QuantumLight Closes $250M Fund and Reveals the Secret Hiring Playbook Behind Revolut’s Rapid Rise
Staff Writer • 2025-05-20
Nik Storonsky’s VC firm is turning operator insight into founder firepower — one playbook at a time NEW YORK, NY – QuantumLight, the venture firm founded by Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky, has closed its inaugural $250 million fund, reaching its hard cap with backing from billionaire founders and top global institutions. At the same time, the firm unveiled a new operating manual titled “Hiring Top Talent”, offering startups access to the structured recruitment system that helped scale Revolut to more than 10,000 employees. A Quant VC Firm with Operator DNA QuantumLight was built on the belief that venture capital should be as data-driven as trading desks. Its proprietary AI model, Aleph, is designed to identify outlier startups through quant-style analysis of traction, team structure, and product velocity — bringing scientific precision to early-stage investing. Since its launch in 2023, QuantumLight has backed breakout startups across AI, Web3, fintech, SaaS, and healthtech — all while quietly operationalizing the playbooks that helped Revolut become a $45 billion fintech juggernaut. The Revolut Hiring System, Unlocked for Founders QuantumLight’s new Hiring Top Talent playbook is more than advice — it’s a direct download of how Revolut scaled its internal hiring engine. Co-authored by Storonsky, the guide shows founders how to recruit top-tier talent at speed without compromising quality. The playbook emphasizes structured, repeatable hiring practices, centered around in-house recruitment and bias-reducing candidate assessments. It’s already in use across the firm’s portfolio, helping startups standardize interviews, evaluate problem-solving ability, and build scalable teams early on. “Talent is a strategic weapon — not a back-office function,” said Ilya Kondrashov, CEO of QuantumLight. “We’re open-sourcing the systems behind one of the world’s fastest-scaling companies.” Founders Shouldn’t Start from Scratch QuantumLight’s approach is clear: take the invisible operating systems behind global companies like Revolut and make them usable from day one. The hiring guide follows the success of its earlier manual, Driving High Performance, and marks the firm’s commitment to bridging the gap between capital and execution. “These frameworks helped us bring structure and consistency to how we evaluate candidates,” said Mark Lee, CEO of MarqVision, a QuantumLight-backed company. “It was like being handed the keys to Revolut’s talent engine.” Scaling Venture Capital with Playbooks and Precision As founders increasingly look for more than just capital, QuantumLight is offering tools, not just term sheets. With $250 million to deploy and an expanding library of operational blueprints, the firm is positioning itself as the VC of choice for companies that want to scale like Revolut — fast, focused, and systematic.
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