# Noel Goddard

> Noel Goddard is the CEO of Qunnect, a Brooklyn-based quantum networking company building hardware that turns ordinary telecom fiber into quantum-secure networks - at room temperature, no exotic cooling required. A biophysicist with a Rockefeller PhD and a Harvard fellowship, she taught physics at Hunter College, founded two biotech startups, and worked as a deep-tech seed investor before joining Qunnect in 2020 as COO and then CEO. Under her, Qunnect commercialized the world's first room-temperature quantum memory, ran a 34km entanglement link over live New York City fiber, and raised an oversubscribed Series A led by Airbus Ventures.

- **Role:** CEO at Qunnect
- **Organizations:** Qunnect, Accelerate NY Seed Fund, Symbiotic Health, Goddard Labs, Hunter College, CUNY, Harvard University, Rockefeller University
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** PhD, Physics and Biology, Rockefeller University, Postdoctoral research, Junior Fellow, Harvard University
- **Known for:** Led Qunnect to commercialize the world's first room-temperature quantum memory (2021), Oversaw GothamQ, a 34-kilometer entanglement-distribution demonstration over live New York City telecom fiber, Closed an oversubscribed $10M Series A led by Airbus Ventures (2025)

## Career timeline

- **pre-2012** — Assistant professor of physics at Hunter College, CUNY
- **2012** — Founded biotech company Goddard Labs
- **circa 2015** — Served as CTO of Symbiotic Health
- **circa 2017** — Became a seed investor / principal with Accelerate NY Seed Fund, building a deep-tech and life-science portfolio
- **2020** — Joined Qunnect as COO, then became CEO
- **2021** — Qunnect commercialized the world's first room-temperature quantum memory
- **2024** — Qunnect's GothamQ demonstrated 34km metro-scale entanglement distribution over commercial NYC fiber
- **2025** — Closed oversubscribed $10M Series A led by Airbus Ventures, with Cisco Investments, Quantonation, Medina Ventures

## Achievements

- Led Qunnect to commercialize the world's first room-temperature quantum memory (2021)
- Oversaw GothamQ, a 34-kilometer entanglement-distribution demonstration over live New York City telecom fiber
- Closed an oversubscribed $10M Series A led by Airbus Ventures (2025)
- Built the Carina full-stack, rack-mounted quantum entanglement distribution system
- Drove deployment partnership with Deutsche Telekom in Berlin and design partnerships with Cisco and the U.S. government
- Founded two biotech startups and built a deep-tech seed investment portfolio before pivoting to quantum

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Qunnect raised an oversubscribed $10M Series A led by Airbus Ventures to scale quantum-networking hardware.
- **2025-06** — Cisco Investments backed Qunnect as both investor and design partner, deepening its quantum focus.

## Links

- Website: https://qunnect.inc
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/noel-goddard-b973225
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/qunnectinc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCauAMZJazDfy5bbv7xzLS4A

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Last updated: 2026-06-03