Quantum Valley Investments
Quantum Valley Investments is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada investing in Other. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 11 portfolio companies in our records.
Pre-Seed, Seed
$500K – $3.0M
$78M
11+ companies
2 partners
Investment Thesis
Focuses on investing in advanced materials, photonics, and next-gen semiconductors with technical superiority and scalable applications.
How Quantum Valley Investments invests
Quantum Valley Investments is a vc firm based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other. It does not invest in Consumer.
Quantum Valley Investments typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $78M in assets under management.
Quantum Valley Investments has backed 11 companies in our records, including Q-CTRL, Evolved Semiconductor, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Meet the Team
Mike Lazaridis
Founder
Mike Lazaridis, co-founder of Quantum Valley Investments, is one of the founders of the 'Smart Phone' industry and focuses on the commercialization of breakthrough technologies in Quantum Information Science.
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (11)
Other
Q-CTRL
Evolved Semiconductor
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Perimeter Institute is a leading centre for scientific research in foundational theoretical physics.
Institute for Quantum Computing
IQC is a scientific research institute harnessing the quantum laws of nature to develop powerful new technologies.
Quantum Valley Ideas Lab
The Ideas Lab mission is to accelerate the commercialization of quantum technology for the economic and societal benefit of Canada.
WLU Lazaridis School of Business and Economics
Our students learn to think for themselves so they’ll be able to adapt to a world of ever-growing complexity.
Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
WIN is an interdisciplinary centre of excellence pioneering high impact research and innovation in nanotechnology.
Transformative Quantum Technologies
From our labs to real world quantum devices, TQT is helping to drive the next technological revolution.
High Q Technologies Inc.
High Q provides drug hunters and structural biologists with quantum-enabled EPR systems that resolve historically complex problems in protein dynamics.
ISARA Corp.
ISARA’s answer to the problems of discovering the cryptography used throughout an organization’s digital infrastructure and of managing the associated risks.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, 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 $500K – $3.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Mike Lazaridis, Founder.
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