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Quantum Source

HQ Ness Ziona, IsraelFounded 202151-200 employeesUpdated

Quantum Source is on a clear path to the most powerful, cost-effective, practical photonic quantum computer

Startup
Website
Total raised
$77.0M
3 rounds
Last round
$50.0M
Series A · Sep 10, 2024
Systems
3

Funding3 rounds · $77.0M

Equity raised
$77.0M
Latest
$50.0MSeries A · Sep 10, 2024
Cumulative raised$77.0M
Jul 1, 2022Sep 10, 2024

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Systems3

  • ORIGINModular photonic cluster-state generator forming a building block of Quantum Source computing systems.
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  • QS-LINKPhotonic interconnect designed to connect quantum processing units.
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  • QS-ORBITPhotonic quantum-computing system design based on interactions between atoms and photons.
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People1

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People
PersonRole
Oded MelamedCo-Founder and CEO

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Sources11

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Profile4

  1. 1
    DatabaseSixth-Domain public startups directory

    Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind

    “{"country": "Israel", "hq_iso2": "IL", "id": "bf31b7bc-ecb9-45c3-adb3-4b2cdcefb9b7"}”
  2. 2
    DatabaseQuantum Source - LinkedIn company profile

    LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · hq region

    “employee_range: 51-200 (profile: 51-200 employees)”
  3. 3
    CompanyQuantum Source: Practical Photonic Quantum Computers

    Quantum Source · Supports Organization · description, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · name, Organization · website

    “Quantum Source is on a clear path to the most powerful, cost-effective, practical photonic quantum computer”
  4. 4
    CompanyAbout Quantum Source: Management Team & Board of Directors

    www.qs-labs.com · Supports Organization · founded year

    “Founded in 2021, our journey is backed by two decades of research at the Weizmann Institute of Science”

Systems3

  1. 5
    Companybuilding-block

    Quantum Source · Supports System

    “Rather than building one impossibly large machine, ORIGIN units work together. Each unit generates small clusters of entangled photonic qubits, which are then "stitched" together into larger quantum structures.”
  2. 6
    Companyqs-link

    Quantum Source · Supports System

    “QS-LINK makes that connection practical. Powered by breakthroughs in cavity-QED, QS-LINK's memory-based approach, achieves entanglement success rates,orders of magnitude higher than competing solutions, operates at room temperature, and connects QPUs across any hardware architecture.”
  3. 7
    Companyqs-orbit

    Quantum Source · Supports System

    “QS-ORBIT is Quantum Source's fault-tolerant quantum computer, built on deterministic interaction between single atoms and single photons, which combines the gate quality of matter qubits with the scaling advantages of photonic qubits.”

Funding3

  1. 8
    NewsQuantum Source secures $50 million Series A to advance photonic quantum computers

    CTech · Sep 10, 2024 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership

    “The funding round was led by Eclipse, with participation from Standard Investments, Level VC, Canon Equity, as well as existing investors Pitango First, Grove Ventures, 10D, and Dell Technologies Capital.”
  2. 9
    CompanyQuantum Source Extends Seed Round to $27M

    Grove Ventures · Apr 19, 2023 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “Grove Ventures participated in a $12 million extension of the Seed round for its portfolio company Quantum Source”
  3. 10
    CompanyQuantum Source exits Stealth with photonic tech

    Grove Ventures · Jul 1, 2022 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “has emerged from stealth mode with a $15 million seed investment round, co-led by venture capital funds Grove Ventures, Pitango First, and Eclipse Ventures”

People1

  1. 11
    CompanyVideos - Quantum Source

    Quantum Source · Supports Role

    “ORIGIN’s vision and concept will be presented at the Quantum World Congress (QWC) in Washington, D.C. on September 17, 2025, in a keynote session featuring Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, a member of the company’s Board, and Quantum Source Co-Founder and CEO Oded Melamed.‍”

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