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July 10, 2026

Over $500m in fresh funding, risks of “French state influence” and a 100x valuation: What Pasqal’s SPAC filings reveal

The French scaleup is set to float on Nasdaq later this year thanks to a SPAC merger


Pasqal, the Paris-based scaleup building quantum computers, has published a host of documents providing detailed insights into the company’s financials as it prepares to float on the New York-based Nasdaq stock exchange later this year.

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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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