🏆 Deal of the Year · 2025
Q.ANT raised EUR 62 million in a Series A round; the company's valuation was not disclosed. The round was backed by a consortium of ten investors spanning corporate, institutional, and venture capital backers. Q.ANT was recognised as Deal of the Year 2025 by Venionaire DealMatrix.
Q.ANT — key deal facts
| Company | Q.ANT |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Amount raised | EUR 62m |
| Valuation | Valuation Remains Undisclosed |
| Round | Series A |
| Investors | Verve Ventures, Venionaire Capital, UVC Partners, TRUMPF, Onsight Ventures, LEA Partners, L-Bank, imec.xpand, Grazia Equity, Cherry Ventures |
| Sectors | Manufacturing, Semiconductor |
Who invested in Q.ANT?
The Series A was supported by Verve Ventures, Venionaire Capital, UVC Partners, TRUMPF, Onsight Ventures, LEA Partners, L-Bank, imec.xpand, Grazia Equity, and Cherry Ventures. The investor mix is notably diverse, combining Q.ANT's corporate parent TRUMPF with specialist deep-tech and semiconductor-focused funds such as imec.xpand and UVC Partners, alongside growth-stage generalists and a state development bank in L-Bank. This breadth signals strong conviction across both strategic and financial capital at an early institutional stage.
What does Q.ANT do?
Q.ANT is a Stuttgart-based deep-tech company developing photonic processors and quantum sensors. Its flagship product is the photonic Native Processing Unit, built on the proprietary Light Empowered Native Arithmetics architecture and packaged into the Native Processing Server for data-centre deployment. The company operates a pilot line for Thin-Film Lithium Niobate photonic chips in collaboration with IMS CHIPS. Founded in 2018 as a corporate spin-off from TRUMPF by Dr. Michael Förtsch, who serves as CEO, Q.ANT addresses compute-intensive AI and high-performance computing workloads as well as precision sensing for aerospace navigation and human-machine interfaces.
Q.ANT valuation & multiples
No existing multiples analysis was provided for this deal. As Q.ANT operates across the Semiconductor and Manufacturing sectors, relevant valuation benchmarks can be found on the Venionaire DealMatrix sector multiples pages for Semiconductors and Advanced Manufacturing, where current EV/Sales and EV/EBITDA ranges for comparable deep-tech hardware companies are maintained and updated regularly.
Explore the benchmarks: Series A Manufacturing.
Frequently asked questions
How much did Q.ANT raise in its Series A?
Q.ANT raised EUR 62 million in its Series A round.
What is Q.ANT's valuation?
Q.ANT's valuation was not disclosed in connection with this Series A round.
Who invested in Q.ANT?
The round was backed by Verve Ventures, Venionaire Capital, UVC Partners, TRUMPF, Onsight Ventures, LEA Partners, L-Bank, imec.xpand, Grazia Equity, and Cherry Ventures.
When was Q.ANT founded and where is it based?
Q.ANT was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.
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