Insider Brief
- QDNL Participations is expanding its investment team as it raises a $70 million global fund to back high-potential quantum technology startups, building on its initial €15 million fund focused on the Dutch ecosystem.
- Nicola Weiroster has joined as an Associate after three years at Onsight Ventures and co-founding Dutch-Austrian space startup Team Tumbleweed.
- The firm’s portfolio from its first fund includes nine leading Dutch quantum startups such as Qblox, QuantWare, QphoX, and Q*Bird, with its first international deals expected to be announced soon.
PRESS RELEASE — QDNL Participations, the global VC fund focused on emerging quantum technology startups, is expanding its team as it leans into the global scope of its new fund.
Nicola Weiroster has joined the firm as an Associate on the investment team. He previously spent three years as a Junior Investment Manager at Austrian deep tech venture fund Onsight Ventures, where he focused on early-stage investments across Europe. He previously co-founded Dutch-Austrian space startup Team Tumbleweed.
Nicola joins a team at QDNL Participations that includes the likes of quantum computing pioneer Chad Rigetti, founder of Rigetti Computing, who serves as a Venture Partner.
QDNL Participations General Partner, Ton van ’t Noordende, said “In the innovation cycles that took us from software’s rise to AI’s revolution, quantum is next, and we’re building an investment firm that will lead for decades to come. I’m delighted to have Nicola join us on this mission.”
Nicola Weiroster added: “We’re entering a pivotal phase where quantum’s commercial impact will increasingly become tangible. At QDNL Participations, I look forward to supporting founders who can turn groundbreaking science into scalable businesses.”
QDNL Participations is currently raising a $70 million fund to back high-potential quantum tech startups around the world.
The firm was initially established to accelerate the thriving Dutch quantum technology ecosystem with a €15 million fund. That fund has invested in nine of the Netherlands’ most high-potential quantum startups, including Qblox, QuantWare, QphoX and Q*Bird.
Details of QDNL Participations’ first international deals will be announced soon.
