{"podcast":{"title":"The New Quantum Era - innovation in quantum computing, science and technology","slug":"the-new-quantum-era-innovation-in-quantum-computing-science-and-technology-5609388","podcast_index_feed_id":5609388,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-new-quantum-era","website_url":"http://podcast.newquantumera.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/vzSdSLxJuTNW89cstEAVFVBslKfcStWlb0QZ0fhkgmw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yZmZl/YmRlZTAxNDY3MWJk/NmI2MGVkMGMxYmFh/MTM2Mi5wbmc.jpg","author":"Sebastian Hassinger - quantum computing expert","episode_count":103,"summary":"Your host, Sebastian Hassinger, interviews brilliant research scientists, software developers, engineers and others actively exploring the possibilities of our new quantum era. We will cover topics in quantum computing, networking and sensing, focusing on hardware, algorithms and general theory. The show aims for accessibility - Sebastian is not a physicist - and we'll try to provide context for the terminology and glimpses at the fascinating history of this new field as it evolves in real time.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T06:19:15.608488+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-quantum-era-innovation-in-quantum-computing-science-and-technology-5609388"},"episode":{"title":"Funding the Quantum Middle: Series A/B Capital with Kris Naudts and Zeynep Koruturk of Firgun Ventures","slug":"funding-the-quantum-middle-series-a-b-capital-with-kris-naudts-and-zeynep-koruturk-of-firgun-ventures","published_at":"2026-06-08T12:22:46+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-quantum-era-innovation-in-quantum-computing-science-and-technology-5609388/funding-the-quantum-middle-series-a-b-capital-with-kris-naudts-and-zeynep-koruturk-of-firgun-ventures","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-quantum-era-innovation-in-quantum-computing-science-and-technology-5609388","url":"https://newquantumera.transistor.fm/96","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.transistor.fm/499899e2/c8931bc6.mp3","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.","meta_description":"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 com…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2762,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-new-quantum-era-innovation-in-quantum-computing-science-and-technology-5609388/episodes/funding-the-quantum-middle-series-a-b-capital-with-kris-naudts-and-zeynep-koruturk-of-firgun-ventures/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-quantum-era-innovation-in-quantum-computing-science-and-technology-5609388/funding-the-quantum-middle-series-a-b-capital-with-kris-naudts-and-zeynep-koruturk-of-firgun-ventures.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}