Icarus Quantum Inc.
The University of Colorado Connection
Icarus Quantum began in the laboratories of and the at É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥. Poolad Imany began commercializing this revolutionary quantum dot technology with Venture Partners at É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ in 2022 and pitched to the Bay Area Buff’s venture capital fund. Poolad is a rising star in his field. Icarus Quantum was one of the fifteen Colorado quantum companies that drafted the proposal to earn Colorado its designation as a federal Quantum Tech Hub.
Funding Status and Investment Opportunities
- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Cybersecurity​, Smart Hardware and Instrumentation, Optics, Quantum, Advanced Materials
- Funding Stage: Seed Round
- Contact for Investment Inquiries: Poolad Imany, poolad.imany@nist.gov
In the News
- Trailblazing ideas and entrepreneurial spirit reap rewards at the 2025 NVC Finals (2025)
- É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ hosts showcases highlighting breakthrough innovations and investment-ready ventures (2025)
- Activate announces founders of É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ spinouts in Cohort 2024 (2024)
- Icarus Quantum's disruptive technology provides crucial step toward scalable quantum networks (2023)
Venture Partners Programs​
- Destination Startup (2025)
- Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator (2023)
- (2023)
- Lab Venture Challenge (2023)
- Starting Blocks Customer Discovery Workshop (2022)
- Research-to-Market (R2M) Customer Discovery Program (2022)
- Intellectual Property Management (2022)
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