IQ Capital

iqcapital.vc

VCMatch tracks IQ Capital as an investor focused on AI/ML, Hardware, and Semiconductors companies, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, Europe, United Kingdom, and Cambridge markets, and $1m to $10m check sizes. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

Check Size

$1m to $10m

Stages

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Growth

Focus Areas

AI/ML, Hardware, Semiconductors

Geography

Europe, United Kingdom, and Cambridge

Investment Thesis

IQ Capital is built on the conviction that frontier technology will underpin the next generation of globally significant companies. They believe technology is the primary engine of societal and economic progress. The firm operates with the understanding that deep tech startups require extraordinary persistence, deep technical insight, and vision to foresee and shape customer needs—operating in a space where traditional playbooks don’t apply.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

IQ Capital is most relevant for founders raising Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A rounds in AI/ML, Hardware, Semiconductors, and Robotics, especially across Europe, United Kingdom, and Cambridge, with public check-size signals around $1m to $10m.

Focus statement

Dedicated European deep tech venture capital firm investing in breakthrough technologies across the largest global markets. They focus on teams advancing intelligence, reinventing energy, accelerating computation, decoding biology, and building resilience.

Value Add

20+ years of dedicated deep tech network and expertise since 2005
Partnered with over 200 European deep tech founders
Team built specifically for deep tech (not traditional VC playbook)
Support founders from technical breakthroughs to real-world success and acquisition
Track record of exits to major tech companies: Apple, Meta, Google, Siemens, Qualcomm, Oracle
Geographic focus on Europe with growth opportunity to follow-on with up to $40m
Access to extensive industry and academic networks built over 20 years