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Max Bautin

Deeptech VC @ IQ Capital | Investing in European Seed & Ser A start-ups

London, England

Education

Work Experience

2006

  • Managing Partner, co-founder

    2006

    IQ Capital is a London based European early stage deep tech VC. We invest into deep tech start-ups focusing on AI & Automation, Computing & Semics, Health & Tech Bio, Advanced Engineering & Energy, and Security & Resilience. IQ Capital has over $1B assets under management, including our latest $200m early stage Fund IV, and is actively looking for new investment opportunities.

  • Board Member

    2016

    Cloud-native core banking & payments system. First institutional investor, led pre-seed, seed/A and participated in every round since, with c £50m invested by IQC over life. Now a scale up with well over 50 global banks & fintechs as customers.

2021

  • Board Member

    2021

2019

  • Board Member

    2019

    Re-engineered the mortgage process using AI.. leading to legally binding offers within 24 hours. Co-led seed round, supported follow-on into Ser B and beyond.

  • Board Member

    2020

    AccelerComm is a semiconductor IP-core company that provides channel coding solutions for communication standards for 5G, Satellites, Drones etc. Its innovative turbo coding technology enables 10X throughput and 10X latency improvement over existing products. Led Ser A round.

2023

  • Board Member

    2023

2024

  • Board Member

    2024

2024

  • Board Member

    2024

2023

  • Board Member

    2023

2021

  • Board Member

    2021

    Improving human performance by making experiential training affordable and accessible for everyone... using XR, artificial intelligence, gamification tech and decades of data