Max Bautin

Managing Partner & Co-Founder at IQ Capital

Speaker

Max co-founded IQ Capital in 2006 and led it to $1B AUM. Max has been in deeptech venture capital since 2001 and has invested into over four dozen start-ups, with exits including Audio Analytic (Meta), Grapeshot (Oracle), Neul (Huawei), Phonetic Arts (Google), Spectral Edge (Apple), Stillfront (NASDAQ IPO) and Sirigen (BD), driving top decile returns in underlying IQC funds. Max is currently representing IQC on the boards of Thought Machine (fintech infra), Nyobolt (batteries), Accelercomm (5g/sat comms), QuadSat (space-tech), M-Qube (fintech), Trogenix (gene therapy for cancer) and IONATE (smart energy grid) collectively valued at well over $4bn and continuing to scale.

Max has been a member of Invest Europe Venture Capital Council, Board Member and Treasurer. He is a frequent speaker at European conferences and policy advisor.