IQ Capital
VC Fund
Cambridge, United Kingdom
IQ Capital is a Cambridge & London-based VC firm that invests in ‘deep tech’ companies capable of dominating their respective markets on a global scale. Initial investments at Seed and Series A range from £0.5m to £10m, with capacity for follow-on investment up to £30m through the Growth Fund. The team has achieved over 30 exits including toApple, Huawei, Google and Oracle.
- Total investments:
- 214
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 34%
- Fund size:
- $200M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries IQ Capital invests in
Stages IQ Capital invests in
Countries IQ Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 12 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $1.3M–$12M
- Series A
- $4.7M–$40M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $1.4M–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 31 (14%)
- Artificial Intelligence 23 (11%)
- Machine Learning 17 (8%)
- Biotechnology 16 (7%)
- Information Technology 13 (6%)
Stage
- Seed 60 (28%)
- Series A 46 (21%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 20 (9%)
- Funding Round 18 (8%)
- Series B 17 (8%)
Country
- United Kingdom 85 (40%)
- United States 7 (3%)
- Germany 2 (1%)
- Switzerland 2 (1%)
- The Netherlands 2 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Andrey Kessel
Entrepreneur in Residence / Hands on work with startups
|
Entrepreneur in Residence / Hands on work with startups | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Daniel Carew
Principal
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Principal | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Daniil Shcherbakov
MBA Consultant
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MBA Consultant | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Edward Stacey
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 50 | Find email | |
Kerry Baldwin
Managing Partner, co-founder
|
Managing Partner, co-founder | Total investments: 27 | Find email | |
| See all 12 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindgard is the leading provider of AI Red Teaming solutions. | $30M / Series A / Aug 12, 2026 | ||
| Nuclear Turbines is an energy firm that is creating tiny modular nuclear technologies to make clean nuclear power more affordable than fossil fuels. | $20M / Seed / Jul 27, 2026 | ||
| QuantumDiamonds (QD) is a novel equipment vendor from Germany which builds magnetic field imaging systems based on quantum sensors for the semiconductor industry. Spun out of the Technical University of Munich in 2022 and headquartered in Munich, QD develops and manufactures non-destructive inspection and metrology systems used to find electricaldefects inside the most advanced chips.QD's technology uses nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers, atomic-scale defects in a diamond lattice that act as quantum sensors for magnetic fields. By measuring the magnetic fields generated by current flow, the system reconstructs current pathways inside multi-layer 2.5D and 3D chip architectures and localizes defects with micrometer precision and precise depth resolution. Crucially, the system operates non-destructively and at ambient conditions (no vacuum, no cryogenics), avoiding the slow, destructive layer-by-layer delayering that conventional failure analysis requires.The flagship product, the QDm.1 (Quantum Diamond Microscope), is the world's first integrated quantum sensing tool commercially available for chip testing. It enables open and short detection in advanced semiconductors and advanced packaging at high speed, localizing opens (currently the leading yield-killing electrical failure) as intuitive spots on an image to accelerate root-cause analysis.QD's customers are semiconductor foundries and fabs, IDMs, OSATs, and failure analysis labs. Nine of the world's ten largest chipmakers are engaged with the company, with systems deployed across Europe, the United States, and Asia. QD's product roadmap progresses from InLab defect localization (in production today) to InFab defect metrology (est. 2027) and InLine wafer mapping (est. 2028+), targeting 100% in-line quality control. The company has raised over $100M to date, is backed by World Fund, IQ Capital, Earlybird, Bayern Kapital, and others, and is investing €152M to build the world's first production facility for quantum-based semiconductor inspection in Munich, supported under the European Chips Act. QD employs 50+ people across 18 nationalities, with 30% PhDs and 17 patents.Keywords: Semiconductor Inspection, Failure Analysis, Quantum Sensing, Magnetic Field Imaging, Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers, Advanced Packaging, Non-Destructive Testing, Defect Metrology, Yield Improvement, Chip Manufacturing. | $17.1M / Series A / Jul 08, 2026 | ||
| IMU is a discovery engine mapping the immune system to advance precision medicine. | $38.4M / Series A / Jun 01, 2026 | ||
| RevEng.AI is a cyber security and artificial intelligence company that helps organizations understand their cyber security supply chain. RevEng.ai identifies fundamental components of closed-source program binaries and generates real-valued vector embeddings for each component. | $15M / Series A / May 27, 2026 | ||
| Nyobolt develops high-power energy storage systems based on advanced lithium-ion battery technology designed for rapid charging and sustained high performance. The company focuses on battery systems that enable very fast energy replenishment, supporting applications where downtime needs to be minimized. Its technology combines specialized anodematerials, cell design, battery management systems, and power electronics to achieve high charge and discharge rates. The platform is used in sectors such as robotics, data centers, industrial equipment, and electric mobility where consistent high power delivery is required. It also develops integrated energy solutions that support demanding workloads like automated logistics systems and high-performance computing infrastructure. Nyobolt’s approach emphasizes optimizing cycle life, thermal stability, and energy density for repeated fast charging environments. | $60M / Series C / May 06, 2026 | ||
| Omegga is developing a non-invasive in-ovo-sexing technology to prevent the killing of 7 billion male laying hens worldwide each year because they are considered unprofitable for the industry. Omegga offers hatcheries a resource-efficient and ethical alternative to meet the increasing international demands of legislation, food retailers and endconsumers. The technology is highly scalable, globally compliant, easy to implement into existing infrastructure & processes and is just a fracture of the price of other competitive technologies. | $11.7M / Seed / Apr 24, 2026 | ||
| Rivan Industries designs and builds modular, vertically integrated, synthetic fuel plants. | $33.8M / Series A / Apr 20, 2026 | ||
| Seifert Dynamics L.L.C. develops operational software and infrastructure systems engineered for demanding environments where reliability, continuity, and disciplined execution are foundational requirements. The company focuses on real‑time data synthesis across distributed operational contexts, structured situational awareness, resilience andcontinuity planning, and support for complex infrastructures with traceability and accountability built into system design. Seifert Dynamics works with organizations in critical infrastructure, industrial operations, logistics, public sector support, and defense‑adjacent sectors, helping them maintain operational clarity and robustness under pressure. The company’s philosophy emphasizes engineering discipline, operational longevity, and integration readiness over transient features or superficial metrics. | $13.4M / Series A / Apr 05, 2026 | ||
| At Tropic Biosciences, They develop high-performing commercial varieties of tropical crops which promote grower wellbeing, consumer health, and improved sustainable environmental practices, using cutting edge non-GMO gene editing techniques. | $105M / Series C / Mar 12, 2026 | ||
| See all 214 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does IQ Capital invest in?
IQ Capital invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 214 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is IQ Capital's check size?
IQ Capital typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$12M at Seed, $4.7M–$40M at Series A and $1.4M–$30M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds IQ Capital participates in.
How do I contact IQ Capital?
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Who are the partners at IQ Capital?
The team at IQ Capital includes Andrey Kessel (Entrepreneur in Residence / Hands on work with startups), Daniel Carew (Principal) and Daniil Shcherbakov (MBA Consultant), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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