Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

QuantiLight is a spin-off from the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research developing diagnostics that aim to bring testing into patients' homes. The company is based in Heidelberg and marked its first anniversary at the time of the announced Pre-Seed round. It participated in the Life Science Accelerator Baden-Württemberg and successfully applied to the Start-up BW Pre-Seed Program with guidance from Angelika Habecker. Technologiepark Heidelberg GmbH supported the team with infrastructure, network and mentorship. The startup secured €1.1M in Pre-Seed funding composed of public grants and program-backed support to advance its work on home diagnostics and patient care.

Participated · Series A · Jul 2024

PlanQC is a quantum computing service provider that has developed a breakthrough approach to storing and processing quantum information. Its quantum computers use single atoms as naturally reliable qubits and demonstrate the potential of highly scalable qubit arrays. Those qubits can be manipulated with controlled laser pulses at very high precision. PlanQC announced it had raised €50 million in a Series A financing. The round was led by European family office CATRON Holding and DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF). Bayern Kapital, the Max-Planck Foundation and private investors including UVC and Speedinvest also participated. planqc develops quantum computers that store information in individual atoms held in optical lattices and processed by precisely timed laser pulses. The company aims to build room-temperature, highly scalable systems it says can scale to thousands of qubits and deliver industry-relevant quantum advantage. planqc was founded in April 2022 by researchers from the Max‑Planck‑Institute of Quantum Optics and Ludwig‑Maximilians‑University Munich and is the first startup to emerge from the Munich Quantum Valley. Its founding team combines decades of international research in neutral-atom quantum technologies at institutions including Harvard, Oxford, UC Berkeley, University of Innsbruck, CQT Singapore, and MPQ. The startup reports routinely trapping and controlling more than 2,000 atoms in optical lattice simulators at MPQ. It has raised €4.6M to fund development of its scalable, room-temperature quantum computers.