"Kruncher supports our selection process by providing the most relevant data in a compressed format, true to the principle of “reduce to the max.” Our decisions were already strong, but with Kruncher they have become even more structured, efficient, and transparent. This allows us to decide at an even higher level with less time and effort." — Thomas Landis, Managing Director, QAI Ventures
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Since using Kruncher, QAI Ventures has seen key improvements in:
QAI Ventures is a Switzerland-based venture capital investor and accelerator focused on Quantum, AI, and Deep Tech. The company invests from early stage to Series B and supports startups with capital, programs, and a global network. In addition, QAI Ventures offers venture building to turn research and IP into successful companies.
Fund Profile:
Highly Niche Industry
QAI Ventures operates in one of the most specialized areas of venture capital: quantum technology.
Collaboration in this field requires partners who not only understand the highly complex technology but also the specific industry problems it is meant to address. It is essential to evaluate whether the technology truly works and makes sense, while also understanding the industry context, the underlying challenge, and why it can be solved more effectively, cost-efficiently, and simply with the new technology.
This requires extensive input from a wide range of stakeholders before an investment can be made.
Complex Internal Systems
QAI Ventures follows a rigorous seven-step investment process to select startups for its accelerator programs. Each program typically attracts around 100 early-stage applicants, generating vast amounts of data from multiple sources and stakeholders.
Before Kruncher, consolidating this information into a well-founded investment decision was highly time-consuming, as critical insights were scattered across email threads, meeting notes, team assessments, and stakeholder documents. This made it nearly impossible to maintain a complete and structured view of each startup throughout the evaluation process.
In dedicated workshops, QAI worked closely with Kruncher’s technical team to thoroughly understand QAI’s existing systems and processes.
As part of the onboarding, Kruncher also ensured full integration with the CRM system Pipedrive.
When QAI requested a knowledge base feature to better organize its quantum research and insights, the Kruncher team listened and built it.
This reflects Kruncher’s commitment to genuine, long-term partnerships rather than purely transactional vendor relationships.
QAI's comprehensive evaluation process generates massive amounts of data: founder interviews, technical assessments, customer validation calls, psychological evaluations, and detailed due diligence reports. Previously, this information lived in silos across different team members and platforms.
Kruncher automatically captures and organizes everything in one place. Email discussions, meeting transcripts, assessment results, and financial documents flow seamlessly into each company's profile, creating a centralized knowledge base that evolves with every interaction.
Finally, having data and insights in one single comprehensive view has been massively helpful and convenient for the team.
What used to take QAI's team 4 days of manual research and memo compilation now takes them only 2-3 hours with the help of Kruncher’s automated memo.
As quantum companies progress through QAI's evaluation stages, new information emerges. Kruncher automatically generates updated investment memos with each new data point, while preserving historical versions to track how their understanding of each opportunity has evolved over time.
"Throughout the eight to ten-week selection process, every interaction with the Founders brings new insights. Consistently capturing and structuring this information across many startups creates tremendous value.”
Rather than pushing QAI to abandon their existing systems, Kruncher integrates seamlessly with their Pipedrive. Company reports, investment memos, and research insights automatically sync between platforms, ensuring their established workflow remains intact while gaining Kruncher's analytical power.
This integration means QAI's team can continue using familiar tools while leveraging Kruncher's comprehensive analysis capabilities, creating a unified technology stack that enhances rather than disrupts their proven processes.
Since implementing Kruncher, QAI Ventures has successfully added 6 new quantum companies to their portfolio, with each investment decision backed by comprehensive, organized data analysis.
QAI Ventures represents the future of specialized venture capital: Funds that combine deep technical expertise with sophisticated data analysis to identify breakthrough opportunities in emerging technologies.
With Kruncher handling the information management complexity, QAI's team can focus on what they do best: evaluating the quantum technologies that will define the next decade of computing advancement.
“Kruncher has made our startup selection process much smoother and more robust. Everything moves faster now, and both our team and the founders value how quickly we can advance.”