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Business Development / Mba Co-Founder (F/M/D) Role At Startup Chillquanta
About this role
CHILLQUANTA Bochum, Germany (Ruhr University Bochum) | On-site / Hybrid | Co-Founder / Equity | Deep Tech / Quantum & Semiconductor Metrology About ChillQuanta ChillQuanta is developing an electro-optic spectrometer for inspecting and characterizing photonic qubits (semiconductor quantum-dot single- and entangled-photon sources), aiming to replace or combine today's separate methods (capacitance-voltage, photoluminescence, resonance fluorescence spectroscopy) with one new sub-100-femtosecond-resolution, non-destructive electro-optic technique — with a patent filing already in progress.
Target market: quantum and semiconductor chip makers. The opportunity Founded by Amar Alok (CEO, PhD in Experimental Physics from RUB, 4+ years in ultrafast optics and pump-probe spectroscopy) alongside a Chemistry postdoc, ChillQuanta has a lab prototype (TRL 3-4) benchmarked against single-atom data, an Invention Disclosure accepted by RUB (April 2026) with a manuscript in preparation for Physical Review Letters, and over €12k raised so far.
The next step is turning the lab prototype into an automated instrument and deciding between licensing and starting a company — which is where a business co-founder comes in. ChillQuanta is separately also open to an AI/ML co-founder to help build wafer-scale AI prediction capability. Tasks What you will own Company build-up & strategy - Help decide and execute the path from lab prototype to company: licensing vs. start-up, incorporation, and go-to-market strategy for the quantum/semiconductor metrology market.
- Own fundraising strategy and investor relations as ChillQuanta moves beyond its initial ~€12k raised. Commercialization - Turn the lab prototype (TRL 3-4) into an automated, sellable instrument in partnership with the technical team. - Build relationships with semiconductor and quantum chip makers as early customers and design partners. Business operations - Establish the commercial and operational foundation (pricing, business model, partnerships) the founding science team doesn't yet have.