QDNL Participations is expanding!🚀💪 The VC firm welcomes new Investment Director Kris Kaczmarek and Special Advisors Nadia Carlsten, PhD, and Charles Marcus, joining the team following Chad Rigetti’s addition last year.👏👏👏 This team expansion supports the firm’s mission to become the definitive investor in quantum technologies globally. 🎤Ton van 't Noordende, General Partner at QDNL Participations: “Our aim is to invest in, and help shape, category-defining quantum technology companies. Our expansion reflects our global ambition, as we build out a team with outstanding academic and entrepreneurial achievements. “ 🎤Kris Kaczmarek: “I am excited to join the team at QDNLP to expand its active VC model, proven in the Dutch quantum ecosystem, and build a globally leading quantum fund. With quantum technologies maturing at a rate never seen before, now is the time to back the next generation of founders, who not only know the science, but know where to apply it to create real value.” Read more about QDNL Participations’ ongoing expansion and new team members 👇
We're expanding our team.. And our vision. Welcome Kris Kaczmarek 🎉 Our new Investment Director, Dr. Kris Kaczmarek previously spearheaded quantum investment activities at the London-based venture fund 2xN. There he backed a number of notable quantum startups. Prior to moving into venture, Kris was Head of Product for ORCA Computing, the full-stack photonic quantum computing company spun-out of his PhD research at the University of Oxford. Joining Kris as new additions to the QDNL Participations team are two Special Advisors: Nadia Carlsten, PhD sits across two of the most promising fields in technology today: quantum tech and AI. She is CEO of the Danish Centre for AI Innovation A/S, which has been set up to own and run Denmark’s first AI supercomputer, Gefion, which will be built in partnership with NVIDIA. Charles Marcus has a distinguished background in the study and development of quantum technologies. Following an academic career at Stanford, Harvard and the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen, he became Scientific Director of Microsoft Quantum Lab–Copenhagen in 2016. In April 2023, Charles joined the University of Washington faculty in Materials Science and Engineering in the College of Engineering, and in Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, as the Boeing Johnson Endowed Chair. Full press release below 👇