The Venture Codex

Participated · Series A · May 2026

Quanscient develops a cloud-based, code-driven multiphysics simulation platform combined with quantum algorithms and AI integration to accelerate hardware engineering. Its platform aims to shorten development cycles, reduce reliance on physical prototypes, and decrease simulation runtimes while producing large volumes of physics data for AI models. The company reports industrial customers across Europe, North America, and Japan, including Fortune 100 firms. Quanscient plans to use the Series A proceeds to expand internationally and continue developing its simulation, quantum computing, and AI capabilities. The company positions its architecture as a foundation for physics-aware AI models for engineering design. No revenue or other financial metrics were disclosed in the article.

Participated · Seed · May 2026

Founded in 2022, Moonlight AI develops AI-based diagnostics software that detects genomic biomarkers and complex disease signatures from routine blood and cytology smear images. Its technology integrates with existing laboratory imaging hardware to triage molecular testing, aiming to speed turnaround times and automate workflows. The company says this approach addresses bottlenecks in precision oncology caused by the cost and turnaround time of Next-Generation Sequencing. Moonlight is curating a proprietary dataset linking whole slide imaging with genomic data through an international clinical consortium to support model robustness across real-world settings. With the new seed funding, it plans to expand its data library and team, advance diagnostic solutions for MDS, NSCLC and CLL, and pursue commercialisation and regulatory approval. The company has transitioned into a Swiss Stock Corporation to support international expansion and commercial rollout.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2026

Founded in 2024 as a spin-off from the Walther-Meißner-Institute at the Technical University of Munich, Peak Quantum develops superconducting quantum processors designed with intrinsic error resilience at the hardware level. The company's architecture aims to reduce reliance on complex post-processing error correction by integrating error protection into the physical qubits. Peak Quantum plans to establish a European pilot manufacturing line and has been selected to operate the SUPREME pilot facility, with operations slated to begin in April 2026. Financially, the company raised €2.2 million in a pre-seed round and, together with public support including EU Chips Act funding, has amassed over €5 million in total funding. The new capital is earmarked for further qubit development and to support the pilot production line efforts. The founding team combines scientists and experienced entrepreneurs with expertise across chip design, fabrication and system integration.

Participated · Seed · Jan 2025

ZuriQ, spun out of ETH Zürich by Dr Pavel Hrmo, Dr Tobias Sägesser and Dr Shreyans Jain, has developed a native two-dimensional trapped-ion architecture that combines electric and static magnetic fields to allow ions to move and connect in two and three dimensions. The company has demonstrated a working 3×3 array of nine individually controlled ions — the largest two-dimensional array of its kind to date — built in collaboration with ETH Zürich and fabricated with partner Infineon. ZuriQ says its architecture is designed to scale qubit counts with chip area, targeting a path toward hundreds to thousands of qubits on a single chip. The company developed its demonstrator in 18 months and has expanded its headcount from four to eighteen since its last funding. With the recent $25.5 million seed raise (following a $4.2 million pre-seed in 2025), ZuriQ plans to accelerate hiring, R&D, and industrial-scale chip fabrication to move toward commercially useful machines.

Participated · Equity · Jun 2024

Swave Photonics is a spin‑out of Belgian research institute Imec and the Dutch‑language Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). The company is developing a revolutionary holographic extended reality (HXR) technology intended to deliver lifelike, high‑resolution 3D images visible to the naked eye. Its core product aims to bring realistic 3D imagery into virtual environments. Swave Photonics is actively developing and advancing that HXR technology. Recently the company secured a strategic financing to support its development. The financing underscores external investor interest from both UK and deep‑tech backers.