters.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareMobility & TransportationNanjing, CN
邓远博 (Yuan Bo Deng)(CEO)董道明 (Dao Ming Dong)(CTO)初大平 (Da Ping Chu)(Chief Scientist)
remio is an AI assistant that automatically captures and synthesizes knowledge for software engineers, helping them manage fragmented technical information across multiple sources and retrieve insights on demand.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsHike CapitalKhosla VenturesMoai CapitalThe Venture Reality FundVersion One Ventures
Rino.ai develops L4 autonomous driving technology and driverless delivery vehicles for public roads, handling middle-mile and last-mile delivery for logistics, express delivery, retail chains, and closed parks.
Logistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationRobotics
RIVR develops wheeled-legged robots powered by Physical AI to automate the final 100 yards of delivery, working with logistics providers to enable autonomous doorstep delivery for e-commerce and food delivery.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsZurich, CH
Co-investorsBezos Expeditions
Technology startup in Linear Capital's portfolio
SynMetabio is a synthetic biology company that develops biomaterials, including mycelium-based leather alternatives, by cultivating fungi on agricultural byproducts such as corn cobs, straw, coffee grounds, distiller's lees, and oil.
BiotechCircular EconomyNew Materials
ThinkingData offers Agentic Engine, an enterprise AI agent platform with prebuilt domain-expert agents and 100+ skills for analytics tasks such as payment, user, retention, attribution, and campaign analysis.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSunnyvale, US
Chris Han(Founder)
Yuansuan develops engineering AI systems that combine artificial intelligence with physics-based modeling and computation for complex engineering tasks, built specifically for engineers to solve design, simulation, manufacturing, and operational problems in constrained industrial environments.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Tongdun (小盾未来) builds AI-based decision intelligence and privacy-computing platforms, including a distributed KV database, metrics platform, and AI credit risk scoring, focused on financial risk, security risk, and government governance risk.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechHangzhou, CN
Co-investorsChina Growth CapitalQiming Venture Partners
Stonewise builds an AI-powered small-molecule drug design platform using multimodal 3D molecular generation models for pharmaceutical research and development.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesBeijing, CN
周杰龙(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsXiang He Capital
Sensors Data provides a data analytics and AI agent platform for enterprise digital operations, offering automated diagnosis, strategy generation, and execution for marketing and customer growth.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechBeijing, CN
wenfeng sang(Founder)桑文锋(Founder)
Co-investorsMorningside Venture Capital LimitedXiang He Capital
GuanData (观远数据) provides AI-powered business intelligence and data analytics platforms that help enterprises make faster decisions across operations, supply chain, and finance.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareShanghai, CN
Co-investorsChina Growth CapitalXiang He Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AllsensewwBaoxiaoheCorecontrolCosceneDeep MaterialDessightESGFeishuGuangliHebin RobotsHourstecIcanagLeadigitalLingyangnologyManycore TechMayootechMeetwhaleNanomicsNjdlclPowerlawRuhrtechSpatialTARSTophantWhaleWismainWonsorYrobotZixel3D地平线机器人 (Horizon Robotics)
Exits · 1
1 IPOsEHangNASDAQ: EH
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAgile Robots · forbes.com · Sep 7, 2026
AI tools · fiercebiotech.com · Sep 3, 2026
Horizon · realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com · Aug 16, 2026
EHang · stocktitan.net · Aug 14, 2026
Final Round AI · aceround.app · Aug 6, 2026
Bot · techcrunch.com · Jul 28, 2026
AIOS · solutionsreview.com · Jul 17, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Linear Capital made?
- Linear Capital has 71 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Linear Capital invest at?
- Linear Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Linear Capital's typical check size?
- Linear Capital typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
- What sectors does Linear Capital focus on?
- Linear Capital focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Hardware, New Materials, Robotics, SaaS.
- Where is Linear Capital located?
- Linear Capital is headquartered in Shanghai, CN.
- Does Linear Capital lead rounds?
- Yes, Linear Capital leads investment rounds.
- Who does Linear Capital co-invest with?
- Linear Capital most often shares deals with HongShan Capital Group, Cherubic Ventures, Gobi Partners, among 6 tracked co-investors.
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