Max Bautin — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Co-founder and Managing Partner at IQ Capital, a deeptech VC fund with over $1.2 billion in AUM.
Leads deals into over four dozen startups, focusing on European deeptech companies.
Investment thesis covers AI & Automation, Advanced Engineering & Energy, TechBio, Next Gen computing, and Security/Resilience.
Serves on the boards of companies including Thought Machine, Nyobolt, Molyon, Accelercomm, MQube, Trogenix, and IONATE.
Has overseen exits including Audio Analytic (Meta), Grapeshot (Oracle), Neul (Huawei), Phonetic Arts (Google), Spectral Edge (Apple), Stillfront (NASDAQ IPO), and Sirigen (BD).

Biography

Max Bautin is the co-founder and managing partner at IQ Capital (IQC), an early-stage deeptech venture capital fund. IQ Capital manages over $1.2 billion in assets and has invested in deeptech for more than 20 years across five Venture and two Growth stage funds, backing over 100 deeptech companies.

Bautin's investment thesis at IQ Capital focuses on sectors such as AI & Automation, Advanced Engineering & Energy, TechBio, Next Gen computing, and Security/Resilience.