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April 2, 2025

Quantum startup IQM in talks to raise more than €128m

IQM is currently Europe’s second-best funded hardware startup

Finnish quantum startup IQM is aiming to secure more than the €128m it raised at its last round, as startups in the sector race to scale following a series of technical breakthroughs.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the DACH region and the future of work, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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