Michael Queralt founded Startup IQ to help entrepreneurs start, ideate, and scale their business.

Michael Queralt is a seasoned investor, business strategist, patent holder, and technology innovator with over 30 years of proven experience. His journey spans from pioneering secure, passwordless authentication solutions to advising and investing in disruptive startups. As a proud Y Combinator, FedTech, and NSF-I Corp alum, Michael thrives on identifying emerging trends and nurturing ideas that redefine industry standards. He’s mentored inventive startups to growth, including international startups looking to land in the US market.

Promoting a customer-centric product-market fit approach, he has enabled his client’s organizations to define their revenue strategies, leverage innovation and define sales & operations to drive top line revenues. His technology focus is on identities,  authentication, privacy, and contextual decisions, and he has partnered with organizations like the Department of Homeland Security Science and  Technology, FIDO Alliance, DC Government, and John Hopkins Advance  Physic Laboratory. Michael holds multiple technology patents. His business expertise is built on his successful time at Xerox, Vanstar,  Compucom, as well as decades as a successful startup consultant.