Dunmin Dong at Linear Capital evaluates investments through a three-layer framework of scenario, culture, and human nature, asking founders whether they're building mere functions or sculpting scenes that truly exist in users' lives and emotionally move them. He combines his background investing into top Chinese venture firms and EV makers like Li Auto and NIO with a focus on making once-elite technologies affordable and delightful for mass users globally, particularly in Physical AI and robotics where he runs hands-on salons to dissect real problems rather than just pitch.
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Linear Capital is a Shanghai-based frontier tech fund founded by Harry Wang, Facebook's first Chinese R&D manager, who brings a Silicon Valley engineering background to evaluating and supporting startups through an engineers backing engineers philosophy. The firm focuses exclusively on three AI-driven pillars—AI software and applications, AI hardware and robotics, and AI for science and manufacturing—while providing what founders describe as unusually hands-on technical feedback and emotional support, including late-night availability and help with hiring, customers, and strategic decisions.
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