While living in the Soviet Union, Serguei Kouzmine made a lot of science-minded friends. Some he got to know in college. Others he met at the country's Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, where he earned his doctorate.
Today Kouzmine depends on that network—not as a scientist, but as a founder of Quantum Wave Fund. Launched in December, QWave is a venture capital firm guided by a community of Russian advisers scattered across the world. It backs the development of new materials and new devices related to quantum physics. "As scientists, we feel pretty much at home with quantum physics," says Kouzmine. "We discuss what people know about quantum effects and see what can be utilized to change everyday human life."
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