Founder of DeepSeek's magic square quantitative strategy achieved a 56.55% return last year, with assets under management exceeding 700 billion yuan

By: theblockbeats.news|2026/01/14 08:30:14

BlockBeats News, January 14th. According to a report by 21st Century Business Herald citing the latest data from the private placement network RankingBall, the average annual return of DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng's Huansquare Quant for 2025 reached 56.55%, ranking second in the performance list of quant private funds in China with a management scale of over 10 billion RMB, second only to Lingjun Investment, which topped the list with an average return of 73.51%. Currently, the management scale of Huansquare Quant has exceeded 70 billion RMB. According to data from the RankingBall network, the average return of Huansquare Quant in the past three years was 85.15%, and in the past five years, it was 114.35%.

Some analysts believe that the impressive performance of Huansquare Quant has provided sufficient research and development funds for Liang Wenfeng's DeepSeek. Huansquare Quant is one of the most well-known quantitative private fund giants in China. It was founded by Liang Wenfeng in 2008 while studying Information and Communication Engineering at Zhejiang University. It is a hedge fund with a mathematical, computational, research, and AI gene. In 2019, the management scale of Huansquare Quant exceeded 10 billion RMB, and in 2021, it once surpassed 100 billion RMB.

Recent news has stated that DeepSeek will release the new flagship AI model DeepSeek V4 in February. This model has powerful programming capabilities and is expected to have a significant impact on the current AI competitive landscape. (Jiemian News)

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