DeepSeek founder’s Qianfang Quantitative achieved a 56.55% return last year, with assets under management exceeding 70 billion yuan

BlockBeats News, January 14, according to the latest data from Private Placement PaiPai.com cited by 21st Century Business Herald, the average return of DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng's Huansquare Quantitative in 2025 reached 56.55%, ranking second among quantitative private equity firms in China with over 10 billion RMB under management, only behind Lingjun Investment, which topped the list with an average return of 73.51%. Currently, Huansquare Quantitative manages more than 70 billion RMB. According to Private Placement PaiPai.com, Huansquare Quantitative's average return over the past three years is 85.15%, and the average return over the past five years is 114.35%.

Some analysts believe that the strong performance of Huansquare Quantitative has provided ample R&D funding for DeepSeek under Liang Wenfeng. Huansquare Quantitative is one of the most well-known quantitative private equity giants in China, founded by Liang Wenfeng in 2008 while studying Information and Communication Engineering at Zhejiang University. It is a hedge fund with mathematics, computing, research, and AI genes. In 2019, Huansquare Quantitative's assets under management exceeded 10 billion RMB, and in 2021, it once surpassed 100 billion RMB.

Recently, there has been news that DeepSeek will release its new generation flagship AI model, DeepSeek V4, in February. This model possesses powerful programming capabilities and is expected to have a significant impact on the current AI competitive landscape. (Jiemian News)