About
Prelude Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Nat Simons and Laura Baxter-Simons. The firm invests in companies developing technologies and business models that address climate change and deep science challenges, from seed to late-stage, with a focus on long-term impact. It takes a science-driven approach to evaluating investments, backing companies where quantum computing intersects with climate and energy optimization. Its quantum computing investments include IonQ, where it was a pre-IPO investor, Atom Computing, which builds neutral-atom quantum computers, and the quantum software firm Zapata Computing. Prelude Ventures participates in Series A through late-stage rounds and keeps reserve capital for follow-on investments to support portfolio companies through commercialization milestones.
Quantum Specifications
| Quantum Focus | software |