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Kipu Quantum
Design quantum computer products that fulfill customer needs and solve real problems at different business scales
About Kipu Quantum
Kipu Quantum is a German quantum computing company with offices in Karlsruhe and Berlin. The company develops quantum algorithms and solutions for a variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, chemicals, logistics, and finance.
Kipu Quantum's approach is to design application- and hardware-specific quantum algorithms. This means that the algorithms are tailored to the specific problem that a customer wants to solve and to the specific quantum computer that will be used to run the algorithm. This approach allows Kipu Quantum to achieve significant performance gains over more general-purpose quantum algorithms.
Kipu Quantum has a number of partnerships with leading quantum hardware companies, including IonQ and PASQAL. These partnerships give Kipu Quantum access to the latest quantum computing hardware and allow the company to test and validate its algorithms on a variety of different platforms.
In a recent breakthrough, Kipu Quantum and IonQ successfully solved the most complex protein folding problem ever executed on a quantum computer. This achievement demonstrates the potential of Kipu Quantum's technology to solve real-world problems that are intractable for even the most powerful classical computers.
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- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2021
- Headquarters
- Karlsruhe, Germany
- Employees
- 49
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 59.4/100
- Sector
- eCommerce & Marketplaces, Quantum Computing, Quantum Computers, Future of Computing, Quantum Computers and Processors, Hard Tech, NIF defense security and resilience, NIF quantum, NIF Security of Critical Technologies, DT and LS, science-based
- Technology
- Deep Tech, Quantum Technologies
- Business model
- Marketplace & ecommerce
- Client focus
- b2b
- Investment activity
- 1 company, latest Jul 2024
- Capital deployed
- —
- Preferred round
- ACQUISITION
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Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEED✓Equity / VC | Dec 2023 | $12M | $46M | First Momentum Ventures · Entrada Ventures · DeepTech & Climate Fonds · Quantonation | ↗ |
| SEED✓Equity / VC | Sep 2022 | $3.3M | $13M | Quantonation · First Momentum Ventures · Entrada Ventures | ↗ |
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Latest recorded traffic for Kipu Quantum is 11K monthly website visits, up 100% over the last three months. Kipu Quantum's team declined 30% over the past year.
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Seed5 investors entered at this stage
Quantonation
First Momentum Ventures
Entrada Ventures
DeepTech & Climate Fonds
HV Capital
Other known investors11 additional known investors
AQAL Capital
Audacia
Creative Destruction Lab
Deloitte
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
LBBW Venture Capital
MK Venture Capital
Onsight Ventures
QAI Ventures
Tom Schulz
Verve Ventures
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