Company brief: Qblox
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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
- Netherlands
- SME in CORDIS
- Yes
- Technology areas of its EU projects
- Quantum computing and simulation, Quantum communication
Legal entities linked to this company after a review of name and country:
EU grants
Takes part in 6 EU-funded quantum projects. EU contribution received: EUR 8,565,326.25 (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 Transition: 1 project
- EIC Pathfinder: 1 project
- SME Instrument or EIC pilot (Horizon 2020): 1 project
| Project | EIC scheme | Start | EU contribution to the project |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERROMON: Ferrotransmons and Ferrogatemons for Scalable Superconducting Quantum Computers | EIC Pathfinder | 2023-11-01 | EUR 3,948,125 |
| SCALLOP: Scalable Hardware for Large-Scale Quantum Computing | EIC Transition | 2023-09-01 | EUR 2,499,998.75 |
| Qblox: The control stack for the quantum revolution | SME Instrument or EIC pilot (Horizon 2020) | 2021-03-01 | EUR 2,481,937.50 |
| QIA-Phase2: Quantum Internet Alliance - Phase2 | Other scheme | 2026-04-01 | EUR 47,500,000 |
| QLSI2: Initiative for european Semiconductor-based Large-scale Quantum computer | Other scheme | 2024-06-01 | EUR 24,974,713.50 |
| QIA-Phase1: Quantum Internet Alliance - Phase1 | Other scheme | 2022-10-01 | EUR 24,000,000 |
Source: CORDIS, Publications Office of the European Union, retrieved 2026-10-16.
Patent families
5 distinct quantum patent families, looked up on 2026-10-22.
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
Status: not matched in OpenAlex yet.
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
| Date | Type and status | Amount | Investors (organisations) | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-20 | Series A Closed | USD 26,000,000 As announced: $26 million in investment | Quantonation (lead), Invest-NL (including its Deep Tech Fund) (lead), QDNL Participations, European Innovation Council (EIC) and EIC Fund | YES!Delft (Ecosystem organisation, read 2026-10-23; Lead paragraph) |
| Currency | Total as announced | Rounds |
|---|---|---|
| USD | USD 26,000,000 | 1 |
Not added: 0 undisclosed, 0 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
- Qblox, SME Instrument or EIC pilot (Horizon 2020) (Horizon 2020), started 2021-03-01; EUR 2,481,937.50 (EU contribution (maximum grant agreed), the whole project). Source: CORDIS.
- First EIC Pathfinder or Transition project
- SCALLOP, EIC Transition (Horizon Europe), started 2023-09-01; EUR 2,499,998.75 (EU contribution (maximum grant agreed), the whole project). Source: CORDIS.
- First round with the EIC Fund among the investors
- 2024-06-20, Series A, USD 26,000,000 (as announced: $26 million in investment). Sources: YES!Delft (read 2026-10-23; Lead paragraph)
- First equity round recorded in the portal
- 2024-06-20, Series A, USD 26,000,000 (as announced: $26 million in investment). Sources: YES!Delft (read 2026-10-23; Lead paragraph)
- Time between
- 39 months (3.3 years) from the start of the first project to the first equity round recorded in the portal.
Not covered
- Publications have not been matched in OpenAlex for this company yet.
- Valuations, revenues, ownership stakes, cap tables and individual investors are not collected.
- 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.
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