| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.11.2021 | €15m series A for Quandela | Co-founded in 2017 by Pascale Senellart (research director at the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, a CNRS and University of Paris-Saclay laboratory and 2014 CNRS silver medalist), Valérian Giesz (PhD engineer in optics) and Niccol... |
| 19.10.2021 | Welcome Inspek in the portfolio | Paris, October 19th, 2021 – InSpek announced the closing of a pre-seed round with Quantonation to support the development of the first generation of its chemical analysis system. InSpek was founded in 2021 to improve the performances of che... |
| 09.08.2021 | Qu&Co raises funding led by Quantonation | Qu&Co announces new investment round to accelerate and expand the development of its quantum application platforms for chemistry, multi-physics and finance. |
| 09.06.2021 | KETS Quantum Security raises £3.1 million | KETS Quantum Security has raised a £3.1 million round to bring to market hardware to protect data from a new generation of cyberattacks that will use quantum computers to break through all existing encryption protections. |
| 09.06.2021 | First exit : Keysight acquires Quantum Benchmark | Keysight Technologies, a leading technology company that delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced the acquisition of Quantum Benchmark, a leader in error diag... |
| 09.06.2021 | Pasqal raises €25 M in Series A Funding | The round was led by Quantonation and the Defense Innovation Fund, managed by Bpifrance, with Runa Capital, Daphni and Eni Next participating and includes previously announced commitment by the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund. The fu... |
| 11.05.2021 | Qnami completes 4 MCHF Series A towards enabling quantum computing and spintronic | Quantonation who led the Seed Round is joined by Venture Capital funds Runa Capital and SIT Capital, further supported by Seed Round investors Verve Ventures, ZKB Start-up Finance and the High Tech Gründerfond. The funds will support extens... |
| 11.05.2021 | QphoX raises €2m to turbo-charge quantum computing with breakthrough Quantum Modem | “The founding team at QphoX has shown a unique ability to leverage quantum optics, fibre optics communications, nanoscale device manufacturing and superconducting microwave circuits to transfer the coherence that’s at the heart of quantum d... |
| 29.04.2021 | Quantonation on B-Smart TV | Jean-Gabriel Boinot-Tramoni was invited on B-Smart TV to talk about Quantum Technologies’ potential. The show was hosted by Jean-Marc Sylvestre and Noémie Wira available in replay here. |
| 29.04.2021 | UK and France Quantum Exhibition | On the 5th – 6th May 2021, UK Research and Innovation and Le Lab Quantique in association with Quantonation are hosting a two-day event showcasing the #quantum programmes and the innovative quantum companies being developed in the #UK and #... |
| 15.03.2021 | 2 portfolio companies featured in Forbes | Multiverse Computing and Qubit Pharmaceuticals were quoted by Paul Lipman in its review paper published by Forbes. |
| 21.01.2021 | €1.8Bn Quantum Strategy for France | French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled the French Quantum Strategy allocating €1.8Bn until 2025 to Quantum Computing, Sensing and Quantum Communications. In order to drive the growth of this new economy Quantonation was quoted as a key a... |
| 25.11.2020 | A new customer for Quandela ! | Massy, November 25th, 2020 |
| 20.11.2020 | Multiverse Computing completes a €1.5m round | Multiverse Computing has just closed a 1,5 million euro funding round to finance its growth and internationalization process. This startup, with offices in Donostia and Toronto, specialises in quantum algorithmic solutions for the financial... |
| 15.10.2020 | 2nd edition of Q|C|B Conference by BPIFrance | The 2nd edition of the International « Quantum Computing Business » Conference organized by Bpifrance will take place the 4th of November 2020 as an all-digital event. |
| 29.09.2020 | Discover Qunnect and Quantum Networks | Qunnect, a New York based Quantonationportfolio company, has been featured by Newsday in an in depth article. The team provides great explanations on the potential of the technology that will enable Quantum Internet and long-distance Quantu... |
| 21.09.2020 | €8Bn for HPC and Quantum | The European union proposed a new regulation to set a budget of €8Bn to invest in next generation HPC, including Quantum. The Euro HPC Joint Undertaking will invest in the construction of Quantum and Classical Computers. |
| 15.09.2020 | A beginner’s guide to High Performance Computing | After discussing with the major players of the HPC we realized that HPC is not always clear for people including insiders. So we decided to deep-dive this thematic and just issued a dedicated report on Medium! |
| 12.09.2020 | New record looms in VC funding of quantum startups | The not for profit Le Lab Quantique published an insightful post about private funding of quantum technologies. In total, since 2012, $1.5 billion has been invested in quantum technology startups (80 listed in the database) and it looks lik... |
| 07.09.2020 | Quantonation in the press | Quantonation’s partners Christophe Jurczak and Olivier Tonneau have been interviewed by Paris Telecom School’s newspaper about the potential of Quantum Technologies. They share the need for a dynamic Quantum ecosystem to promote early appli... |
| 27.07.2020 | Meet the Quantum Founders ! | At Quantonation we invest in early stage quantum and Deep Physics startups. |
| 21.07.2020 | ORCA Computing closes a pre-seed round with Atmos, Oxford Sciences Innovation and Quantonation | ORCA Computing raises £2.9M ($3.7M) to develop quantum technology utilising “off the shelf” telecommunications components. |
| 20.07.2020 | Quandela closes a funding round with Quantonation and BPI France | July 20, 2020 – The startup Quandela has closed its first round table to develop unique, high-performance and reliable photonic qubit sources that are a technological building block for the creation of photonic quantum computers, secure qua... |
| 16.07.2020 | 3 portfolio companies awarded prestigious prizes by the French government | The French minister for research and innovation organizes each year a contest for the most innovative startups, with substantial grants to fuel the development of projects. This year 4 Quantum Technologies startups have been selected, and 3... |
| 06.07.2020 | FINANCE INNOVATION avec Jean-Gabriel Boinot | Jean-Gabriel BOINOT-TRAMONI a participé à la table ronde de la Fintech Community sur le thème: “Informatique Quantique: Nouvel Horizon pour la finance ?”. |
| 16.06.2020 | Qubit Pharmaceuticals closes a pre-seed round with Quantonation | Qubit Pharmaceuticals announced the closing of a pre-seed round that will support the market entry of its first platform, ATLAS, a software suite for the discovery and test of drug candidates running on supercomputers to codesign new drugs ... |
| 16.04.2020 | Qunnect receives $1.5m from government! | Qunnect, Inc., a Quantonation portfolio company committed to globalizing Quantum Communications, received a $1.5M Phase-II Small Business Innovation Research award from the US Department of Energy. |
| 13.03.2020 | Cryptonext Security closes its seed funding ! | PRESS RELEASE |
| 23.01.2020 | Quantonation at the Deep Tech week | Quantonation is co-organizing with Bpifrance and CryptoNext Security a unique workshop on Quantum Cybersecurity during Deep Tech Week, the first global gathering of the DeepTech ecosystem is in Paris, March 9th to 13th, attended by more tha... |
| 10.01.2020 | La France dispose désormais d’un plan Quantique | Paris, le 9 janvier 2020 – Quantonation, le premier fonds de capital innovation dédié aux technologies quantiques, salue la publication ce jour du rapport de la députée Paula Forteza. |
| 09.01.2020 | The French government unveils a Quantum strategy | On January 9th, French Parliament Member Paula Forteza presented a report to the Government entitled “Quantum technologies, the technology revolution that France will not miss”. It introduces 37 propositions that will structure a national s... |
| 08.01.2020 | Qunnect announces closing of seed round with Quantonation | A spin-off from Stony Brook University (USA, NY), Qunnect is developing a suite of devices to enable long-distance quantum-secured communications. All products are engineered to operate at room temperature, a critical design consideration f... |
| 06.12.2019 | Pasqal scientific paper published on arXiv | Pasqal just published a paper introducing the high potential of Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQA) for optimization problems on a platform of neutral atoms. Pasqal’s technology is structured to offer very promising speedups in calculation... |
| 03.12.2019 | Quantonation companies partner for a quantum safe future | KETS Quantum and Cryptonext Security announce partnership to build comprehensive quantum-safe solutions. The best of both: combining hardware and software will enable real quantum-safe solutions. |
| 02.12.2019 | New milestone in Quantum Standardization | Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a method that could pave the way to establishing universal standards for measuring the performance of quantum computers. The new method, called cycle benchmarking, allows researchers ... |
| 02.12.2019 | La France rêve de prendre la vague quantique | Avec l’annonce d’un plan quantique national attendu dans les prochaines semaines, industriels et pouvoirs publics sont positionnés pour faire de la France un leader dans le domaine. Quantonation a été interrogé sur la dynamique de la filièr... |
| 26.11.2019 | Les premiers pas d’un Internet Quantique | Quantonation a accueilli le premier événement autour de l’internet quantique avec le laboratoire LIP6. Pendant 2 jours, codeurs, physiciens et consultants ont produit des noeuds de sécurité sur une boucle internet simulée. |
| 13.11.2019 | Qnami joins our portfolio! | We’re very proud to announce today the closing of a CHF 2.6m seed round for Qnami along with Investiere, ZKB and HTGF. Qnami is leveraging an outstanding know-how of Basel University in diamond preparation for Quantum sensing applications. ... |
| 28.10.2019 | Quantonation, leader mondial des technologies quantiques | Dans son édition du 23 octobre, La Tribune a dédié un article à Quantonation “Le pari fou du fonds français Quantonation“. A travers une interview de Christophe Jurczak, managing partner du fonds, le journaliste présente le rôle clé de Quan... |
| 28.10.2019 | Quantonation under the spotlight at France is AI conference! | Wednesday 23th October France Is AI Conference took place at Station F. With more than 1’700 registration, this year edition was a huge success. One major innovation is the introduction of Quantum Technologies as a hot topic for the industr... |
| 28.10.2019 | Quantum Benchmark supports development of Google Quantum Computers | In his latest post, Joseph Emerson, CEO Quantum Benchmark, exposes the key role that Quantum Benchmark played in the achievement of Quantum Supremacy by Google. Their TrueQ™ suite the most advanced software to mitigate, and characterize err... |
| 15.10.2019 | Pasqal dans le Figaro | Analyse par le Figaro des résultats “fuités” de Google autour de la suprématie Quantique. La presse française et européenne est de plus en plus sensible aux perspectives technologiques et sociétales du Quantique. Christophe Jurczak, partena... |
| 15.10.2019 | Join the first Pan-European Quantum Hackathon! | This is a very special event for all Quantum enthusiasts, at Quantonation’s offices in Paris
For the first time ever, a Quantum Internet Hackathon simultaneously in five connected locations or ‘nodes’ across Europe: Delft, Dublin, Padua, Sa... |
| 15.10.2019 | Quantonation featured in Nature | The reference scientific magazine Nature published a review of the Quantum ecosystem, balancing expectations for disruption and short term applications. Quantonation’s Christophe Jurczak was interviewed and contributed thoughts about the cu... |
| 15.10.2019 | Quantum Tech at BPIFrance InnoGeneration | The InnoGeneration event from BPIFrance is the landmark event on innovation in France. It gathered this year more than 50,000 people, with an inspiring conclusion of the day by French President Emmanuel Macron. |
| 22.09.2019 | Quantonation on stage : Allocate, the european tech GP event! | Charles Beigbeder had a great talk to introduce Quantum Technologies to GP from all Europe during the Allocate event in London ! |
| 19.09.2019 | Success for the conference “Future is Quantum” organized along with French Founders | More than 70 people attended remarkable talks by Christophe Jurczak, managing partner Quantonation, Charles Beigbeder, founder Quantonation, and Igor Carron, CEO Lighton during “Future is Quantum” conference on the 4th September. |
| 18.09.2019 | Portrait des fondateurs de CryptoNext par la BPI | Après des années passées dans le monde de la recherche, Jean-Charles Faugère et Ludovic Perret décident de se lancer dans l’aventure de l’entrepreneuriat. |
| 06.09.2019 | Quantonation at the LETI Innovation Days | The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in France in research, development and innovation in four main areas: |
| 03.09.2019 | Quantum Computing: hype or disruption? Taiwan | By invitation of La French Tech Taiwan Christophe Jurczak has talked about the disruptive potential of Quantum Computing at the Taiwan Tech Arena in Taipei on the 11/09. |
| 02.09.2019 | Success for the first Quantum Computing Business Conference & Investor day! | Quantonation co-organized along with BPI France the first Quantum Computing Business Conference followed the next day by the Quantum Investor Day. More than 300 people participated and listened to talks by foremost global experts representi... |
| 26.08.2019 | ”The Potential of Quantum Computing” interview of Christophe Jurczak | Christophe Jurczak, managing partner explains that quantum technologies generally do things better—quicker computations, improved security and greater sensitivity. |
| 26.08.2019 | “We need to explain what quantum technology is about” | Co-founder Christophe Jurczak explains to Investiere what the different quantum technologies are and why he invested in the Swiss startup Qnami. |
| 26.08.2019 | «La France et l’Europe auront accès aux technologies Quantiques en les développant» | Interview de Christophe Jurczak pour Techniques de l’Ingénieur où il explique en quoi Quantonation répond à une carence en Europe quand il s’agit d’investissements à risque. |
| 26.08.2019 | “The majority of quantum hardware companies will stay and grow in Europe” | Christophe Jurczak, Quantonation’s managing partner is interviewed by Science Business over the Quantum Industry development. |
| 22.07.2019 | Interview of Charles Beigbeder at the French economic Summit in Aix en Provence. | - |
| 26.06.2019 | “France has every asset to be world leader in Quantum Technologies” | 2019-06-26 : Paul-François Fournier, BPI France Executive Director in charge of innovation, speaks up for a strong public policy to support research and startups in the strategic area of Quantum Technologies. |
| 22.05.2019 | Quantonation @Pioneers’19 in Vienna | 2019-05-09: Christophe Jurczak participated to Pioneers 2019 in Vienna. As part of the Deep Tech Panel he had the opportunity to introduce the huge potential of Quantum Technologies to the Audience. |
| 22.05.2019 | Quantum Business Conference, 20th June, @BPI France | 2019-05-09: BPI France hosted the first Quantum Computing Business Conference with the pioneers of worldwide Quantum computing ecosystem: startups, corporates, investors, researchers and leading experts. |
| 28.04.2019 | LightOn en lumière dans Le Monde | 24-04-2019 : Dans un article intitulé “L’intelligence artificielle à la vitesse de la lumière”, le journaliste David Larousserie fait part des extraordinaires opportunités liées à l’exploitation par la startup Française LightOn des propriét... |
| 02.04.2019 | Manifesto for Quantum Technologies | 2019-03-26 : Quantonation founders Charles Beigbeder and Christophe Jurczak share their vision of Quantum Technologies in a manifesto published in French leading newspaper “Le Monde”. It’s neither too late, nor too early, for France to inve... |
| 27.03.2019 | Tribune au “Monde” du 26 mars 2019 | 27-03-2019 : Fondateurs de Quantonation, Charles Beigbeder et Christophe Jurczak plaident dans une tribune au « Monde » pour une politique publique de soutien aux « technologies de rupture » qu’offre l’ingénierie issue de la physique quanti... |
| 27.03.2019 | Quantonation at the French Photonics Days | Save the Date for the 1st edition of the French Photonics Day to be held on April 04, 2019 at the Institut d’Optique d’Aquitaine in Talence (FR). Quantonation will be there along with many start ups! |
| 15.03.2019 | Tech Trendz conference about Quantum Computing @Station F | During the first edition of the Tech Trendz conferences organized by Station F, Christophe Jurczak (Managing Partner @Quantonation), Lucas Sow (CEO @ProteinQure), Marcel Van der Heijden (Partner @Speedinvest), and Eleni Diamanti (@CNRS) gat... |
| 11.03.2019 | Charles Beigbeder présente Quantonation | - |
| 10.02.2019 | Quantonation organizes the first ever Quantum Hackathon in France | Quantonation, together with Riverlane and divinity, organized on January 27th a Quantum Hackathon at 42, the famous French coding school. More than 80 participants – students of 42, professionals and enthusiasts – gathered on a Sunday to ex... |
| 10.02.2019 | Le Blog “La révolution quantique” | Christophe Jurczak, co-fondateur et partner du fonds Quantonation, a lancé un blog sur le site de l’Usine Nouvelle, dédié aux innovations dans le domaine de la Deep Physics et des technologies quantiques. Premier billet sur la Révolution qu... |
| 10.02.2019 | Quantonation publishes its first INSIGHT report “Quantum + Blockchain” | Quantonation publishes a first report in its series called “INSIGHTS”, about the connections between two highly disruptive technologies: Blockchain and Quantum Computing & Security. |
| 23.01.2019 | Interview of Christophe Jurczak | Christophe Jurczak, Managing Partner and co-founder at Quantonation, has been interviewed by Gemma Milne at Forbes. |
| 06.01.2019 | Interview de Charles Beigbeder | Charles Beigbeder, président et co-fondateur de Quantonation, a été interviewé sur BFM TV le 19/12/2018. |
| 20.12.2018 | LightOn raises funding to build a new computing paradigm for AI | Paris, Dec 19th 2018 |
| 19.12.2018 | Communiqué de Presse Quantonation | Charles Beigbeder lance Quantonation, le premier fonds d’investissement dédié aux technologies quantiques |
| 19.12.2018 | Kets Quantum Security raises over £2million in investment | Bristol, Dec 11th 2018 |
| 19.12.2018 | Les Echos : Charles Beigbeder fait le grand saut dans les technologies quantiques | Présentation du fonds Quantonation dans Les Echos, avec interviews de Charles Beigbeder et Christophe Jurczak, associés fondateurs. |
| 04.12.2018 | Podcast – la grande vague des technologies quantiques | Anti-brouillard c’est le podcast qui décrypte les grandes tendances du monde de la technologie en allant à la rencontre d’experts. Cette fois, dans Anti-brouillard, on aborde le sujet des technologies quantiques, avec Christophe Jurczak, CE... |
| 30.11.2018 | International Conference on Quantum Computing | - |
| 25.11.2018 | Quantum Meets Blockchain | Scalability is the most commonly discussed blockchain challenge. It’s not the only one. With the rapidly increasing chances that a large quantum computer could happen within 10 years, future blockchains will have to be “Quantum-safe”. |
| 16.11.2018 | L’Usine Nouvelle: “Nous voulons faire émerger 5 à 6 start-up du quantique en France” | Publié le 16 Novembre 2018 |
| 17.10.2018 | Success for the first Quantum Tech Meetup in Paris ! | Paris, 16th October 2018 |
| 21.09.2018 | How to improve cybersecurity with quantum technology | As of today, a computer with 100 qubits and good enough gate fidelity is within reach. While this doesn’t represent a threat in itself, the rapidly increasing chances that a large quantum computer could happen within 10 years is significant... |
| 06.05.2018 | Launch of Quantonation, a Fund dedicated to Quantum and Deep Physics | Audacia, leading French Growth Equity investor, and Gravitation, the Investment Fund of entrepreneur Charles Beigbeder, are launching Quantonation, a Venture Fund dedicated to deep tech startups with a focus on Quantum Technologies and Phys... |
| 29.01.2018 | TEST VIDEO | - |
