Max Bautin co-founded IQ Capital as one of the first UK firms specifically focused on deep tech, building expertise in technically complex companies driven by hard science and engineering rather than mainstream software. He describes his role as a "shock absorber" for founders, taking pressure off founding teams during difficult moments so they can stay focused on building their companies.
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Deeptech / Hardware, AI, Cybersecurity, Fintech, Data
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IQ Capital is a science-native venture capital fund where the majority of the team are engineers, scientists and PhDs who only invest when they understand the technology at the level of physics and materials science, positioning them more like a technical R&D partner than a traditional financial VC. The firm has built a distinctive track record of taking deep, technical spinouts from university/R&D environments and backing them through long arcs to major strategic exits including Apple, Meta, Google, Oracle, and IPOs, with a repeated pattern of turning lab-grade tech into blue-chip outcomes.
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