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QUANTUM COMPUTING

The round is co-led by DCVC and Kembara, with participation from new investors, the British Business Bank and Firgun, alongside existing investors. The financing positions Quantum Motion to deliver utility-scale and commercially viable quantum computers that fit inside existing standard data centres and racks. opening new offices and labs in Spain and Australia, and deepened its manufacturing partnership with GlobalFoundries, tying its roadmap directly into commercial semiconductor supply chains.

In contrast to an industry that often competes on headline qubit counts and laboratory demonstrations, Quantum Motion has focused on industrial scalability, delivering the world’ s first commercial deployment of a full-stack silicon CMOS quantum computer at the UK National

Quantum Motion co-founders Dr John Morton, CTO, and Dr Simon Benjamin, CSO, said:“ As founders we were inspired by the breathtaking accomplishments of silicon technology, with city-like complexity delivered on centimetre scale chips. Now, Quantum Motion’ s chips can be used not only for bits but also for qubits, unlocking a future in which quantum computers are both fast and ubiquitous.”

“ The race for a fully scalable quantum computer is one of the defining

This financing round comes at a defining moment for the computing industry, as governments and industry invest heavily in next-generation HPC and AI systems that demand vast capital and infrastructure investments. Quantum is on course to become the next wave of computing to strain a power grid already being tested by AI data centres. In other approaches, a useful quantum computer is expected to demand infrastructure on an industrial scale, including multi-megawatt power consumption. Quantum Motion is built on the premise that this trajectory is neither inevitable nor affordable.

Quantum Motion’ s silicon transistorbased approach – the same technology used in every smartphone and laptop chip manufactured today – enables utility-scale systems with a 100-fold reduction in cost and space requirements and a 1,000-fold reduction in energy consumption compared to alternatives. Its systems are designed for deployment into standard data-centre racks, avoiding the need for bespoke facilities and the heavy energy overhead associated with alternative architectures.

Since its last funding round in 2023, the company has expanded internationally,

Quantum Computing Centre in 2025 and advancing to Stage B of DARPA’ s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative.

“ This announcement reflects the strength of the team we have built and the progress they have delivered. Quantum computing will only achieve its full potential if it can be built on a platform that scales, and we believe silicon is the strongest route to achieving that,” said Dr James Palles- Dimmock, CEO, Quantum Motion. technological challenges of our time,” said Charlotte Lawrence, Managing Director of Direct Equity, British Business Bank.

Alongside the new investors, the Series C round includes returning backers Oxford Science Enterprises, Inkef, Bosch Ventures, Porsche Automobil Holding SE and Parkwalk Advisors, underscoring confidence in Quantum Motion’ s strategy to commercialise scalable quantum computing technology in Britain. •

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