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March 5, 2026

Quantum scaleup Pasqal to go public at $2bn valuation

The announcement comes a week after Finnish competitor IQM announced its own plans to float via a SPAC

French quantum computing scaleup Pasqal has announced it is set to float on the public markets in the US and Europe thanks to a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).

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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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