# Funding the Quantum Middle: Series A/B Capital with Kris Naudts and Zeynep Koruturk of Firgun Ventures

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Podcast: [The New Quantum Era - innovation in quantum computing, science and technology](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-quantum-era-innovation-in-quantum-computing-science-and-technology-5609388)
Published: 2026-06-08T12:22:46+00:00
Episode link: https://newquantumera.transistor.fm/96
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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.

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