Company brief: Quantum Motion
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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
- United Kingdom
- SME in CORDIS
- Yes
- Technology areas of its EU projects
- Quantum computing and simulation
Legal entities linked to this company after a review of name and country:
EU grants
Takes part in 2 EU-funded quantum projects. EU contribution received: EUR 550,126 (net EU contribution CORDIS records for the company in these projects; not the project budgets and not payments).
No EIC scheme is named by the CORDIS funding scheme of these projects.
| Project | EIC scheme | Start | EU contribution to the project |
|---|---|---|---|
| QLSI: Quantum Large Scale Integretion in Silicon | Other scheme | 2020-09-01 | EUR 14,666,144.75 |
| DEMETER: A scalable semiconductor quantum computation platform based on Ge hole spin-qubits in rhombic quadruple quantum dots in strained Ge/SiGe | Other scheme | 2023-01-01 | EUR 215,534.40 |
Source: CORDIS, Publications Office of the European Union, retrieved 2026-10-16.
Patent families
1 distinct quantum patent families, looked up on 2026-10-23.
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
50 works in quantum topics of the matched OpenAlex institution, looked up on 2026-10-22.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | Extension or further close Closed | Undisclosed | DCVC (lead), Kembara (lead), imec.ventures, Lansdowne Partners, Sony Innovation Fund, S3 Ventures, Inkef | Quantum Motion (Company press release, read 2026-10-23; Second body paragraph, beginning "This second close of the series C round") Second close of the Series C; no amount stated. |
| 2026-05-07 | Series C Closed | USD 160,000,000 As announced: a $160 million Series C round | DCVC (lead), Kembara (lead), British Business Bank, Firgun Ventures, Oxford Science Enterprises, Inkef, Bosch Ventures, Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Parkwalk Advisors | Quantum Motion (Company press release, read 2026-10-23; Opening paragraph, London, 7 May 2026; paragraph beginning "Alongside the new investors") |
| Currency | Total as announced | Rounds |
|---|---|---|
| USD | USD 160,000,000 | 1 |
Not added: 1 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
- QLSI, Collaborative research, innovation or coordination action (Horizon 2020), started 2020-09-01; EUR 14,666,144.75 (EU contribution (maximum grant agreed), the whole project). Source: CORDIS.
- First equity round recorded in the portal
- 2026-05-07, Series C, USD 160,000,000 (as announced: a $160 million Series C round). Sources: Quantum Motion (read 2026-10-23; Opening paragraph, London, 7 May 2026; paragraph beginning "Alongside the new investors")
- Time between
- 68 months (5.7 years) from the start of the first project to the first equity round recorded in the portal. That round is later than Series A, so earlier rounds are missing from the rounds file and the journey is left out of the median.
Not covered
- 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.
- Nothing here is a rating, a recommendation or investment advice; figures are as published by their sources.