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Funding the Quantum Middle: Series A/B Capital with Kris Naudts and Zeynep Koruturk of Firgun Ventures
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- Jun 8, 2026
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- 2762
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Summary
Quantum computing has plenty of seed-stage capital and a handful of growth-stage giants — but the Series A and B rounds in between are where promising companies stall. In this episode, Sebastian sits down with Kris Naudts and Zeynep Koruturk, co-founders of Firgun Ventures, the first VC firm built specifically to fund quantum scale-ups, to talk about why that middle stage is so hard to underwrite, what they learned as early Cambridge Quantum Computing angels, and how they're deploying a $250M fund across computing, sensing, and communications.