Olivier Tonneau, The Quantum Investor – Q2B Leaders Spotlight
Olivier Tonneau, Founder & Partner, Quantonation Olivier Tonneau works on one of the most consequential questions in emerging technology: which scientific breakthroughs are ready to become companies — and which can ultimately become industries. A founder and partner at Quantonation, Olivier Tonneau invests at the point where technical ambition meets commercial risk. Before launching the […]
Owen Lozman, The Deep Tech Capitalist – Q2B Leaders Spotlight
Owen Lozman, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, 55 North Owen Lozman has built his career around the point where advanced science becomes investable. Before co-founding 55 North, Lozman was a senior investor at M Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Merck KGaA, where he helped build and lead the firm’s technology investment activities across areas including […]
Nathan Baker, The Quantum Applications Strategist – Q2B Leaders Spotlight
Nathan Baker, Partner, Quantum Applications, Microsoft Quantum Nathan Baker has built his career around a question that is becoming increasingly important as quantum matures: where can advanced computing actually solve problems that matter? At Microsoft Quantum, Nathan Baker works on the applications side of that challenge. Q2B Copenhagen lists him as Partner, Quantum Applications, a […]
Peter Barrett, The Frontier Investor – Q2B Leaders Spotlight
Peter Barrett, Co-Founder & General Partner, Playground Global Peter Barrett has spent his career betting that the next technological revolution will be built not only in software, but in the physical systems underneath it. As Co-Founder and General Partner of Playground Global, Barrett invests at the boundaries of computing and hard science, across quantum and […]
CPP Investments Is Rethinking How a $629 Billion Pension Giant Measures Climate Risk
The Canadian pension giant’s expanded carbon reporting points to a broader shift among long-term investors: sustainability is moving beyond emissions targets toward assessing which companies can successfully navigate the economic transition. CPP Investments is changing how it evaluates the carbon characteristics of its global portfolio, introducing a framework that looks not only at how much […]
Saudi Arabia’s PIF Assets Plateau as the Global Sovereign Wealth Model Shifts
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund ended 2025 with assets under management broadly flat from a year earlier, marking a significant slowdown after a decade of rapid expansion and highlighting a wider shift in how sovereign wealth funds are being used around the world. Asia Asset Management reported that PIF’s assets under management fell […]
World Bank’s $4 Billion Sustainable Bond Draws $11 Billion as Competition for Capital Intensifies
WASHINGTON — The World Bank has raised $4 billion through a new seven-year Sustainable Development Bond after receiving more than $11 billion in orders, underscoring a broader shift in global finance: large pools of development capital remain available, but investors are becoming more selective just as governments face intensifying competition for capital. The International Bank […]
NATO’s Eastern Flank Faces a Growing Drone Threat. Romania’s Black Sea Encounter Raises the Stakes
An explosive maritime drone intercepted beside a strategic Romanian gas project is the latest in a series of incidents forcing NATO to rethink how it protects its borders and critical infrastructure. BUCHAREST — Romania has destroyed an explosive maritime drone near one of Europe’s most strategically important new gas projects, adding to a series of […]
Mikko Ollikainen’s Push to Link Carbon Markets and Climate Resilience
From Carbon Markets to Climate Resilience, Mikko Ollikainen Is Helping Shape the Next Era of Adaptation Finance As governments prepare for the UN General Assembly in New York and COP31 in Antalya, adaptation finance is moving back toward the center of global climate diplomacy. That puts Mikko Ollikainen, Head of the Adaptation Fund, in a […]
AI’s Debt Boom Is Colliding With Record Government Borrowing
The artificial intelligence boom is moving beyond technology markets and into global finance. As technology companies raise unprecedented amounts of capital for data centers, chips and energy infrastructure, AI debt is adding another source of supply to bond markets already absorbing extraordinary levels of government debt. The world’s largest technology companies are increasingly turning to […]
