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Launch year
2018
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Region
Nordics
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Country
Finland
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Our score
77.5
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Business category
Electronical Components Manufacturing
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Main industry
Electrical & Electronic Equipment
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Tech layer
Deep Tech
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Category
DevTools & Infrastructure
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About the startup
IQM Quantum Computers is a Finnish quantum computing hardware company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Espoo. The company develops and manufactures superconducting quantum computers, offering on-premises full-stack systems through products like IQM Radiance and IQM Spark, as well as cloud access through its IQM Resonance platform. IQM operates its own chip fabrication facility in Finland and has sold over 15 quantum computers to date, deployed at national supercomputing centers and universities including systems in Finland, Germany, and Spain. The company has over 300 employees with offices across Finland, Germany, France, Poland, Spain, Singapore, the UK, the US, Japan, South Korea, Italy, and Saudi Arabia. IQM's roadmap targets fault-tolerant quantum computing by 2030 with a path to one million qubits.
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Main NAICS code
334413 — Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing
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Target market
Quantum Computing, Research and Development, Enterprise, High-Performance Computing
/Business tags
Quantum Computing Solutions for Businesses, Quantum Computing Hardware Manufacturing, On-premises Quantum Computing Solutions, Automated Design of Quantum Circuits, Fault-tolerant Quantum Computing, HPC Infrastructure Solutions, Open Software Architectures, Co-design Applications
Employees
251-500
Locations
8
Revenueg model
$5M-$10M
/Business pillars
Superconducting Quantum Computing
/Core offerings
On-Premises Quantum Computing Solutions, Quantum Computing Cloud Services, Superconducting Quantum Computer Manufacturing, Quantum Processor Development, HPC Quantum Accelerator Development, Quantum Computing Education Services
/Core technologies
Superconducting Quantum Computing, Quantum Processor Fabrication, Quantum Error Correction, Cryogenic Systems Integration
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The score
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GROWTH READINESS
90
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COMMERCIAL MATURITY
60
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TECH DEPTH
100
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BUSINESS MODEL
60
Score rationale
This is how we approached it and reached the numbers
Growth readiness
Offices in 12 countries including Finland, Germany, France, Poland, Spain, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, and the US. Systems deployed at national HPC centers across Europe. Actively expanding US presence with first American investor (Ten Eleven Ventures). US commercial traction still early.
Commercial maturity
Over 15 quantum computers sold and deployed to national supercomputing centers, universities, and enterprises. Cloud platform (IQM Resonance) live with paying users. $7M revenue against $600M raised reflects that quantum hardware is still in early commercial phase. Real customers, but the commercial engine is scaling.
Tech depth
Proprietary superconducting quantum processors fabricated in own Finnish facility. Full-stack hardware manufacturer, not an application-layer wrapper. Roadmap to fault-tolerant computing by 2030 and one million qubits. This is foundational infrastructure, not integration.
Business model
B2B with on-premises hardware sales, cloud platform access, and R&D partnerships forming multiple revenue streams. Quantum hardware is pre-market-maturity. Government grants and public funding remain a significant portion of the capital structure. Unit economics not yet proven at scale.
Why they made the list?
IQM is building the quantum computing hardware that Europe will run on. Founded in Espoo in 2018, the company has raised $600M including the largest quantum computing Series B ever outside the US, and has delivered over 15 on-premises quantum computers to national supercomputing centers and universities across Finland, Germany, and Spain. What distinguishes IQM from application-layer quantum startups is that it manufactures the actual machines: superconducting processors fabricated in its own Finnish facility, integrated into full-stack systems, and deployed on-site at customer locations. The company operates from 12 countries with over 300 employees, holds unicorn status, and counts sovereign wealth funds, defense-adjacent investors, and major pension funds among its backers. Revenue remains early-stage relative to the capital raised, which is expected for quantum hardware at this point in the technology cycle. The roadmap toward fault-tolerant computing by 2030 and one million qubits represents the most ambitious publicly stated European quantum hardware program. IQM is not wrapping someone else's technology. It is building the infrastructure layer.
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Funding
Funding stage
Series B
Last funding year
2025
Funding
$600,000,000
/Key investors
Ten Eleven Ventures, Tesi, World Fund, Elo Mutual Pension Insurance, Varma, Schwarz Group, Winbond Electronics, EIC, Bayern Kapital
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