Groove Quantum Raises €16M And Launches 18-Qubit Spin-Qubit Processor

The funding package includes €10 million in equity co-led by Innovation Industries and 55 North, with participation from Verve Ventures and the European Innovation Council Fund. An additional €6 million comes from grants under the EIC Accelerator programme and the EU Chips Act funding initiative.

Groove Quantum, founded in 2024 as a spin-out from QuTech is a Delft-based quantum computing startup led by Dr Anne-Marije Zwerver and Dr Nico Hendrickx.

The company is developing scalable germanium spin-qubit processors, building on research from Prof Menno Veldhorst, Dr Giordano Scappucci, and Prof Lieven Vandersypen, who continue to serve as scientific advisors.

Zwerver previously worked on the first quantum dot qubits produced in Intel’s industrial cleanroom, while Hendrickx specializes in germanium-based quantum architectures and leads Groove’s core technology development.

Groove focuses on solving one of quantum computing’s biggest challenges scalability. While quantum computers could eventually tackle complex problems in areas like drug discovery and renewable energy materials, achieving that potential requires systems with large numbers of stable, interconnected qubits.

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The company uses germanium as its core material, which it says allows qubits to be both controllable and densely packed at nanometre scale. Its architecture is designed around repeatable unit cells that can be operated in parallel and scaled into larger processors.

A key advantage of Groove’s approach is compatibility with CMOS semiconductor manufacturing, enabling it to leverage existing chip production infrastructure instead of relying on specialized fabrication methods. This could support industrial scale quantum processor production.

The company’s newly demonstrated 18-qubit processor represents a major milestone beyond small lab systems, achieved in under two years and at relatively low cost. With its new funding Groove plans to scale its architecture toward 100 qubits using a modular unit-cell design intended for long-term exponential growth.

The new funding will also be used to grow the team and begin industrial-scale manufacturing with leading semiconductor foundries. Groove Quantum’s goal is to align quantum computing development with one of the world’s most advanced and scalable chip production ecosystems.

The startup is entering a competitive quantum computing landscape, where multiple technologies are racing to solve challenges around scale, stability, and production.

“Quantum computing will only have real impact if it can be engineered and manufactured at scale. With this funding and our 18-qubit prototype, we’ve shown that semiconductor spin qubits are not just a promising idea. They are ready to scale rapidly, and we believe our approach gives us the best shot at reaching the million-qubit systems that will change the world.

“We are building technology to be produced and deployed at global commercial scale, just as every substantial semiconductor technology before us,” says Dr Anne-Marije Zwerver, CEO and Co-founder of Groove Quantum.