Quantum Ignition Funds
Quantum Ignition Funds is a Seed venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA investing in Other. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$3.0M checks and has 14 portfolio companies in our records.
Seed
$1.0M – $3.0M
14+ companies
5 partners
Investment Thesis
Focuses exclusively on innovative ignition systems leveraging advanced photonics for automotive and aerospace industries.
How Quantum Ignition Funds invests
Quantum Ignition Funds is a vc firm based in Palo Alto, CA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other. It does not invest in Media, Consumer.
Quantum Ignition Funds typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.0M per investment.
Quantum Ignition Funds has backed 14 companies in our records, including LaserSpark Innovations, Atmosic Technologies, BeZero.
Meet the Team
Jeffrey Harris
Partner
Jeffrey is a Venture Partner at Quantum and a member of QEP’s Investment Committee. He founded Global Reserve Group in 2011 after a 29-year career at Warburg Pincus, where he invested in start-up and mature companies across industries and countries and led the firm’s global energy practice. He has served on the boards of nearly fifty companies, including sixteen publicly listed companies.
Alice Newton
GP
Rob Meister
Managing Director
Rob is a Managing Director at Quantum. Prior to joining Quantum, he was an Associate at TPG Capital focused on private equity investments across the energy sector and an Analyst in the Natural Resources investment banking group at J.P. Morgan.
Marion Conklin
Associate
Marion is an Associate at Quantum. Prior to joining Quantum, she was an Analyst in the Natural Resources Investment Banking Group at Goldman Sachs, working on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets financings, and strategic advisory assignments across upstream oil and gas, midstream, oilfield services, and energy transition sectors.
Heriberto Diarte
Partner
Mentioned in a news headline as having joined as a Partner of Quantum Innovation Fund.
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (14)
Other
LaserSpark Innovations
Atmosic Technologies
BeZero
Carbondirect
Charge Point
Dragos
Heirloom
Orennia
Powerfactors
Project Canary
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $3.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jeffrey Harris, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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