QAI Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$7.0M Checks)
QAI Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A venture capital firm investing in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $100K–$7.0M checks and has 27 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$7.0M
- Portfolio
- 27 companies on record
- Partners
- 12 listed
- AUM
- $150M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, series-c
- Sectors
- Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools, SaaS
Last verified: 2026-10-15
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, series-c
$100K – $7.0M
$150M
27+ companies
12 partners
Investment Thesis
Invests in quantum technologies and advanced computing from pre-seed through Series C, combining capital, infrastructure, and industry connections. The platform is explicitly built for frontier quantum commercialization and infrastructure-heavy startups.
How QAI Ventures invests
QAI Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, series-c stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools, SaaS.
QAI Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$7.0M per investment, backed by approximately $150M in assets under management. Our records include 2 funds raised by the firm.
QAI Ventures has backed 27 companies in our records, including Quicketsy, Wave Photonics, Quiz.
Partners & Team
Michael A. Jackson
General Partner
Dr. Axel Thierauf
General Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Funds
QAI Ventures Fund II
QAI Ventures Fund I
Portfolio Companies (27)
Other
Quicketsy
Wave Photonics
Quiz
Qlik Sense
Munich Quantum Instruments
Quantum sensing company developing quantum sensors.
Qpics
Ontology
Regenesis
BTQ
QPerfect
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, series-c? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $7.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Axel Thierauf, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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