Quantum Promises

Herbert is a founding partner at Vsquared Ventures. He was also part of the founding team of the predecessor fund Vito Ventures. Prior to working in the venture capital industry Herbert was a researcher at École Polytechnique in Paris, the Large Graphs and Networks Group at UCL in Louvain-la-Neuve, and the Information-Oriented Control Group at TUM in Munich.

A Former Senior Expert Partner with McKinsey Digital, Germany, Dr. Niko Mohr is member of the Executive Board at Friedhelm Loh Group, a family-owned industry leader in electrical engineering and automation technology. He is also CEO of Rittal International and Rittal Software Systems with the companies Eplan and Cideon.

Helmut Leopold heads the Digital Safety and Security Center at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. He is responsible for the national applied research program on cyber security, quantum technology, as well as artificial intelligence and sensor systems for physical security.

Dr. Heike Riel is an IBM Fellow, Head of Quantum and AI Technologies, and Lead of IBM Research Quantum EMEA. She drives IBM’s strategic initiatives in next-generation computing. Widely recognized for her leadership and contributions to science and technology, Dr. Riel has received numerous honors and awards.