PQShield
pqshield.com
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Semiconductor IP & Chip Design Services
Information Security
Quantum Science & Computing
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$37M
12 rounds on record
Latest round
Venture round
Aug 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
9
+4 posted in 30 days
Grants
$3.2M
5 grants · CORDIS
Backers
4
BY Venture Partners, Crane Venture Partners
The money's age
Long since its last round
25 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
33/100
hiring for its size, in the news
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
Sep 29
First role in Finland Director of Software Engineering
Oct 30, 2025
Partnership PQShield and Carahsoft Partner to Make Powerful Post-Quantum Cryptography Solutions Available to Government Agencies · PRNewswire
Sep 1, 2025
Won a grant $1.2M · CORDIS
Jun 20, 2024
Raised a round Series B $37M · TechCrunch
2018
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.02%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
2
best: 5 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | Sep 2025 | $1.2M | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Aug 2024 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Series B | Jun 2024 | $37M | — | TechCrunch |
| Venture round | May 2023 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Grant | Jan 2023 | $442k | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Oct 2022 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Grant | Mar 2022 | $266k | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Dec 2021 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Apr 2020 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Dec 2019 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Grant | Nov 2019 | $444k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Nov 2018 | $885k | — | CORDIS |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | PQShield Ltd | its site |
| Registered | 30 May 2018 |
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
BY Venture Partners 
Crane Venture Partners 
Kindred Capital 
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How PQShield hires
Truth index
A 87/100
Median time to fill
72 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
33%
Reposted roles
0%
PQShield scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 3 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 33% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 72 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
PQShield is a cybersecurity enterprise specializing in quantum-safe cryptography, headquartered in Oxford, United Kingdom. Spun out of the University of Oxford in 2018 by Dr. Ali El Kaafarani, the venture has raised over $60 million from top-tier investors including Addition, Oxford Science Enterprises, and Chevron Technology Ventures.
News
PQShield recognized among top UK quantum startups
We're thrilled to have been included in a recent article from Tech Funding News - "10 UK quantum computing startups riding Britain's breakout funding year". TFN is a digital publication that's focused on the latest news in capital funding for global techn
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Why the energy sector must plan for post-quantum cyber security now, WEF, Sep 2026
In a recently published article from the World Economic Forum, our CEO and Founder Ali El Kaafarani discusses the growing cybersecurity risks facing the energy grid, stressing the importance of migrating to PQC. Energy infrastructure is uniquely exposed.
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ENISA launches the Single Reporting Platform to meet CRA obligations
On September 11th, 2026, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) launched the Single Reporting Platform (SRP), fulfilling the first operational milestone of the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). The Single Reporting Platform serves as the central hu
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'Preparing for the Post-Quantum Era: A Call to Action' from the G7 Cybersecurity Working Group
Advances in quantum computing threaten current public-key cryptography mechanisms, endanger digital infrastructure and put data security at risk. In a recent publication, the G7 Cybersecurity Working Group has issued a formal call to action, urging immedi
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Reframing quantum risk for board governance
Board members can no longer treat cryptographic migration as a routine IT maintenance task. Corporate governance frameworks designed half a century ago rely on static physical assets, yet modern enterprises depend entirely on dynamic digital trust structu
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Meet the Team - Rob Ellison, Sales Director
Rob Ellison joined PQShield in April 2026 as Sales Director, bringing extensive embedded business development experience across hardware, software, and semiconductor IP. Having built success as an individual contributor and team leader across startups and
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US launches Quantum Readiness Task Force
Following President Trump's Executive Order 14412 - Strengthening the Nation's Cybersecurity, the US Department of the Treasury has announced the creation of the Quantum Readiness Task Force for the financial sector. The Task Force is a public-private ini
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Regional regulations for cryptography algorithm selection
Introduction: mapping the regulatory landscape For years, Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) was treated as an academic exercise. It was a landscape reserved for mathematicians and cryptographers working to solve a future problem for the middle of the 21st c
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NSA releases best practices for security in ASIC development
The NSA has published two technical reports on the hardware security of ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) design, aiming to standardize manufacture and development. ASICs Best Practices Threat Catalog The Threat Catalog aims to protect ASICs
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The silent cryptographic revolution: upgrading the Internet's security
We're in the middle of a profound shift - the migration of the Internet to secure, quantum-resilient cryptography. In many ways, it's the single biggest change since the adoption of HTTPS, but while that transition was a 25-year battle of human incentives
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at PQShield over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
20
Postings analysed
8
Stack modernity
82/100AI adopter
Languages
Rust
C++
Python
Frameworks & libraries
BoringSSL
Cloud & platforms
GitHub
Linux
GitLab CI
CentOS Stream
AI & ML
ChatGPT
Claude
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20 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Growth
Hiring Momentum
75/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
9
4 opened / 3 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
72 days
faster than 18% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 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.
Solutions
29% ▼
Backend
14% ▼
Leadership
14% ▲
Product
14% ▼
Marketing
14% ▲
Sales
14% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added LinkedIn to stack
Oct 2026
Added Claude to stack
Oct 2026
Added ChatGPT to stack
Oct 2026
Added Scrum to stack
Sep 2026
Added OpenSSL to stack
Sep 2026
Added Kanban to stack
Sep 2026
Added BoringSSL to stack
Sep 2026
Added Agile to stack
Sep 2026
Added Windows to stack
Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack
Sep 2026
Added GitLab to stack
Aug 2026
Added GitHub to stack
Aug 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
5
Hiring now
2
Countries
4
Busiest office
Oxford
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Oxford
United Kingdom
HQ
Belgium - Remote
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 100% remote 50-200 est. staff
hires for Backend, Leadership
Tokyo
Japan
Sales office
Japan - Remote
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
Paris
France
Regional office
France - Paris
London
United Kingdom
Regional office
UK - London
Enterprise
United States
Regional office
Enterprise readiness remains limited
ISACA survey reveals 95% of organizations lack a quantum computing roadmap.
Jobs
≈ $51k – $87k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote (France, United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain) • Bachelor's Degree • Oxford
Python
Rust
GitLab CI
CI/CD
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≈ $121k – $236k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • 5+ years exp • United States
GitHub
Management
Jira
Google Workspace
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≈ $87k – $214k per year (Estimated) • Remote (Germany, France, United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium) • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Oxford
Rust
C++
CI/CD
Cryptography
OpenSSL
BoringSSL
Management
Agile
Scrum
Kanban
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≈ $43k – $124k per year (Estimated) • Remote (Germany, France, United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands) • Belgium • France • Netherlands • United Kingdom • United States
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Financials
Total raised
$40.2M
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
12
Investors
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | 2025 | $1.2M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2024 | — | Details |
| Series B | 2024 | $37M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2023 | — | Details |
| Grant | 2023 | $442k | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2022 | — | Details |
| Grant | 2022 | $266k | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2021 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2020 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2019 | — | Details |
| Grant | 2019 | $444k | Details |
| Grant | 2018 | $885k | Details |
Key Investors