# IQ Capital

> IQ Capital is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 205 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 205
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 34%
- Fund size: $200M
- Last fund: Jun 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iq-capital-partners
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/IQ_Capital_Fund
- Website: http://www.iqcapital.vc

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$12M |
| Series A | $4.5M–$40M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 25 | 12% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 22 | 11% |
| Machine Learning | 17 | 8% |
| Biotechnology | 12 | 6% |
| Information Technology | 10 | 5% |

108 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 51 | 25% |
| Series A | 35 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 33 | 16% |
| Series B | 17 | 8% |
| Series C | 5 | 2% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 76 | 37% |
| United States | 6 | 3% |
| Germany | 2 | 1% |
| The Netherlands | 2 | 1% |
| Sweden | 1 | 0% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andrey Kessel | Entrepreneur in Residence / Hands on work with startups | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrey-kessel |
| Daniel Carew | Principal | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-carew |
| Daniil Shcherbakov | MBA Consultant | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniil-shcherbakov |
| Edward Stacey | Managing Partner | 49 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ed-stacey |
| Kerry Baldwin | Managing Partner, co-founder | 24 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kerry-baldwin |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nuclear Turbine | 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 |  |
| Quantum Diamonds | 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 Biosciences | IMU is a discovery engine mapping the immune system to advance precision medicine. | $38.4M | Series A | Jun 01, 2026 |  |
| RevEng | 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 | 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 GmbH | 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 | Rivan Industries designs and builds modular, vertically integrated, synthetic fuel plants. | $33.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 20, 2026 |  |
| Rivan Industries | Rivan Industries designs and builds modular, vertically integrated, synthetic fuel plants. | $33.8M | Series A | Apr 20, 2026 |  |
| Seifert Dynamics | 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 |  |
| Tropic Biosciences | 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 |  |

10 of 205 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Molten Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-esprit) — VC Fund, 17 deals together
- [Parkwalk Advisors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/parkwalk-advisors) — VC Fund, 16 deals together
- [Amadeus Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amadeus-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [University of Cambridge Enterprise](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/university-of-cambridge-enterprise) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Cambridge Angels group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cambridge-angels-group) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Martlet Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martlet) — VC Fund, 12 deals together

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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 205 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 and $4.5M–$40M at Series A. 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?

Public channels for IQ Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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