Building again
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New Chapter
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Cambridge Innovation Capital
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Building again 〰️ New Chapter 〰️ Cambridge Innovation Capital 〰️
Dr Ilana Wisby
Quantum physicist · Deep-tech founder · Advisor · Speaker
Dr Ilana Wisby is a quantum physicist and deep-tech entrepreneur, and one of very few people to have taken a quantum company from a patent to global scale. As founding CEO of Oxford Quantum Circuits, she built quantum computers end to end. She raised $100m+, deployed the world's first 32-qubit machines in commercial data centres, and scaled a team of around 130 across the UK, Japan, and Europe. She has briefed prime ministers and chief scientific advisors on quantum capability and sovereign infrastructure, and works at the intersection of deep tech, leadership, and national security.
She is now an Entrepreneur in Residence at Cambridge Innovation Capital, building again. Through it all, one belief holds. How we build matters as much as what we build.
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AS FEATURED IN
Deep Tech. Human Values.
I help founders, boards, and policymakers turn hard ideas into lasting impact, with clarity, courage, and love.
Now an Entrepreneur in Residence at Cambridge Innovation Capital, I'm building again in deep tech, and I continue to advise founders and speak internationally on quantum, AI, and leadership.
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Big visions need belief, values, and clarity. I help leaders sharpen ideas into strategies that are ambitious, grounded, and fundable. From deep-tech moonshots to national priorities, I help turn possibility into a plan, and tell the story so others believe too.
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Execution is where companies are tested, and where leadership matters most. I support founders, boards, and executives through their hardest moments: fundraising, tough governance calls, aligning leadership, and navigating high-stakes decisions. Calm under pressure, I bring entrepreneurial grit, board-level perspective, and the ability to unify people through clarity and trust.
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caling is about more than numbers. It's about strengthening the foundations that growth depends on. I help leadership teams embed values into how they operate, so culture and strategy reinforce each other. Through this grounding, growth becomes not just faster, but more resilient, aligned, and human.
