{"id":41902,"date":"2024-07-08T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2024\/07\/08\/quantum-computing-startup-planqc-raises-50-million-euro\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T06:59:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T06:59:29","slug":"quantum-computing-startup-planqc-raises-50-million-euro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2024\/07\/08\/quantum-computing-startup-planqc-raises-50-million-euro\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantum Computing startup planqc raises 50 million euro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>MUNICH, GERMANY &#8211; Newsaktuell &#8211; 8 July 2024 &#8211; planqc, the European leader in digital atom-based quantum computing, proudly announces the securement of \u20ac50 million financing. This substantial Series A investment is led by the European Family Office CATRON Holding and the DeepTech &amp; Climate Fonds (DTCF). Additional financial support is provided by Bayern Kapital, the Max-Planck Foundation, further private investors, existing investors UVC and Speedinvest and it includes a non-dilutive grant from Germany&#8217;s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41903 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/3X8A3008_min-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/3X8A3008_min-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/3X8A3008_min-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/3X8A3008_min.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure style=\"display: block; width: 100%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;\" data-width=\"100%\" data-caption=\"From left to right: Alexander Gl\u00e4tzle (planqc co-founder &amp; CEO), Johannes Zeiher (planqc co-founder, Principal Scientist), Sebastian Blatt (planqc co-founder &amp; CTO) copyright Dirk Bruniecki\" data-caption-display=\"block\"><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/images.media-outreach.com\/511913\/3X8A3008-min.jpg\" alt=\"From left to right: Alexander Gl\u00e4tzle (planqc co-founder &amp; CEO), Johannes Zeiher (planqc co-founder, Principal Scientist), Sebastian Blatt (planqc co-founder &amp; CTO) copyright Dirk Bruniecki\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width: 100%;margin: 0px\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><i>From left to right: Alexander Gl\u00e4tzle (planqc co-founder &amp; CEO), Johannes Zeiher (planqc co-founder, Principal Scientist), Sebastian Blatt (planqc co-founder &amp; CTO) copyright Dirk Bruniecki<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Alexander Gl\u00e4tzle, CEO and co-founder of planqc: &#8220;This latest investment round is a strong endorsement of our technology as a leading platform for quantum applications.<br \/>\n<b>The substantial backing places us in a perfect position to take on global competitors with our &#8216;Made in Germany&#8217; quantum computers, targeting an emerging market valued at billions of euros.<\/b>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>planqc&#8217;s<br \/>\n<b>unique<\/b> technology, built on award-winning<br \/>\n<b>research<\/b> at the Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ), aims for rapid advancement in the development of<br \/>\n<b>industry-relevant<\/b> quantum computers.<br \/>\n<b>The new financing will be utilized to establish a quantum computing cloud service and to develop quantum software for applications in industries such as chemistry, healthcare, climate-tech, automotive, and finance<\/b>. Today, planqc is already using quantum machine learning to work on climate simulations or more efficient batteries for<br \/>\n<b>electric vehicles<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. Torsten L<\/b><b>\u00f6<\/b><b>ffler<\/b>, Investment Director at DTCF: &#8220;We are thrilled to invest in a startup that not only leads in high-impact technology but also enables further breakthroughs in most pressing global computational challenges across various industries by offering access to the technology in form of a quantum cloud computing service. planqc&#8217;s impressive track record in securing contracts \u2013 in particular the DLR Tender \u2013 and public grants within just 18 months of operations underscores the company&#8217;s role as a frontrunner in the quantum computing sector both in Europe and globally.<\/p>\n<p><em>The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 1px; height: 1px;\" src=\"http:\/\/track.media-outreach.com\/index.php\/WebView\/310943\/4121\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/germany\/2024\/07\/08\/310943\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUNICH, GERMANY &#8211; Newsaktuell &#8211; 8 July 2024 &#8211; planqc, the European leader in digital atom-based quantum computing, proudly announces the securement of \u20ac50 million financing. This substantial Series A investment is led by the European Family Office CATRON Holding and the DeepTech &amp; Climate Fonds (DTCF). Additional financial support is provided by Bayern Kapital, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41902"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41935,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41902\/revisions\/41935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}