The fund
Invests at pre-seed and seed in quantum security, cybersecurity and AI security.
Guardrails
- Independent investment committee
- Written valuation, allocation and conflicts policies
- First look on every opportunity the platform sees
Approach
A studio that earns its insight. A fund that acts on it.
Most investors meet a company when it is already raising. We meet the problem first, inside the banks and regulated enterprises that will pay to solve it.
The problem
Four handoffs break between the lab and the enterprise buyer
Security research rarely fails on the science. It fails on translation, trust and scale. Each handoff is a place where good technology stalls.
- 01Discovery
Lab-to-market gap
Breakthrough cryptography rarely leaves the lab with a buyer attached.
What has to cross: IP, papers and prototypes
- 02Product
Customer translation gap
A primitive is not a product until it fits how a bank actually operates.
What has to cross: A repeatable use case and workflow
- 03Trust
Adoption gap
Regulated buyers need evidence, not promises, before anything reaches production.
What has to cross: Security, compliance and reliability
- 04Scale
Company-building gap
Winning the second and tenth customer takes people and capital the first did not.
What has to cross: Go-to-market, talent and follow-on capital
The platform
How the flywheel turns
Paid studio work keeps us close to buyers. That proximity shows us which problems are real, and who is solving them, before the market does.
QCTPortfolio engine
Step 01 of 05
Diagnose
We win enterprise relationships through PQC readiness, AI security and technical diligence work.
Structure and governance
Capital and services flow through separate entities
A studio next to a fund only works if incentives stay clean. These guardrails are written down, not implied.
QCT Studio
Paid technical delivery, diligence, pilots, a talent network and incubation for regulated enterprises.
Guardrails
- Separate contracts, accounts and P&L
- No automatic charge to the fund
- Portfolio services at disclosed rates, reported to the LP advisory committee
Management company
Employs the team and runs the investment process, finance and compliance.
Guardrails
- Written related-party policy
- Founder ownership subject to vesting and service
- Key-person provisions and quarterly capacity review
What we stand for
Five principles behind every decision
Security
For a more resilient world
Deep tech
From research to real impact
Operator led
Built with experience
Regulated industries
Mission-aligned outcomes
Enduring value
Compounding possibilities