The Opportunity

By revolutionising electric motor drives the efficiency gains would deliver a climate benefit equivalent to removing every plane from the sky.

The solution also significantly reduces both development costs and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of electric motor systems, transforming an industry that plateaued in performance 20 years ago.

$60 bn+ TAM by 2030

Spanning HVAC, EV drivetrains, robotics, industrial motors and more.

qIPM™ modules deliver ~80% lower switching losses

Operating at 1MHz switching speeds, 20x smaller form factors and significantly reduced system cost and weight

Operating at 100x the frequency of standard motor drive systems

This enables a pure sine wave output to the electric motor, further improving efficiency and reducing noise, vibration and wear on the motor.

qAttach™ packaging tech boosts heat removal by up to 15x

This finally enables reliable high-voltage next-generation Gallium Nitride (GaN) transistor use at scale

AI-enabled sensing and performance optimisation

The pure sine wave output enables “Sensing without sensors” to detect any disturbances in the system and to further optimise the development and performance of electric motors (qMotorAI and qNetworkAI).

Broad suite of patent protected IP

QPT has developed every component of a next-generation electric motor drive in order to revolutionises an industry that plateaued in performance 20 years ago.

Wider Market Opportunities

- Annual Units (2030): 15–20M servo axes
- Additional retrofit (Installed base): 4M robots → 20M+ servo axes
- Differentiator: Sensorless, dynamic torque control; qNetworkAI enables fleet optimisation. Major development cost savings. Enables a very cheap motor to operate at the same performance as a far more expensive one.
- Annual Units (2030): 30 - 40M
- Additional retrofit (Installed base): 200M+ fixedspeed motors
- Differentiator: Clean sine, EM filtering; enables retrofit to legacy motors; qMotorAI adds health monitoring & torque optimisation. Significant efficiency and cost benefits.
- Annual Units (2030): 10M
- Additional retrofit (Installed base): 50M+ fans/pumps in buildings
- Differentiator: Compact retrofits; AI for energy management and remote diagnostics. Significant energy savings and reduction in noise & vibration.
- Annual Units (2030): 20-30M
- Additional retrofit (Installed base): N/A
- Differentiator: Sine wave output significantly outperforms silicon carbide (current next generation) in 400V; scalable to 800V; AI for performance tuning and OTA upgrades
- Annual Units (2030): 5-10M
- Additional retrofit (Installed base): 10M+ systems
- Differentiator: High frequency GaN drives for distributed energy; AI enhances grid response & predictive control

Traction & Validation

Won ABB’s Power Density Start-up Challenge 2023, partnering on next-gen motor drive designs with the world’s largest motor supplier. Engaged across multiple divisions with a 4-year framework agreement and global NDA.
Secured an Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) grant in October 2024 to design a 400 V, 60 kW traction inverter demonstrator for automotive, with a presentation planned at Cenex Expo UK in September 2025
Engaged under NDA with 5 x global semiconductor and power module manufacturers for partnership and licensing discussions.
In conversation under NDA with most of the major electric motor and drive manufacturers about future projects once the team has capacity to engage.
Raised ~£3.5 m in funding to date; £650 k already committed to the current round via a SAFE (funds in bank) led by DeepBright Ventures and Alumni Ventures
Ongoing filing of 14 global patents to build a defensible moat

Leadership & Advisors

Rob Gwynne (Founder & CTO): over 35 years in power electronics, RF design, EMC, DSP and semiconductor engineering
James Cannings (Executive Chairman & Acting CFO): Exited co-founder of MMT Digital and track record in scaling sustainable tech firms
Ian Stacey (COO): Proven high-tech business leader. He was VP Silicon Engineering & Operations at DisplayLink, sold to Synaptics in 2020. Prior to that he held leadership positions in Virata, which exited by IPO, GlobespanVirata and Conexant.
Strategic advisors include Geoff Haynes and Girvan Patterson (both co-founders of GaN Systems), Tony Astley, Simon Hart, and others with deep industry credibility

Current Key Investors

Deepbright Ventures - High profile European fund spun out of the prestigious deep tech / investor event “Hello Tomorrow”
Alumni Ventures - The largest venture firm in the US for individual investors
Geoff Haynes - Co-founder of GaN Systems. Pioneers of GaN transistors, exit to Infineon for $830m in 2023.
Girvan Patterson - Co-founder and CEO of GaN Systems
Tony Astley - Director of Sales for TI for 30 years. Director EMEA Sales at GaN Systems
Mark Bennett - VP, Knowledge & Information Partnerships, EMEA at Google
Nick Cole - Chief Commercial Officer, Informa Markets
Rupert Baines - Chair: UKTIN Semiconductor Expert Working Group - CEO of UltraSoc (exit to Siemens in 2020) - Entrepreneur In Residence, Cambridge Investment Capital
Neil Chugani - Managing Director & Operating Partner, RedBird Capital Partners.

Why QPT should be on your radar

Impact: ~10% motor efficiency gain equals billions in annual cost and CO₂ reductions – same climate benefit as removing every plane from the sky
Impact: Including reduced energy bills for end customers, removes need for expensive “screened cables”, reduces maintenance and downtime for motors, low electromagnetic noise rapidly speeds up time-to-market over legacy systems, enables smaller, integrated motor drives, modular system delivers large cost savings as you scale up in power.
Impact: Sine wave output improves the efficiency of the motor itself, reducing noise and vibration to reduce maintenance and downtime. Enables high-fidelity sensing across the entire system within the motor drive (no external sensors) and significantly improves the performance and smoothness in cobots and robotics.
Combines qControl™, qDrive™, ZEST™, qSense™, qAttach™, qHB and qFilter to enable safe ultrafast GaN switching. No known competitors in the high-frequency GaN market for motor drives.
Partnership agreement with Infineon, project collaborations with ABB and APC grants
Deep bench of patents fuelling global scaling and licensing