QAI Ventures
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QAI Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in quantum technologies and advanced computing, operating an early-stage fund with an accelerator and a growth-stage fund. It backs companies from pre-seed through Series C across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific.
QAI Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to Series C and later, in quantum Computing, quantum Sensing, quantum Communications and Quantum-adjacent Technologies. Its stated cheque size is $200K via convertible note, with optional follow-on up to $2M in equity; Up to $12M per company; ~€200K initial; $8M–$12M per company. USD 50M Early-Stage Fund; USD 150M Growth-Stage Fund (2026) under management and 30 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“QAI Ventures is a global VC firm and ecosystem platform investing in Quantum Tech and Enabling Technologies.”
— QAI Ventures, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- Basel, Switzerland
- Invests in
- Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, EU, US, APAC, global
- Sectors
- Quantum Computing, Quantum Sensing, Quantum Communications, Quantum-adjacent Technologies, Advanced Computing Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, High-Performance Computing & Infrastructure, Advanced Semiconductors
- Cheque size
- $200K via convertible note, with optional follow-on up to $2M in equity; Up to $12M per company; ~€200K initial; $8M–$12M per company
- Assets under management
- USD 50M Early-Stage Fund; USD 150M Growth-Stage Fund (2026)
- Portfolio
- 30 companies
Team, as QAI Ventures publishes it
- Alexandra Beckstein CEO & General Partner
- Michael A. Jackson General Partner
- Dr. Axel Thierauf General Partner
- Tobias Denzler PhD Head of Science & Technology
- Anca Albu Chief Operating Officer
- Mira Dechant Chief Marketing Officer
- Arianna Maschietto Global Accelerator Director
- Romi Sumaria Director of Business Development and Partnerships
- Alfred Wieder Partner LP Relations
- James Sanders Investments Manager
- Fraser Levick Investment Analyst
Names and roles exactly as listed on qai-ventures.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
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- https://qai-ventures.com/name, is_investor, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, thesis_quote, description, aum, portfolio_count, people, status
- https://qai-ventures.com/startup-fundinglayer, cheque_size
- https://qai-ventures.com/investment-fundpeople
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