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Peter Ort

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Co-Founder & Managing Member, CurAlea Associates

Peter (Pete) Ort is co-founder and Managing Member of CurAlea Associates, an award-winning firm providing customized risk software and advisory solutions to hedge funds, wealth managers, and asset managers. He is also a General Partner at Cambium Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on advanced computing companies, and serves on the board or advisory board of numerous companies across the technology and capital markets landscape.

Pete brings deep capital markets and SPAC experience to his work. He previously served as a director and advisor to blank-check companies, including roles connected to Concord Acquisition Corp, and has been active in structuring and advising on SPAC transactions. Earlier in his career, he was a Managing Director at Karsch Capital and a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, where he was co-head of the Hedge Fund Strategies Group and worked in the firm's Private Equity Group and Financial Institutions Group in New York and Tokyo.

A Fulbright Scholar in Japan, Pete graduated from Duke University and earned J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from New York University. He is a member of the New York and New Jersey State Bars.

Connect with Pete on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-ort-5102a013/ and learn more about CurAlea Associates at http://www.curaleaassociates.com/

IQM's Billion-Dollar-Plus SPAC: Taking Quantum Computing Public with Jan Goetz & Peter Ort
June 22, 2026

IQM's Billion-Dollar-Plus SPAC: Taking Quantum Computing Public with …

What does it take to bring a billion-dollar-plus quantum computing company to the public markets? In this episode, IQM co-founder and CEO Jan Goetz and SPAC sponsor Peter Ort reveal why a European quantum leader chose a SPAC ...

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