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Company brief: Multiverse Computing

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Brief dated 2026-11-03. Figures assembled on 2026-11-02 from the stored copies of the sources named in each section.

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Company and sources

Country
Spain
SME in CORDIS
Yes
Technology areas of its EU projects
Quantum computing and simulation, Enabling technologies and supply chain

Legal entities linked to this company after a review of name and country:

EU grants

Takes part in 4 EU-funded quantum projects. EU contribution received: EUR 3,392,187.50 (net EU contribution CORDIS records for the company in these projects; not the project budgets and not payments).

EIC schemes named by the CORDIS funding scheme

  • EIC Accelerator, blended finance (grant plus an EIC Fund investment component): 1 project
EIC projects first, then the largest awards (whole project, all participants)
ProjectEIC schemeStartEU contribution to the project
SINGULARITY: SINGULARITY: The first quantum software toolbox for financeEIC Accelerator, blended finance (grant plus an EIC Fund investment component)2022-09-01EUR 2,500,000
Q-VERSE: Quantum Virtual Ecosystem for a unified Runtime for agnostic Software EngineeringOther scheme2026-09-01EUR 4,999,637.50
IGNITE: Integrated GermaNIum quanTum tEchnologyOther scheme2022-07-01EUR 4,996,815.75
QEC4QEA: Quantum Excellence Centre for Quantum-Enhanced ApplicationsOther scheme2025-11-01EUR 4,860,568.18

Source: CORDIS, Publications Office of the European Union, retrieved 2026-10-16.

Patent families

10 distinct quantum patent families, looked up on 2026-10-26.

Source: European Patent Office, Open Patent Services, by applicant name in the quantum CPC groups; derived counts only. A count is not a measure of patent quality or ownership.

Publications

39 works in quantum topics of the matched OpenAlex institution, looked up on 2026-10-21.

Source: OpenAlex, CC0; the institution is matched by name and country.

Infrastructure

Status: the deployment tracker names this company in no contract award.

Announced funding rounds

Announced rounds, newest first
DateType and statusAmountInvestors (organisations)Sources
2026-07-27Series C
Announced target, not closed
up to EUR 500,000,000
As announced: Series C Fundraising Targeting up to $570M (€500M)
Forgepoint Capital International (lead), BNP Paribas Solar Impulse Venture Fund (BNPP SIVF) (lead), Bullhound Capital (lead), Santander (Santander Climate VC, Santander Alternative Investments), Tikehau Capital, HP Tech Ventures and HP Inc., Orange Ventures, Scania Invest, NAventures (National Bank of Canada), Qatar Development Bank, Zouk Capital, SETT (Sociedad Española para la Transformación Tecnológica), European Innovation Council (EIC) and EIC Fund, Capital Riesgo de Euskadi - Grupo SPRI (including the Hazten Scale-Up Fund), Kutxa FundazioaMultiverse Computing (Company press release, read 2026-10-23; Dateline paragraph, San Sebastian, 27 July 2026)
Multiverse Computing (Company press release, read 2026-10-23; First body paragraph (Doha, 4 August 2026); investor amount not disclosed)
A target, not a closed amount: the release says the round may remain open. Never counted in totals.
2025-06-12Series B
Closed
EUR 189,000,000
As announced: 189 million euros ($215 million)
Bullhound Capital (lead), HP Tech Ventures and HP Inc., SETT (Sociedad Española para la Transformación Tecnológica), Forgepoint Capital International, CDP Venture Capital, Santander (Santander Climate VC, Santander Alternative Investments), Quantonation, Toshiba, Capital Riesgo de Euskadi - Grupo SPRI (including the Hazten Scale-Up Fund)European Commission (EISMEA newsroom, reposting CE Noticias Financieras) (Press (no primary source read), read 2026-10-23; Article body: amount, lead and participants)
Reputable press via an official repost: the company press release was not found on its site.
2025-06-12Public equity investment (EIC STEP Scale Up)
Selected, subject to due diligence
UndisclosedEuropean Innovation Council (EIC) and EIC FundEuropean Innovation Council (Official page, read 2026-10-23; List of the four companies; up to EUR 90 million of equity in total, no per-company figure) Registry entry
Put forward for an EIC Fund investment decision under EIC STEP Scale Up, subject to due diligence.
2024-03-05Series A
Closed
EUR 25,000,000
As announced: €25M (USD $27.1 million) oversubscribed investment round
Columbus Venture Partners (lead), Quantonation, European Innovation Council (EIC) and EIC Fund, Redstone QAI Quantum Fund, Indi PartnersMultiverse Computing (Company press release, read 2026-10-23; Dateline paragraph, San Sebastián, 5 March 2024; paragraph beginning "The round was led by")
The subheading names Columbus Venture Partners and Quantonation as leads; the body names Columbus as lead, which is used here.
Closed, disclosed investment rounds, one line per currency
CurrencyTotal as announcedRounds
EUREUR 214,000,0002

Not added: 0 undisclosed, 2 not closed (targets, commitments and selections), 0 acquisitions or listings and 0 included in a later figure. Currencies are never converted or added together.

From grant to equity

First EU-funded quantum project
IGNITE, Collaborative research, innovation or coordination action (Horizon Europe), started 2022-07-01; EUR 4,996,815.75 (EU contribution (maximum grant agreed), the whole project). Source: CORDIS.
First EIC Accelerator project
SINGULARITY, EIC Accelerator, blended finance (grant and EIC Fund investment component) (Horizon Europe), started 2022-09-01; EUR 2,500,000 (EU contribution (maximum grant agreed), the whole project). Source: CORDIS.
First round with the EIC Fund among the investors
2024-03-05, Series A, EUR 25,000,000 (as announced: €25M (USD $27.1 million) oversubscribed investment round). Sources: Multiverse Computing (read 2026-10-23; Dateline paragraph, San Sebastián, 5 March 2024; paragraph beginning "The round was led by")
First equity round recorded in the portal
2024-03-05, Series A, EUR 25,000,000 (as announced: €25M (USD $27.1 million) oversubscribed investment round). Sources: Multiverse Computing (read 2026-10-23; Dateline paragraph, San Sebastián, 5 March 2024; paragraph beginning "The round was led by")
Public investment registry
Multiverse Computing selected for EIC STEP Scale Up investment (official source)
Time between
20 months (1.7 years) from the start of the first project to the first equity round recorded in the portal.

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Not covered

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  • National grants, regional aid, loans and payments are not covered; EU figures are amounts awarded, not paid.
  • Use of infrastructure as a customer is not recorded; only a named supplier role in the deployment tracker is shown.
  • Nothing here is a rating, a recommendation or investment advice; figures are as published by their sources.