John Levy
Biography
John Levy is the CEO and co-founder of SEEQC, a global leader in scalable, energy-efficient quantum computing that is redefining how quantum systems are designed, manufactured, and deployed.
From 2012 to 2019, Mr. Levy served as Chair of Hypres, a digital superconducting high-speed computing and RF systems company, where he led the commercialization of advanced technologies for U.S. government customers. SEEQC was spun out of Hypres in 2019. Earlier, he was Chair of BioLite (2010–2018), a distributed clean-energy company serving both emerging and developed markets, and joined the board of goTenna in 2013, helping guide its growth as a provider of edge-communications platforms for government and professional users through its acquisition by Forterra in 2025.
Mr. Levy was a founding partner of L Capital Partners, a $185 million seed-stage venture capital fund, where he led technology investments and served on the boards of seven portfolio companies, including WiSpry, OnPATH Technologies, HiGTek, Simparel, and Evogen (all acquired). He also served on the boards of VisionSense, Adjungo Networks (acquired), and Ovex (IPO), and was an adviser to Tseng Labs (IPO) and Advanced Medical Imaging (IPO).
Earlier in his career, Mr. Levy was the founding CEO of ePlanet, a pioneering computer-vision company funded by Interval Research and Intel Corporation that developed the first consumer-based computer-vision platform. He previously worked at Interval Research Corporation, a Palo Alto–based research lab sponsored by Paul Allen.
Mr. Levy has held long-standing leadership roles in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. He served on the board of Bend the Arc for more than 20 years and was Chair from 2000 to 2006, overseeing the merger of two nonprofit organizations. In 2012, he joined the investment committee of the Nathan Cummings Foundation, helping oversee a $500 million endowment focused on climate and impact investing, and served as Chair of the committee from 2019 to 2023.
Mr. Levy has been a regular guest lecturer for over 15 years at Columbia Business School and has spoken on quantum computing and entrepreneurial finance at Harvard Business School, MIT, and numerous international conferences, including Quantum World Congress, the European Congress on Applied Superconductivity (EUCAS), Inside Quantum (New York), Quantum Beach, QED-C Market, and TEDx Amherst College.
Mr. Levy received an A.B. from Amherst College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Company Profile
SEEQC
Company Profile
SEEQC is developing the first digital quantum computing platform for global businesses. SEEQC combines classical and quantum technologies to address the efficiency, stability and cost issues endemic to quantum computing systems. The company applies classical and quantum technology through digital readout and control technology and through a unique chip-scale architecture. SEEQC’s quantum system provides the energy and cost-efficiency, speed and digital control required to make quantum computing useful and scalable.
The company is one of the first companies to have built a superconductor multi-layer commercial chip foundry and through this experience has the infrastructure in place for design, testing and manufacturing of quantum-ready superconductors. SEEQC is a spin-out of Hypres, the world’s leading developer of superconductor electronics. SEEQC’s team of executives and scientists have deep expertise and experience in commercial superconductive computing solutions and quantum computing. SEEQC is based in Elmsford, NY.
