Paris · Pre-Seed–Series B · 14 people tracked
Also known as QUANTONATION VENTURES SAS
Investment thesis
Quantonation is a global early-stage venture capital fund investing in breakthrough technologies grounded in advances in physics and computing. It focuses on quantum computing, quantum networks, quantum sensing and deep physics, sometimes co-creating companies. The fund leverages synergies across its portfolio and a wider network of customers, financiers and strategic partners to help startups grow. Its portfolio spans Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. Quantonation is currently deploying its second fund, Quantonation II, investing from pre-seed to Series A with select participation in Series B rounds for the most promising startups.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 14 people
from the firm's website & curatedWhat they invest in
from 39 of 44 portfolio companiesDeep Tech ×30Quantum Computing ×26Hardware ×17AI & Machine Learning ×12Semiconductors ×7Developer Tools ×3Enterprise Software ×3New Materials ×3
HQs:France×4United States×4Canada×3United Kingdom×2Switzerland×1Germany×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×23 founders×2
Investments · 44 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 22024 · 12023 · 16 dated
Pasqal is a quantum computing company that develops high-performance quantum systems using neutral atom technology and software for optimization, simulation, and artificial intelligence applications across industry, science, and government sectors.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareQuantum ComputingFrance, FR
Alain Aspect(Founder)
Co-investorsDaphniIsaiRuna CapitalEni NextTemasekDunamu & Partners+3 more
Pixel Photonics develops single photon detection technology by combining Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors (SNSPD) with Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC).
Deep TechHardwareQuantum Computing
Co-investorsFutury Capital
Sensorium Technological Laboratories is a Vanderbilt University spin-off that designs nanostructured metamaterials with tailored photonic properties, combining hyperspectral imaging with AI for sensing, detection, and metrology.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductorsNashville, US
David J. Ferran(Chief Executive Officer, Chairman)inSimone De Liberato(Chief Technology Officer)in
Chiral develops electron spin alignment technologies and applications based on the CISS effect to reduce resistivity and overpotential waste, enabling sustainable and higher-performance solutions.
CleantechDeep TechEnergyNew Materials
Andre Butzerin(Founder)in
Co-investorsHCVCLool VenturesSC Net Zero Tech VenturesCrane Venture PartnersFounderful
Chiral develops an automated nanomaterial integration process that assembles 1D and 2D nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes, TMDs, and hBN onto chips to produce high-performance electronic transistors.
Deep TechNew MaterialsSemiconductors
Co-investorsCrane Venture PartnersHCVC
Co-investorsAtlantic Vantage Point
Diraq develops quantum computers based on modified silicon transistors, aiming for utility-scale quantum processing units the size of a single data-center rack.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum Computing
Co-investorsimec.xpandIn-Q-TelUniSeed Pty Ltd.
EuQlid builds magnetic imaging technology that uses quantum defects in diamond to non-invasively map buried electrical currents and identify connectivity defects in materials and devices.
Deep TechQuantum ComputingSemiconductors
Co-investorsQDNL Participations
evolutionQ provides post-quantum cryptography and cybersecurity solutions, including its Basejump platform (BasejumpSKI and BasejumpQDN) built on symmetric key infrastructure and quantum-safe key exchange.
CybersecurityDeep TechQuantum Computing
Michele Mosca(Co-founder & CEO)
Foqus Technologies develops software that uses quantum algorithms and AI to enhance MRI scans, aiming to increase magnetic resonance sensitivity, shorten scan times, and improve image quality without hardware upgrades.
AI & Machine LearningMedical DevicesQuantum Computing
Co-investorsWaterloo Accelerator Centre
HQS Quantum Simulations builds software for spectroscopy analysis, including its HQSpectrum product for predicting and analyzing NMR spectra and the HQStage quantum simulation and quantum computing toolkit.
Deep TechQuantum ComputingSaaSKarlsruhe, DE
Dr. Michael Marthaler(CEO & Co-Founder)Dr. Iris Schwenk(COO & Co-Founder)
Co-investorsMatterwave VenturesUVC Partners
Inspek Solutions develops miniature, real-time multi-parameter optical integrated sensors that combine Photonic Integrated Circuits with AI to collect process data for bioprocess and chemical process optimization.
BiotechDeep TechHardware
Co-investorsWind VentureBreegaWind
KETS builds chip-based quantum security hardware, including Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) and Quantum Random Number Generators (QRNG), designed for use across defense, finance, critical infrastructure, and telecoms.
CybersecurityHardwareQuantum ComputingBristol, GB
Co-investors2050 CapitalMSMSeraphim SpaceMustard Seed MazeSpeedinvest
Kipu Quantum offers a platform and matchmaking agent (Tinkuq) that helps enterprises, researchers, and universities build quantum-centric applications without prior quantum computing expertise.
Deep TechEnterprise SoftwareQuantum Computing
Co-investorsDeepTech & Climate FondsEntrada VenturesLBBW Venture Capital GmbHOnsight VenturesQAI VenturesVerve Ventures+1 more
LightOn provides a production retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) platform delivered through three API endpoints for document parsing/OCR, structured field extraction, and grounded hybrid search with citations.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsAxon Partners GroupAnorak Ventures
memQ develops quantum networking technology that entangles matter qubits with light to connect multiple quantum systems, building an extensible quantum network architecture using integrated photonics and advanced materials.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum Computing
Sean Sullivan(Founder)in
Co-investorsEdenBaseHyde Park Venture PartnersOcean Azul PartnersTranspose Platform Management
Modem is an AI teammate for product and engineering teams that clusters and prioritizes customer feedback, bug reports, and feature requests from support and chat tools, then creates tickets, delegates tasks to coding agents, and generates user-tailored release notes.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Ben Vinegar(Founder)in
Co-investorsInovia CapitalAccelDelft Enterprises B.V.QDNL ParticipationsSpeedinvest
Multiverse Computing develops model compression technology and compact AI models that let organizations run large-scale AI at lower compute cost across cloud, data center, and edge environments.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechQuantum Computing
Co-investorsCDP Venture CapitalQAI VenturesMaRS
Nord Quantique develops error-corrected quantum computers using superconducting bosonic codes that embed error correction at the hardware level to achieve a 1:1 logical-to-physical qubit ratio.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum Computing
Co-investorsInnovative Solutions CanadaPanache VenturesPresidio Ventures
ORCA Computing develops full-stack photonic quantum computers, including its rack-mounted, air-cooled PT Series systems that use fibre-interconnected telecom and optical components for quantum-accelerated generative AI and optimisation.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechQuantum ComputingLondon, GB
Ian Walmsley(Co-founder)Richard Murray(Co-founder, CEO)Josh Nunn(Co-founder, Chief Science Officer)
Co-investorsInnovating CapitalOctopus VenturesOxford Science EnterprisesPerscitus LLPVerve Ventures
PINC develops the NanoPPLN platform, which integrates nonlinear optical circuits into photonic integrated chips (PICs) to make scalable nonlinear optics fully integrated.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Co-investorsFREEFLOWAccel-KKRQubits VenturesSutter Hill Ventures
Pioniq develops "beyond-lithium" energy storage batteries that avoid lithium, cobalt, and graphite, aiming to reduce the use of critical raw materials.
CleantechEnergyNew Materials
PrediQT Technologies builds SuRF, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) platform using next-generation GPU-native numerical methods, scale-resolving turbulence simulation, and quantum-inspired algorithms for faster, more accurate flow and weather predictions.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechQuantum Computing
Charles Hirsch(Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer)Marc Tombroff(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)Kunal Puri(Co-founder & Chief Technical Officer)Luke Peffers(Co-founder)
Project Eleven builds post-quantum cryptography and migration tooling for Bitcoin, Ethereum and other digital asset networks.
Co-investorsCastle Island VenturesCoinbase VenturesLattice CapitalVariant FundBalaji SrinivasanFin Capital+1 more
Qblox designs modular control and readout electronics and a software stack for controlling quantum processors, including superconducting, spin, and color-center (NV/trapped-ion) qubit architectures.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum Computing
Co-investorsBootstrap EuropeQDNL Participations
QC Design builds Plaquette, on-premises software for quantum hardware teams to design, simulate, and optimize logical qubits and fault-tolerance architectures under realistic hardware imperfections.
Deep TechDeveloper ToolsQuantum Computing
Dr. Ish Dhand(CEO)inDr. Shreya P Kumar(CTO)in
Co-investorsVsquared VenturesSalvia
Qnami develops quantum sensing and imaging technology, producing scientific instruments and analytical solutions based on diamond quantum chips, system integration, and data analytics software.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum Computing
Alexander Stark(Founder)in
Co-investorsRuna CapitalVerve Ventures
QphoX develops quantum transduction technology and single-photon interfaces that convert signals between microwave, optical, and telecom frequencies to interconnect and scale quantum computers.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum Computing
Co-investorsQAI VenturesQDNL Participations
Quandela develops photonic quantum computers based on quantum-dot single-photon sources, offered as modular, cloud-accessible and on-premises platforms (including its MosaiQ platform and Prometheus single-photon source) plus the open-source Perceval development toolkit.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum Computing
Co-investorsSerenaBpifranceEuropean Innovation Council FundOmnes Capital
Quantum Signals provides intraday price-direction signals derived from market microstructure and Level II order book data, using a temporal fusion transformer model to predict up/stable/down movements for equity indices, metals, and FX instruments.
AI & Machine LearningFintech
Qubit Pharmaceuticals develops novel drug candidates using quantum physics, AI, and computational chemistry through its ATLAS platform for high-precision molecular simulation, modeling, and molecule generation.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechQuantum ComputingParis, FR
Robert Marino(CEO)
Co-investorsXAnge
Qunnect develops room-temperature hardware for building scalable quantum networks over existing telecommunications infrastructure.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum ComputingBrooklyn, US
Mael Flament(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Mehdi Namazi(Executive Officer, Promoter)EDEN FIGUEROA(CSO & MANAGER)Noel L. Goddard(Executive Officer, Director)Noel Goddardin
BoardNicole Conner(Director)in
Co-investorsCisco InvestmentsMEDINA VENTURESAirbus Ventures
Quobly develops silicon-based quantum computers built on standard semiconductor manufacturing (300 mm wafers), producing rack-scale, data center-ready systems aimed at fault-tolerant, million-qubit machines.
Deep TechQuantum ComputingSemiconductors
Maud Vinet(Founder)inTristan Meunier(Founder)in
Co-investorsInnovacomSupernova InvestAir Liquide Venture Capital (ALIAD)Bpifrance
Resolve Stroke develops software-driven ultrasound technology for medical imaging and diagnosis.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical DevicesParis, FR
Vincent(Co-founder)inAritz(CEO)in
Co-investorsOVNI Capital
SBQuantum develops diamond-based quantum magnetic sensors and magnetic mapping solutions using Nitrogen Vacancy (NV) diamond magnetometry.
Deep TechDefense TechQuantum ComputingSherbrooke, CA
Co-investorsUCeed Funds
TAU Systems is developing an X-ray laser light source built on compact particle accelerators, intended as the next-generation light source for semiconductor lithography machines.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsAustin, US
Bjorn Manuel Hegelich(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Björn Manuel Hegelich(Founder)Jerome Payne(Executive Officer)
BoardLukasz Gadowski(Director)in
Co-investorsTeam Global
Vertical Compute is a European deep-tech startup developing chiplets that place vertical columns of data directly next to processing cores, using vertical memory concepts combined with nano-magnetism to accelerate AI workloads.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Sylvain Dubois(Founder)
Co-investorsXAngeimec.xpand
Welinq develops quantum networking products—including quantum memories, photonics-based light-qubit interfaces, and software for distributed quantum computation and error correction—to interconnect quantum computers and enable quantum-secure networks.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum Computing
Co-investorsRuna Capital
Zoo builds Zoo Design Studio, AI-native CAD software featuring Zookeeper, a conversational CAD agent that interprets design intent, reasons and iterates, and generates editable B-rep models on a modern geometry engine.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaSLos Angeles, US
Jessie Frazelle(Founder)
Co-investorsDuke Capital PartnersPreston-Werner VenturesUndeterred CapitalE1 Ventures
ZuriQ develops quantum computing hardware based on a three-dimensional trapped-ion architecture designed for scalable qubit systems while preserving connectivity and operation fidelity.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum Computing
Pavel Hrmo
Co-investorsOnsight VenturesQAI VenturesSquareOneFirst Momentum
Yaqumo develops neutral-atom (cold-atom) quantum computers designed to be scalable and support repeatable error correction, with the goal of practical, usable quantum computing.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum Computing
Co-investorsBeyond Next VenturesJIC Venture Growth InvestmentsKyoto University Innovation Capital
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Quobly · tech.eu · Aug 20, 2026

Qunnect · nextgov.com · Aug 13, 2026
Pasqal · investing.com · Jul 15, 2026

Nord Quantique · techtimes.com · Jul 14, 2026
LightOn · frenchtechjournal.com · Jul 3, 2026
Chiral · datacenterdynamics.com · Mar 11, 2026
Welinq · quantumzeitgeist.com · Feb 20, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Quantonation made?
- Quantonation has 42 tracked investments, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Quantonation invest at?
- Quantonation invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What sectors does Quantonation focus on?
- Quantonation focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Energy, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech, Mobility & Transportation, Quantum Computing, Semiconductors, Space Tech.
- Where is Quantonation located?
- Quantonation is headquartered in Paris, FR.
- Does Quantonation lead rounds?
- Yes, Quantonation leads investment rounds.
- Who does Quantonation co-invest with?
- Quantonation most often shares deals with QAI Ventures, QDNL Participations, Runa Capital, among 63 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamOlivier Tonneau, Quantonation: How can Europe be a powerhouse in Quantum Technologies
EUVC · Olivier Tonneau
Christophe Jurczak, Quantonation: Quantum Is Here: Europe’s Deeptech Moment
EUVC · Christophe Jurczak
Interview with Christophe Jurczak co-founder and managing partner of Quantonation
TINS World · Christophe Jurczak
tech&fest 2025 / Le Plateau TV : Olivier Tonneau (Quantonation Ventures)
tech&fest · Olivier Tonneau
Christophe JURCZAK, Managing Partner de Quantonation - Studio Bang - BIG 2024
Bpifrance · Christophe Jurczak
The Qubit Guy's Podcast with Christophe Jurczak, Founder and Partner at Quantonation
Classiq Technologies · Christophe Jurczak
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