Dr. Kris Naudts is the Founding & Managing partner of Firgun Ventures, a $250M venture capital firm and the first to focus on Series A/B quantum scale-ups. Based in London, Firgun invests globally across quantum computing, sensing, and communications, supporting exceptional quantum entrepreneurs to scale their companies through the early growth stages and deliver real economic impact. A deep tech angel investor, Naudts has a proven track record in the sector, including as an early investor in Cambridge Quantum Computing (now Quantinuum), the world’s highest-valued private quantum company today. He also hosts the new podcast Time To Talk Quantum etc, which launches on 24 Feb on all the major platforms. Prior to Firgun, Naudts was an award-winning academic psychiatrist and medical doctor at King’s College London, with a PhD in Neuroscience. He later pursued his passion for entrepreneurship, culture, and creativity by founding Culture Trip, which he scaled into one of the world’s leading travel and media brands, raising over $100 million in funding and growing the platform to 20 million monthly visitors, winning more than 50 awards in the process.