Finnish quantum startup SemiQon wins EUR 17.5 million EIC Accelerator funding

Finland's SemiQon, a VTT spin-out making cryogenic CMOS control chips for quantum computers, raised EUR 17.5 million, EUR 15 million equity plus a EUR 2.5 million grant, from the EIC Accelerator for its Cool CHIPS project.

Reported AI-drafted eeNews Europe, 17 February 2025

What it does not test. Does not establish that SemiQon's cryo-CMOS chips have reached volume production or been adopted by a quantum computer maker.

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