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Toby Obstbaum

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Toby contributes to fund management, reporting and finance processes, as well as provides support especially in OpenOcean's portfolio ESG work. Prior to joining OpenOcean, he interned as an Analyst in Swedbank’s corporate banking division, focusing on financial modelling, ESG analysis, and market research. Toby holds a B.Sc. in finance and is pursuing a master’s degree at Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki. In his free time, he enjoys tennis, alpine skiing, and golf.

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IQM's dual listing is a blueprint for European deep tech

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Three things the State of Quantum 2026 report tells an early-stage investor

The State of Quantum 2026 report shows quantum computing maturing into a real market. For investors, the biggest opportunities lie in enabling infrastructure today and commercial adoption tomorrow.
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Twenty-five years ago, I could have written that same sentence and replaced “AI” with “the Web,” and forty years ago, “the personal computer.” This is not an article about needing to use Claude or other agentic AI tools; that is something you should be doing already. In this case, I’m talking about a fundamental restructuring of how software gets built and deployed.