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ZuriQ
Facilitating rapid qubit scaling, parallel gate operations, and full reconfigurability, with compatibility to industrial silicon chip fabrication
About ZuriQ
ZuriQ is a Zurich ETH spin-out building natively two-dimensional trapped-ion quantum processors. Founded by CEO Pavel Hrmo, CTO Tobias Sägesser and CSO Shreyans Jain from Professor Jonathan Home’s ETH labs, it replaces conventional one-dimensional ion chains with Penning micro-traps that use a static magnetic field so ions can move freely in three dimensions and sit in reconfigurable 2D lattices — aiming for far higher qubit counts and connectivity on industrially fabricated chips (partner Infineon). The company has demonstrated a 3×3 array of nine individually controlled ions, described as the largest 2D array of its kind to date. After a $4.2 million pre-seed in 2025 led by Founderful, ZuriQ raised a $25.5 million (€22.4 million) Seed round in July 2026 led by Quantonation, with Forward.one, Extantia, Firgun Ventures and prior investors participating. Capital expands hiring, R&D and chip fabrication toward hundreds of qubits per chip. Sources: ZuriQ 28 Jul 2026; EU-Startups; Quantonation.
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- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Employees
- 13
- Open positions
- 1
- Dealroom signal
- 82.6/100
- Sector
- Semiconductors, Spinout, Quantum Computers, Future of Computing, Semiconductor Designers and Manufacturers, Quantum Computers and Processors, NIF defense security and resilience, NIF quantum, NIF Security of Critical Technologies, DT and LS, out of stealth
- Technology
- Hardware, Deep Tech, Quantum Technologies
- Client focus
- b2b
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Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEED✓Equity / VC | Jul 2026 | $26M | $102M | Founderful · Extantia Capital · SquareOne · FORWARD.one | ↗ |
| SEED✓Equity / VC | Jan 2025 | $4.2M | $17M | First Momentum Ventures · Onsight Ventures · SquareOne · Founderful | ↗ |
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Seed9 investors entered at this stage
Founderful
First Momentum Ventures
Onsight Ventures
SquareOne
QAI Ventures
Quantonation
Extantia Capital
FORWARD.one
Firgun Ventures
Other known investors1 additional known investor
ETH Zurich
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