ZuriQ Raises €22.4 Mn Seed Funding to Scale Next-Generation Quantum Computing Technology

The funding round was led by Quantonation. Other investors included Forward.one, Extantia, Firgun Ventures, and all of the company's existing investors.

This new investment comes after ZuriQ raised €4 million (US$4.2 million) in a pre-Seed funding round in 2025. The company is using the funding to continue developing more powerful and scalable quantum computing technology.

Christophe Jurczak, Founding Partner, Quantonation, said, “A common misconception is that the quantum race is already decided, but that is far from reality. ZuriQ is demonstrating that there remain significant and transformational physics breakthroughs still to be made in Quantum architectures. The scientific calibre of the team is world-class, which is why ZuriQ has been phenomenally successful in attracting global talent to join them and build 2D-native quantum computers where trapped-ion qubits finally have the freedom to move and connect.”

Professor Jonathan Home of ETH Zürich, and a scientific adviser to ZuriQ, said, “What makes this approach powerful is geometry. Hold ions in a line and the count grows one at a time; hold them in two dimensions, and it grows with the area of the chip — on a standard chip, that is the difference between tens of ions and many thousands. Just as important, the ions can be moved freely in three dimensions, so they can be connected together far more flexibly, and that connectivity is what ultimately makes a quantum computer more capable. Reaching the scale and connectivity that real applications will need has been the central challenge for the whole field.”

Dr. Pavel Hrmo, co-founder and CEO of ZuriQ, said, “The trapped-ion companies that started the race began with one-dimensional designs that were useful stepping-stones, but the real challenge is whether they can successfully pivot to two dimensions as they attempt to scale.

“We spent longer in the lab, and that time allowed us to identify an alternative route that is inherently easier to scale. Our architecture is two-dimensional from the ground up, so the number of qubits we can place on a chip will grow far more readily than in systems built on a legacy blueprint. This funding lets us turn our technical momentum into commercial scale with more people, more research, and an accelerated path to industrial applications.”

Founded in 2024 by Dr. Pavel Hrmo, Dr. Tobias Sägesser and Dr. Shreyans Jain, ZuriQ is working to solve some of the biggest technical challenges in building quantum computing processors.

Its goal is to develop quantum computer architectures that can support thousands of qubits, making quantum computers powerful enough for real-world industrial applications.