{
    "title": "Investor view: companies in EU-funded quantum projects (Europe)",
    "notice": "Information only, not investment advice. This view does not rate, score or recommend any company or investor. Figures are as published by the sources named, with their dates; missing evidence is shown as not covered, never as a low value.",
    "generated": "2026-11-04",
    "rows_assembled": "2026-11-04",
    "filters": {
        "sort": "name",
        "dir": "desc",
        "technology": "communication"
    },
    "method": {
        "companies": "Private for-profit organisations (CORDIS activity type PRC) in European countries taking part in EU-funded quantum projects, plus the companies of the curated rounds file; entities of one company are grouped only through a reviewed link.",
        "eu_contribution_received": "Net EU contribution CORDIS records for the company in those projects (EUR), not the project budget and not payments.",
        "eic": "Counted only where the CORDIS funding scheme names the EIC scheme.",
        "patents": "Distinct quantum patent families from stored EPO Open Patent Services lookups, with the lookup date; null when not looked up.",
        "publications": "Works in quantum topics of the matched OpenAlex institution, with the lookup date; null when not matched."
    },
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