The Quantum Inspired Technology Fund

2xN was founded by Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen, a Silicon Valley operator turned investor, and Niels Nielsen, an entrepreneur and pioneer investor in Quantum Computing to bring the true, high-growth value of network effects to early-stage founders.

The 2xN team offers a unique “best of both worlds” approach that merges the platform service typically seen from institutional investors with the kind of dedicated, hands-on trusted support of angels.

Portfolio

Beacon

Mobility

Beacon is a digital supply chain and freight platform. Our mission is to help businesses simplify and optimise their supply chains with end-to-end visibility, payments, and insights.

Co-Investors

Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, Travis Kalanick, Marc Benioff, northstar.vc, 8VC, Garrett Camp

Byte

Marketplace

Byte is a low-cost food distribution service provided by automated kitchens.

Co-Investors

Y-Combinator

Cambridge Quantum

Quantum

Cambridge Quantum is creating waves of change in the world through next generation technologies in the realm of quantum computation. We collaborate with strategic partners across academia, global corporations, governments and scientific organisations to tackle intractable problems in materials science, drug discovery and innovation, healthcare, energy and cybersecurity.

CELUS

Collaboration

Celus accelerate innovations in electronics design, creating a transparent environment between component suppliers and engineers to achieve more design wins and reduce development time.

Co-Investors

Earlybird Ventures, Speedinvest, Plug and Play Tech Center

Darktrace

Darktrace AI interrupts in-progress cyber-attacks in seconds, including ransomware, email phishing, and threats to cloud environments and critical infrastructure.

Co-Investors

Balderton Capital, Hoxton Capital, Insight Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts

Divido

Marketplace

A fast and flexible platform for lenders, retailers and channel partners to deliver retail finance.

Co-Investors

Amex Ventures, Dawn Capital, DN Capital, HSBC, ING Ventures

Guard Knox

Mobility

We are a technology and engineering company specializing in E/E products and solutions for the automotive market. Our products empower vehicle E/E innovation for architects and developers.

Co-Investors

SAIC Capital, Plug and Play Tech Ventures, Allied Minds, Faurecia, Kardan, VectoIQ LLC, Fraser McCombs Capital, NextLeap Ventures, Glory Ventures, CyberTech International

Hopin

Collaboration

Hopin is the all-in-one event management platform for virtual, hybrid, and in-person events.

Co-Investors

Accel, Andreessen Horrowitz, General Catalyst, Tiger Global Management, Salesforce Ventures, Seedcamp, Slack Fund, Temasek Holdings, IVP, Coatue, GIC, Northzone, Adams Street Partners, DFJ Growth

kompasbank

We want to offer Danes a new bank that is simple and transparent. A bank that does things in a new way for the benefit of all. A bank built on cutting edge technology and can offer small and medium-sized businesses competitive financing and private customers good interest rates on savings.

kvantify

Quantum

Quantifying the future. Prepare to harness the power of quantum computing.

Co-Investors

2150

Labster

Edtech

Labster is the world’s leading platform for virtual labs and science simulations.

Co-Investors

GGV Capital, Educapital, Owl Ventures, Sofina, Andreessen Horowitz, Balderton Capital, Northzone, David Helgason, Swisscom Ventures ,Innovation Fund Denmark

Lenus

Marketplace

Helping health and fitness professionals build a strong and sustainable online business. Achieve scale while catering to your clients’ personal needs.

Co-Investors

EQT Ventures

Monta

Mobility

The most reliable, scalable and seamless EV charging solution. Decide who can use your charge points, when and at what cost. Monta’s platform lets you customise your EV charge points to your EV charging needs.

Co-Investors

Creandum, Vaekstfonden, Pale Blue Dot, byFounders, Headline, Jeppe Rindom

NoTraffic

Mobility

NoTraffic has set out on a mission to harness next-generation technology to bridge the innovation gap and make the roads intelligent and safe.

Co-Investors

Vektor Partners, lool Ventures

OctiFi

Marketplace

OctiFi is a B2B2C technology platform that makes it easy for businesses of all sizes to offer on-demand instalment solutions to their customers.

Co-Investors

Y-Combinator

Plum Guide

Marketplace

Plum Guide is not just a booking platform. It's a benchmark for quality. And in the unruly world of vacation rentals, it's the only mark of quality you'll need.

Co-Investors

LocalGlobe, Latitude, Octopus Ventures

Quantinuum

Quantum

Our world-class scientists are leading a technological revolution that will change the world. Quantinuum unites best-in-class software with high-fidelity hardware to accelerate quantum computing. With integrated, full-stack technology, we’re rapidly scaling quantum computing.

Co-Investors

Honeywell, IBM Ventures

QuantrolOx

Quantum

Building Machine Learning Based Software for Quantum Control.

Co-Investors

Hermann Hauser, Hoxton Ventures

StudySmarter

Edtech

The FREE app that supports you in reaching your learning goals whatever the subject.

Co-Investors

Owl Ventures, Left Lane Capital, Goodwater Capital, Axel Springer

Swarmia

Collaboration

Swarmia was founded to help every team achieve that visibility, culture of continuous improvement, and tooling to make it happen.

Co-Investors

Lifeline Ventures, Alven, Alex Algard

Tajir

Marketplace

Pakistan's first app-based platform for retailers.

Co-Investors

Y-Combinator, Kleiner Perkins, Y-Combinator Continuity Fund, AAVCF

tana

Collaboration

21st century workspace. This cape lets you fly. By rethinking fundamental concepts from the ground up, Tana pioneers a new way of working with information. You've never seen a workspace as simple yet as powerful as this: it's like a bicycle for your mind.

The Org

Collaboration

The Org is a network of public org charts for employees at fast-growing startups.

Co-Investors

Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management, Balderton Capital, Founders Fund, Martin Hauge, Kevin Hartz, SV Angel, Neeraj Arora, Kevin Hartz, Elad Gil

Trade Ledger

Collaboration

Trade Ledger is a purpose-driven company. It helps small businesses succeed, so they can sustain and create jobs.

Co-Investors

Hambro Perks Ltd, Foundation Capital

uLesson

Edtech

Get The Learning App for Better School Grades.

Co-Investors

Founder Collective, Owl Ventures, Tencent, LocalGlobe

United Fintech

Financial services will change more in the next decade than it has in the past century. United Fintech is the company at the center of this change.

UrbanKisaan

Marketplace

Get Fresh Fruits & Veggies Directly from Farmers.

Co-Investors

BASF Venture Capital

vivino

Marketplace

Trusted by millions to discover and buy the right wine every time.

Co-Investors

Creandum, Seed Capital, Balderton Capital, SCP Nepture International, Iconical, Sprints Capital, Armada Investment AG, GP Bullhound, Henrik Rosendahl, Janus Friis, PreSeed Ventures, Kinnevik

WealthKernel

Founded in 2015, WealthKernel is a supplier of investment infrastructure for companies looking to offer digital investment services, whether as stand-alone or in addition to their present offering.

Co-Investors

Seedcamp

Beacon

Mobility

Beacon is a digital supply chain and freight platform. Our mission is to help businesses simplify and optimise their supply chains with end-to-end visibility, payments, and insights.

Co-Investors

Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, Travis Kalanick, Marc Benioff, northstar.vc, 8VC, Garrett Camp

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Byte

Marketplace

Byte is a low-cost food distribution service provided by automated kitchens.

Co-Investors

Y-Combinator

Close

Cambridge Quantum

Quantum

Cambridge Quantum is creating waves of change in the world through next generation technologies in the realm of quantum computation. We collaborate with strategic partners across academia, global corporations, governments and scientific organisations to tackle intractable problems in materials science, drug discovery and innovation, healthcare, energy and cybersecurity.

Close

CELUS

Collaboration

Celus accelerate innovations in electronics design, creating a transparent environment between component suppliers and engineers to achieve more design wins and reduce development time.

Co-Investors

Earlybird Ventures, Speedinvest, Plug and Play Tech Center

Close

Darktrace

Darktrace AI interrupts in-progress cyber-attacks in seconds, including ransomware, email phishing, and threats to cloud environments and critical infrastructure.

Co-Investors

Balderton Capital, Hoxton Capital, Insight Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts

Close

Divido

Marketplace

A fast and flexible platform for lenders, retailers and channel partners to deliver retail finance.

Co-Investors

Amex Ventures, Dawn Capital, DN Capital, HSBC, ING Ventures

Close

Guard Knox

Mobility

We are a technology and engineering company specializing in E/E products and solutions for the automotive market. Our products empower vehicle E/E innovation for architects and developers.

Co-Investors

SAIC Capital, Plug and Play Tech Ventures, Allied Minds, Faurecia, Kardan, VectoIQ LLC, Fraser McCombs Capital, NextLeap Ventures, Glory Ventures, CyberTech International

Close

Hopin

Collaboration

Hopin is the all-in-one event management platform for virtual, hybrid, and in-person events.

Co-Investors

Accel, Andreessen Horrowitz, General Catalyst, Tiger Global Management, Salesforce Ventures, Seedcamp, Slack Fund, Temasek Holdings, IVP, Coatue, GIC, Northzone, Adams Street Partners, DFJ Growth

Close

kompasbank

We want to offer Danes a new bank that is simple and transparent. A bank that does things in a new way for the benefit of all. A bank built on cutting edge technology and can offer small and medium-sized businesses competitive financing and private customers good interest rates on savings.

Close

kvantify

Quantum

Quantifying the future. Prepare to harness the power of quantum computing.

Co-Investors

2150

Close

Labster

Edtech

Labster is the world’s leading platform for virtual labs and science simulations.

Co-Investors

GGV Capital, Educapital, Owl Ventures, Sofina, Andreessen Horowitz, Balderton Capital, Northzone, David Helgason, Swisscom Ventures ,Innovation Fund Denmark

Close

Lenus

Marketplace

Helping health and fitness professionals build a strong and sustainable online business. Achieve scale while catering to your clients’ personal needs.

Co-Investors

EQT Ventures

Close

Monta

Mobility

The most reliable, scalable and seamless EV charging solution. Decide who can use your charge points, when and at what cost. Monta’s platform lets you customise your EV charge points to your EV charging needs.

Co-Investors

Creandum, Vaekstfonden, Pale Blue Dot, byFounders, Headline, Jeppe Rindom

Close

NoTraffic

Mobility

NoTraffic has set out on a mission to harness next-generation technology to bridge the innovation gap and make the roads intelligent and safe.

Co-Investors

Vektor Partners, lool Ventures

Close

OctiFi

Marketplace

OctiFi is a B2B2C technology platform that makes it easy for businesses of all sizes to offer on-demand instalment solutions to their customers.

Co-Investors

Y-Combinator

Close

Plum Guide

Marketplace

Plum Guide is not just a booking platform. It's a benchmark for quality. And in the unruly world of vacation rentals, it's the only mark of quality you'll need.

Co-Investors

LocalGlobe, Latitude, Octopus Ventures

Close

Quantinuum

Quantum

Our world-class scientists are leading a technological revolution that will change the world. Quantinuum unites best-in-class software with high-fidelity hardware to accelerate quantum computing. With integrated, full-stack technology, we’re rapidly scaling quantum computing.

Co-Investors

Honeywell, IBM Ventures

Close

QuantrolOx

Quantum

Building Machine Learning Based Software for Quantum Control.

Co-Investors

Hermann Hauser, Hoxton Ventures

Close

StudySmarter

Edtech

The FREE app that supports you in reaching your learning goals whatever the subject.

Co-Investors

Owl Ventures, Left Lane Capital, Goodwater Capital, Axel Springer

Close

Swarmia

Collaboration

Swarmia was founded to help every team achieve that visibility, culture of continuous improvement, and tooling to make it happen.

Co-Investors

Lifeline Ventures, Alven, Alex Algard

Close

Tajir

Marketplace

Pakistan's first app-based platform for retailers.

Co-Investors

Y-Combinator, Kleiner Perkins, Y-Combinator Continuity Fund, AAVCF

Close

tana

Collaboration

21st century workspace. This cape lets you fly. By rethinking fundamental concepts from the ground up, Tana pioneers a new way of working with information. You've never seen a workspace as simple yet as powerful as this: it's like a bicycle for your mind.

Close

The Org

Collaboration

The Org is a network of public org charts for employees at fast-growing startups.

Co-Investors

Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management, Balderton Capital, Founders Fund, Martin Hauge, Kevin Hartz, SV Angel, Neeraj Arora, Kevin Hartz, Elad Gil

Close

Trade Ledger

Collaboration

Trade Ledger is a purpose-driven company. It helps small businesses succeed, so they can sustain and create jobs.

Co-Investors

Hambro Perks Ltd, Foundation Capital

Close

uLesson

Edtech

Get The Learning App for Better School Grades.

Co-Investors

Founder Collective, Owl Ventures, Tencent, LocalGlobe

Close

United Fintech

Financial services will change more in the next decade than it has in the past century. United Fintech is the company at the center of this change.

Close

UrbanKisaan

Marketplace

Get Fresh Fruits & Veggies Directly from Farmers.

Co-Investors

BASF Venture Capital

Close

vivino

Marketplace

Trusted by millions to discover and buy the right wine every time.

Co-Investors

Creandum, Seed Capital, Balderton Capital, SCP Nepture International, Iconical, Sprints Capital, Armada Investment AG, GP Bullhound, Henrik Rosendahl, Janus Friis, PreSeed Ventures, Kinnevik

Close

WealthKernel

Founded in 2015, WealthKernel is a supplier of investment infrastructure for companies looking to offer digital investment services, whether as stand-alone or in addition to their present offering.

Co-Investors

Seedcamp

Close

We’re proud to have invested in 23 companies, across two continents: the US and Europe. We have co-invested and seen follow-on rounds with firms such as Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Balderton Capital, Founders Fund, Kleiner and Sequoia as well as more than 85 angels.

Approach

The currency of networking is giving, not taking.

The competitive landscape in European VC is undergoing a seismic shift – triggered by the arrival of US funds and fuelled by the evolving market conditions that are playing out before us. Today, European investment decisions are made at a pace not previously dreamt of. Founders evaluate potential investors based on merit and referrals from other founders. Family offices and alliances of smaller funds are increasingly the preferred choice by founders.

Led by Valley Veteran, Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen and entrepreneur and pioneer investor in Quantum Computing, Niels Nielsen, 2xN represents the future of investing.

We back the founders having the greatest impacts in society as we push towards a quantum future. The firm invests in and supports the visionaries solving problems across some of life’s most vital sectors and services – education, work, mobility, marketplaces and deep tech (quantum).

  • We place collaboration ahead of deal domination.
  • We swap generalist and catch-all deals in favour of targeting society’s most important sectors.
  • We put the collective success of our partnerships and portfolio ahead of the successes of individuals.
  • We move at the pace today’s markets and founders demand and bring together deep and specific sector experience to push forward the sectors of the future.

Our mission is to create positive network effects for founders and investors. Our “best of both worlds approach” merges the professionalism and processes of a large fund with the agility and personal nature of super angels. The approach gives founders access to the reach of a platform of services and network of people. The core platform is built on an alliance of like-minded though diverse people with operating experience. All while becoming plugged into networks of fellow founders from within the same sectors, all of whom are working to solve some of society’s biggest challenges.

In this way, 2xN is creating an alliance of independent, trusted hands-on investors and operators, a venture capital API.

Team

Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen was General Partner at Balderton Capital in London from 2015-2021 through four funds. He joined after spending a decade in Silicon Valley where he was with Uber and Dropbox.

Since 2012 his venture track record includes two IPOs (Uber, Dropbox) and 11 acquisitions.

Lars joined Balderton from Uber which he joined when the company was operating in less than 20 cities. His role as Vice-President resulted in strategic alliances. Lars joined Uber from Dropbox as one of the company’s first 25 employees. As Head of Mobile, his growth deals with Samsung and other mobile OEMs helped Dropbox reach its first 100 million users. Prior to that Lars held positions at Voicesignal (acq. Nuance), Skyhook Wireless (acq. TruePosition), Ness Technologies (acq. Opentable), 3Jam (acq. Skype) and T9 Tegic (acq. AOL). More than a billion people have used the software and services distributed as a result of mobile growth partnerships led by Lars.

His venture investments include Voi (Raine), Labster (A16Z), Hiya (Ericsson), Cambridge Quantum Computing (HON), Hopin (A16Z), Opensea (A16Z), Yassir (YC), Beacon (Eric Schmidt), The org (Sequoia), Octant (A16Z), Zycada (Khosla), Monarch Money (Accel) and Kukua (Tencent), Dubsmash (acq. Reddit), Tempow (acq. Google), Rahko (acq. Odyssey Therapeutics), Pocket (acq. Mozilla), Blue Bottle (acq. Nestle), Marble (acq. Caterpillar).

Lars, who is Danish-Portuguese, grew up across Africa and served with the Royal Danish Guards. He holds a MBA from London Business School, where he also serves on the Board of Trustees, an MSc from Oxford University Keble College and a BSc from King’s College, London. He lives in London with his wife and three children.

Niels Nielsen is a London based entrepreneur and tech investor. He is focusing on 2xN’s efforts within quantum technology.

Niels was the Chairman and an early investor in Cambridge Quantum Computing, a world-leading independent quantum computing software company. Cambridge Quantum eventually merged with Honeywell Quantum Solutions to form Quantinuum, one of the largest and most advanced integrated quantum computing companies in the world. Niels is on the board of Quantinuum.

His other technology investments include Darktrace (DARK), Divido, Trade Ledger, Kompasbank, The Plum Guide, WealthKernel, Labster, Tomorrow, Field (formerly Virmati Energy), Protium Green Solutions, Kbox Global, QuantrolOx and Celus.

Niels has invested in and managed a number of businesses within financial services (Zedra, LGT Vestra, Vistra, Kinetic Partners, Saffron Tax, Gabelle Tax and others) as well as invested in Tuxedo Money Solutions and Ecoveritas. Niels is also the co-owner of Azure Hotels.

He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Business and Economics at Brown University, and his MBA from Yale School of Management.

Johan is a Partner & Chief Operating Officer at 2xN.

Johan has a background as a lawyer qualified in Sweden and England & Wales, and he has spent most of his career working with investments in private markets. After working in private practice, he spent the past 10 years at Partners Group based in Switzerland, the U.S. and London, where he was the Head of Investment Operations.

Prior to joining 2xN, Johan was a Partner & COO at GP Bullhound. In his work within the asset management industry Johan has had a particular focus on various private markets investments globally, including directs (lead and co-investments) and fund investments (primaries and secondaries) across private equity, venture capital & real assets with particular expertise in building and managing legal, transaction management and operational teams and developing their processes.

Johan is Swedish and holds an LL.M. degree from Uppsala University.

Evgenia is a Principal at 2xN.

Evgenia is an entrepreneur and VC investor with a finance background. Prior to joining the team in April 2021, she worked at Round Hill Ventures, a London-based PropTech VC.

She also co-founded and managed for 3 years a start-up in Paris, France – an Artificial intelligence solution for talent management. Evgenia started her career in finance, working 6 years for Barclays, BNP Paribas and Credit Agricole, in M&A, audit and consulting.

Evgenia is French and holds a Master in Management Grande Ecole degree from HEC Paris and an MBA from London Business School.

Prior to joining 2xN, Kris was Head of Product for ORCA Computing, a photonic quantum computing startup spun out of his PhD. There he was responsible for the product, technology roadmap, business development and sales activities.

Kris has over a decade of experience in both blue-sky and applied research in photonics and quantum technologies, having previously worked at top research institutions including the University of Geneva, University of Oxford, University of Warsaw and ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences in Spain.

Kris is Polish and holds a PhD from the University of Oxford.

Lisa is Chief of Staff at 2xN.

She has worked in administration and event management in New York (Cambridge University Press, The New Yorker Magazine), Budapest (The Central European University, The Budapest Review of Books), and London (Christie’s, Dunhill, Habitat, EMI Music and Balderton Capital).

Lisa is French and American, and graduated with honours from Barnard College, Columbia University (New York), with a BA in both English Literature and French Studies.

Contact

info@2xn.vc