Dr. Michael Harvey

Michael holds a PhD in physics from the University of Queensland. After founding several materials science startups in Australia and the USA Michael joined the ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS) where he built a pre-pre-seed fund with a budget of $3M and created 21 commercial outcomes, including 9 quantum technology startups, with projects bringing in ~$97M in commercial and grant funding. He established similar programs at the Centre of Excellence for Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies (FLEET) and the Centre of Excellence for Quantum Biotechnology (QUBIC).

Michael has lived and worked with tech startups in Australia, Silicon Valley, Europe, China, & Taiwan, he has co-founded several deep-tech startups in Australia and the USA so far having raised >$70M in investment for these businesses. He is an advisor or non-executive director of Australian startups commercialising semiconductor devices, data security technology, low-energy compute, edge AI, superconducting devices, and novel battery chemistries.