About
Investment Director who previously led quantum investment activities at London-based venture fund 2xN, backing startups including Sparrow Quantum and QSimulate and serving on the board of Kvantify. He was formerly Head of Product at ORCA Computing, the photonic quantum computing company spun out of his PhD research.
Experience
- Ground State VenturesPartnercurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Ground State VenturesInvestment Director2024 — 2026London Area, United Kingdom
- Quantum Investors NetworkCo-Foundercurrent2023 — present
- 2xNQuantum Investor2023 — 2024Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Imperial College LondonVisiting Academic2020 — 2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- ORCA ComputingHead of Product2019 — 2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Université de GenèvePostdoctoral Researcher2018 — 2019Geneva Area, Switzerland
- University of OxfordResearch Assistant2017 — 2018
- University of OxfordPHD Student2013 — 2017
- University of OxfordCollege tutor2014 — 2015
- Universität Paderborn - Paderborn UniversityVisiting Researcher2016
- Uniwersytet WarszawskiStudent Researcher2011 — 2013
- ICFOSummer Research Student2012
Education
- University of OxfordDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Atomic and Laser Physics (Quantum technologies)2013 — 2018
- University of WarsawBachelor’s Degree, Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences2010 — 2013
- I SLO im. Ingmara Bergmana, WarsawInternational Baccalaureate, Physics2008 — 2010
Skills & more
ScienceResearchPhysicsData AnalysisQualitative ResearchQuantum OpticsLaTeXMatlabQuantum technologies
Languages English · French · Italian · Polish · Spanish
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Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageBrad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures
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Also attended University of Warsaw33
Sercan ZulfikarOperations | Finance at 212Josefine HamiltonLegal Counsel at EastateAnna MlekoInvestment Manager at OTB VenturesLukasz GarbowskiInvestment Director at Btomorrow VenturesJowita SewerskaInvestment Director at European Circular Bioeconomy FundMaciej KrausPartner at Movens Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Quantum Investors Network1
Also worked at ORCA Computing3
Also worked at Université de Genève9
Marco PrunottoInvestor at MedicxiHadrien BouchezPartner at Kurma PartnersVincent OssipowPartner at Omega FundsPeter DudekPresident at MRL Ventures FundBenoit DubuisSwitzerland Board Member at MassChallenge MexicoAshley PilipiszynVenture Partner at Growth Warrior Capital
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Also worked at University of Oxford69
Tess van StekelenburgPartner at Lux CapitalFrancesco MonacaInvestor at Giant Ventures Global LlpDenise XifaraInvestor at Mercuri.vcLirui DingPrincipal at TRANSCENDAna FernandezInvestment Associate at Nauta CapitalVictoria FähInvestment Manager, Future Content Fund at IPR.VC
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