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July 7, 2026

IQM investors applaud ‘very good’ debut on public markets

The Finnish quantum scaleup became Europe’s first publicly traded quantum company when it floated last week


Finnish scaleup IQM Quantum Computers went public on the New York-based Nasdaq stock exchange last week, becoming the first European quantum company to do so. 

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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