Nu Quantum
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$60M
21 rounds on record
Latest round
Venture round
Jun 2026 · 3 mo ago
Team
65
UK accounts · Dec 2025 · +41% in a year
Hiring now
7
+4 posted in 30 days
Grants
$9.7M
12 grants · CORDIS
Backers
5
Cambridge Enterprise, Amadeus Capital Partners
The money's age
Fresh money
3 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
53/100
hiring for its size, a new city, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jun 30
Raised a round Venture round
Jun 16
Partnership Atom Computing and Nu Quantum partner to unlock utility-scale quantum computing · morningstar.com
Feb 17
Raised a round Venture round
2025
Team of 65 was 46 · UK accounts
Dec 9, 2025
Raised a round Series A $60M
Jun 13, 2025
Raised a round Venture round
Apr 1, 2025
Won a grant $2.2M · CORDIS
Oct 14, 2024
Launched Nu Quantum Unveils Qubit-Photon Interface to Enable Distributed Quantum Computing Networks · hpcwire.com
Sep 30, 2024
Raised a round Venture round
Mar 5, 2024
Raised a round Venture round
Oct 1, 2023
Won a grant $2.8M · CORDIS
Sep 1, 2023
Won a grant $399k · CORDIS
Jan 10, 2023
Raised a round Venture round
Nov 1, 2022
Won a grant $413k · CORDIS
Nov 1, 2022
Won a grant $240k · CORDIS
Oct 1, 2022
Won a grant $225k · CORDIS
Nov 1, 2020
Won a grant $567k · CORDIS
Nov 1, 2020
Won a grant $50k · CORDIS
Sep 22, 2020
Raised a round Venture round
Jul 1, 2020
Won a grant $2.2M · CORDIS
Jul 1, 2020
Won a grant $311k · CORDIS
Oct 1, 2019
Won a grant $154k · CORDIS
Jul 26, 2019
Raised a round Venture round
Jun 1, 2019
Won a grant $116k · CORDIS
Sep 14, 2018
Founded per the company register
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Web presence
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Jun 2026 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Feb 2026 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Series A | Dec 2025 | $60M | — | optics.org |
| Venture round | Jun 2025 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Grant | Apr 2025 | $2.2M | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Sep 2024 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Mar 2024 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Grant | Oct 2023 | $2.8M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Sep 2023 | $399k | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Jan 2023 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Grant | Nov 2022 | $240k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Nov 2022 | $413k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Oct 2022 | $225k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Nov 2020 | $50k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Nov 2020 | $567k | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Sep 2020 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Grant | Jul 2020 | $311k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Jul 2020 | $2.2M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Oct 2019 | $154k | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Jul 2019 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Grant | Jun 2019 | $116k | — | CORDIS |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | NU QUANTUM LTD | Companies House |
| Registered | 14 Sep 2018 |
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Amadeus Capital Partners 
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Overview
Nu Quantum is a Cambridge company founded in 2018 that builds networking hardware for quantum computers. Its interconnects and control systems link separate quantum processors into larger machines and support quantum data centre architectures. The company spun out of the Cavendish Laboratory.
News
Atom Computing and Nu Quantum partner to unlock utility-scale quantum computing
Atom Computing and Nu Quantum today announced a strategic collaboration to build the hardware essential to scaling neutral atom quantum computers to utility.
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Nu Quantum: $60 Million Series A Raised To Accelerate Quantum Networking Expansion
Nu Quantum has secured a landmark $60 million Series A round, the most significant financing ever completed by a pure-play quantum networking company and the largest quantum-focused Series A in the United Kingdom. Led by National Grid Partners with partic
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Nu Quantum Raises $60M Series A in Largest Financing Round for Quantum Computer Networking
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Nu Quantum over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
23
Postings analysed
9
Stack modernity
66/100
Languages
Python
Rust
C++
MATLAB
Frameworks & libraries
Cocotb
Flutter
QuTiP
Cirq
Cloud & platforms
Linux
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23 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Growth
Hiring Momentum
79/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
7
3 opened / 4 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
80 days
faster than 17% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Hardware
43% ▲
Backend
29% ▼
Industrial Engineering
29% ▼
Actively hiring for Hardware (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added KLayout to stack
Sep 2026
New location: Cambridge
Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack
Sep 2026
Added Agile to stack
Sep 2026
Added QuTiP to stack
Sep 2026
Added MATLAB to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Cambridge
Cambridge
United Kingdom
HQ
7 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 86% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Backend, Science & Research
Jobs
≈ $53k – $103k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Cambridge
Altium Designer
LTspice
Keysight ADS
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≈ $48k – $95k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Cambridge
Python
Rust
Verilog
C
SystemVerilog
VHDL
Embedded C
DevOps
CI/CD
Linux
Chips/EDA
Cocotb
Migen
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≈ $62k – $107k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Cambridge
Altium Designer
LTspice
Keysight ADS
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≈ $68k – $164k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Cambridge
Python
Rust
C++
Dart
Flutter
DevOps
gRPC
CI/CD
Linux
Management
Agile
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≈ $97k – $202k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Master's Degree • Cambridge
Python
MATLAB
QuTiP
Apply
Financials
Total raised
$69.7M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
21
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2026 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2026 | — | Details |
| Series A | 2025 | $60M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | — | Details |
| Grant | 2025 | $2.2M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2024 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2024 | — | Details |
| Grant | 2023 | $2.8M | Details |
| Grant | 2023 | $399k | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2023 | — | Details |
| Grant | 2022 | $240k | Details |
| Grant | 2022 | $413k | Details |
| Grant | 2022 | $225k | Details |
| Grant | 2020 | $50k | Details |
| Grant | 2020 | $567k | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2020 | — | Details |
| Grant | 2020 | $311k | Details |
| Grant | 2020 | $2.2M | Details |
| Grant | 2019 | $154k | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2019 | — | Details |
| Grant | 2019 | $116k | Details |