Apurv Suri is a banking professional with 11 years of experience in the financial services & venture capital industry. He joined Standard Chartered Bank, New York in 2013 as an International Graduate. 

Post completion of his International Graduate program, Apurv held various roles within Standard Chartered Bank, starting with Group Product Management, Trade Finance facilitating the re-engineering of key trade finance products, followed by a role in the Global Head Office, Transaction Banking as a Business Planning Manager/Chief of staff. He then joined the Regional Cash Management corporate sales team covering the global subsidiary clients.

Apurv is currently part of SC Ventures and leads the client engagement & partnership unit for SC Ventures. The team aims to create bespoke and monetizable solutions, strategic partnership as well as joint ventures/co-investments for clients of the bank, institutional orgainzations and strategic partners. Apurv is also leading the Metaverse initiatives for SC Ventures as well as Quantum Computing. Previously, Apurv was a venture builder and incubated multiple ventures including Tas Connect (strategic partnership with Lenovo).

Apurv is at the forefront of driving Quantum Computing innovations & investments at SC Ventures, spearheading the incubation and negotiation phases for a groundbreaking joint venture, Project Quanta. This initiative aims to integrate quantum capabilities with financial expertise to develop and implement emerging use cases for fintech and financial services organizations on a global scale.

Dr. Goetz was named to Capital’s “40 Under 40 in Germany” list. Prior to co-founding IQM, he served as a board member on the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). He studied superconducting quantum circuits at the Aalto University School of Science and Technology.

Nir is an experienced leader & entrepreneur. He spent a decade at Google in various senior leadership roles. Later he co-founded ClearML, the world’s leading MLOps OSS platform, serving as CEO and Chairman.

Omri is an experienced strategy and business development professional. Before joining QM, Omri spent more than 5 years at McKinsey & Company advising and working with companies in the US, UK, and Israel (including S&P 500 companies) on strategy, operations, M&A, PMI, and organization. Prior to that, Omri worked at Vayyar Imaging and has extensive experience in bringing highly technical hardware and software products to market. Omri holds an MBA from INSEAD, and a B.A. in Psychology and Business from Tel Aviv University, both with distinction.

Shahar has more than 15 years of computational chemistry experience, including the previous 10 years in senior scientific and operational leadership positions. She is an accomplished leader with a keen understanding of the dynamics that impact developing and bringing profitable drugs to market. Shahar is experienced at working at all stages of the development process with experience leading multiple, concurrent projects at varying stages of development and she excels at integrating scientific goals and capabilities with business objectives to craft a cohesive go-to-market strategy. Shahar has outstanding communication skills, leadership ability, and business acumen. She has three patents and over 50 manuscripts. Shahar previously served as CSO of Cloud Pharmaceuticals.