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Quanfluence Secures $10 Million to Build Photonic Quantum Computer
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Moneycontrol•07-10-2026, 14:34
Quanfluence Secures $10 Million to Build Photonic Quantum Computer
- •Bengaluru-based deeptech startup Quanfluence has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Chiratae Ventures to build a full-stack photonic quantum computer with a scalable prototype targeted for 2029.
- •The funding round saw participation from Pi Ventures and Rainmatter by Zerodha, with capital allocated to integrate photonic chips, control electronics, optics, and software into a unified system.
- •Co-founded in 2021 by veterans of semiconductor IP company Silicon and Beyond, the IIT Madras incubated firm plans to release a small quantum processor by early 2027 before the larger 2029 prototype.
- •Quanfluence focuses on photonic quantum computing using photons to carry quantum information, leveraging their immunity to heat and radiation while engineering solutions for photon-to-photon interaction.
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Bengaluru-based deeptech company Quanfluence raised $10 million in a funding round led by Chiratae Ventures, with participation from Pi Ventures and Rainmatter by Zerodha.
Quanfluence expects to build a relatively small quantum processor by early 2027, followed by a larger scalable photonic quantum computer prototype targeted for completion by 2029.
Quanfluence was founded in 2021 and is incubated at the IIT Madras Incubation Cell.
