Universal Quantum
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$100M
9 rounds on record
Latest round
$100M
Series A · Oct 2026 · this month
Team
201-500
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
33
+5 posted in 30 days
Grants
$5.3M
3 grants · CORDIS
Backers
2
Hoxton Ventures, page
The money's age
Fresh money
0 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
51/100
hiring for its size, a new city, in the news, 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
Oct 8
Raised a round Series A $100M · Tech.eu
Oct 1, 2025
Raised a round Venture round
Nov 28, 2024
Raised a round Venture round
May 28, 2024
Raised a round Venture round
Nov 20, 2023
Raised a round Venture round
Feb 1, 2022
Won a grant $3.4M · CORDIS
Nov 1, 2021
Won a grant $956k · CORDIS
Oct 27, 2020
Raised a round Venture round
Aug 1, 2020
Won a grant $905k · CORDIS
2018
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | Oct 2026 | $100M | — | Tech.eu |
| Venture round | Oct 2025 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Nov 2024 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | May 2024 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Venture round | Nov 2023 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Grant | Feb 2022 | $3.4M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Nov 2021 | $956k | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Oct 2020 | — | — | find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |
| Grant | Aug 2020 | $905k | — | CORDIS |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Universal Quantum Technologies Limited | its site |
| Registered | 4 Dec 2018 |
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How Universal Quantum hires
Truth index
A 95/100
Median time to fill
124 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Universal Quantum scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 11 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 124 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
Universal Quantum is a British quantum computing company founded in 2018 as a spin-out of the University of Sussex that is building trapped-ion quantum computers designed to scale to millions of qubits. Its modular architecture links chips with electric fields rather than lasers, and it builds machines under a German Aerospace Center contract with staff in Hamburg. The company is headquartered in Haywards Heath, England, United Kingdom.
News
Universal Quantum Raises More Than $100 Million Series A To Scale Quantum Computing Technology
Universal Quantum, a University of Sussex spin-out developing large-scale quantum computers, raised more than $100 million in Series A funding. The post Universal Quantum Raises More Than $100 Million Series A To Scale Quantum Computing Technology appeare
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Universal Quantum raises $100M, SAP buys TechWolf, and European startups raise five times more funding in September than August
This week, we tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over €818 million and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.It's been another busy week for E...
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Universal Quantum secures UK's largest quantum Series A with €89 million to scale modular quantum computers
Brighton-based Universal Quantum, a company building large-scale quantum computing systems for real-world use, today announced it has secured over €89 million ($100 million) in Series A funding - reprotedly marking the largest Series A ever raised by a qu
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University of Sussex spinout Universal Quantum raises "record" $100M Series A
A UK university spinout building large scale quantum computing systems for real-world use has raised $100m in funding, which it says it the largest Series A raised by a UK-headquartered quantum firm.F...
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Universal Quantum over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
26
Postings analysed
31
Stack modernity
65/100
Languages
Python77%
C++16%
Rust16%
MATLAB13%
Frameworks & libraries
Qiskit23%
Stim10%
Cloud & platforms
AWS6%
Azure6%
GCP6%
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Full Universal Quantum tech stack
26 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Growth
Hiring Momentum
70/100
Growing
Open positions
34
5 opened / 5 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
91 days
faster than 15% 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.
Hardware
28% ▲
Field & Service
17%
Industrial Engineering
17% ▼
Backend
10% ▲
Science & Research
10% ▼
Quantum
7% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added OpenQASM to stack
Oct 2026
New location: Haywards Heath
Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Excel to stack
Sep 2026
New location: Tokyo
Sep 2026
Added LinkedIn to stack
Sep 2026
Added Xero to stack
Sep 2026
Added QuickBooks to stack
Sep 2026
Added Google Sheets to stack
Sep 2026
Added Synopsys Custom Compiler to stack
Sep 2026
Added KLayout to stack
Sep 2026
Added SolidWorks to stack
Sep 2026
Added Ansys HFSS to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
4
Hiring now
4
Countries
4
Busiest office
Haywards Heath
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Haywards Heath
United Kingdom
HQ
21 open roles 15 posted in 90 days 43% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Field & Service, Industrial Engineering
Hamburg
Germany
Regional office
Find us
7 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 43% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Field & Service, Backend, DevOps
Willy-Brandt-Str. 59, 20457 Hamburg
Singapore
Singapore
Regional office
5 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 60% engineering 20% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, Quantum
Tokyo
Japan
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering
Jobs
In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Tokyo
Python
MATLAB
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≈ $69k – $133k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • Full-Time • Hamburg
Python
Rust
C++
OpenQASM
GCP
Azure
AWS
HPC
Quantum
Qiskit
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≈ $112k – $206k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Haywards Heath
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≈ $91k – $175k per year (Estimated) • Remote (Japan, Singapore) • Full-Time • Singapore
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≈ $58k – $112k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Haywards Heath
Ansys HFSS
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≈ $40k – $119k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Singapore
Python
Qiskit
Stim
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≈ $56k – $108k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Haywards Heath
Python
Verilog
SystemVerilog
VHDL
MATLAB
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≈ $59k – $175k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • PhD • Haywards Heath
Python
Qiskit
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≈ $58k – $112k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Haywards Heath
Ansys HFSS
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≈ $53k – $102k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • PhD • Haywards Heath
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≈ $37k – $95k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Singapore
Python
MATLAB
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≈ $53k – $102k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree
Python
Perl
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Financials
Total raised
$105.3M
Latest round
Series A
Funding rounds
9
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | 2026 | $100M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2024 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2024 | — | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2023 | — | Details |
| Grant | 2022 | $3.4M | Details |
| Grant | 2021 | $956k | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2020 | — | Details |
| Grant | 2020 | $905k | Details |