Every template, checklist and article on this page is written for quantum foundersby people who close quantum rounds. Not generic SaaS playbooks, not deep-tech-in-general. Opinionated, free, no email gate.
Models, decks and data-room skeletons used by founders who've closed with quantum-native investors and dual-use programs. Strip our names, add yours.
Monthly P&L, capex schedule on quantum hardware, non-dilutive grant tracker (SR&ED, IRAP, EU Quantum Flagship, DARPA), runway and stress-test tab. The exact model we rebuild with founders before a quantum Series A.
Problem, why-now, technology readiness level (TRL), traction, business model, team, ask. The slide structure quantum VCs expect, including the TRL slide most generalist decks miss.
Empty 11-folder, 55-sub-folder tree, ready to unzip into your investor-shared drive. One README per folder explains what goes in and what does not. Includes a 6-page PDF overview and a NAMING-CONVENTIONS guide. Built for pre-seed and seed quantum founders.
KPIs, technical milestones, grant draws, hires, asks. The 1-page monthly format that keeps quantum investors warm between rounds and prevents diligence from re-opening from scratch.
Short, specific, opinionated, and tuned to a quantum diligence cycle. Print them, check them off, kill a class of surprises.
30 items covering narrative and positioning, science and IP (benchmarks, FTO, foundry and cryostat dependencies), team and governance, commercial and non-dilutive (EIC, France 2030, DARPA), data room and quantum-fluent investor mapping. The list we run before any quantum founder starts outbound.
What an FDD team will request in week one of a quantum Series A: milestone revenue recognition, grant accounting (SR&ED, IRAP, DARPA), capex amortization on quantum hardware, reconciliations. Have them ready before kickoff.
What to send 48h before, what to walk into the call with, what to never say. A pre-flight tuned to how quantum VCs run their first call, keeps the conversation on your technology and traction, not basic numbers.
Clauses quantum founders optimize for, and clauses they regret six months later, including IP carve-outs, government-rights clauses (DARPA, BAA, EU Quantum Flagship) and dual-use export restrictions few SaaS lawyers flag. A plain-English read before you hand it to your lawyer.
Short pieces on what kills quantum rounds, what moves them, and what the best quantum founders do differently in diligence. Published occasionally, only when we have something to say.
The pattern we see weekly: a quantum founder nails the meeting, then loses six weeks answering the same three gaps, freedom-to-operate, milestone revenue recognition, and how non-dilutive grants flow through the model. Why those three, every time.
Technological maturity (TRL), hardware architecture, customer pipeline, IP and freedom-to-operate, team. Whatever surface form the question takes, a quantum VC is asking one of these five. Prepare for the five, ignore the surface.
Half of quantum runway is non-dilutive. If your model treats grants as "other income," diligence will spot it. How to present applications, milestones and draws across SR&ED, IRAP, DARPA and EU Quantum Flagship like a quantum CFO.
Bookings, backlog, gross margin (with and without grant offset), capex per quantum system, runway sensitivity. The five numbers a quantum VC actually asks about, plus the three ways founders mis-state them. If you can't defend it on a napkin, you can't defend it in a call.
We build these in response to what quantum founders actually ask for. Tell us what would save you a week this month.