April 14, 2026 -- Munich-based quantum computing startup Peak Quantum has closed a €2.2 million pre-seed financing round. The lead investor is Cloudberry Ventures (UK). Other investors include United Founders, QAI Ventures, Golden Egg Check, as well as several business angels with industry experience.

This brings the company’s total funding to more than €5 million.This figure includes public funding, including support from the EU Chips Act. The funds will be used to further develop the technology and to establish a European pilot production facility for superconducting quantum processors.

Scientific Foundation and Development Expertise

The startup emerged in 2024 from the research group led by Prof. Stefan Filipp at the Walther Meissner Institute (WMI), one of Europe’s leading research institutions for superconducting quantum chips. The WMI is part of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities and is located on the Technical University of Munich’s Garching Research Campus.

Peak Quantum’s team brings together expertise across the entire value chain, from chip design and manufacturing through to integration into quantum systems. Peak Quantum is part of Munich Quantum Valley, a Bavarian research and innovation initiative for quantum computing that connects academia and industry. In addition, the startup is supported by UnternehmerTUM, one of Europe’s largest innovation and entrepreneurship centers based in Munich.

At the heart of its technological approach is the development of “quantum bits” (qubits) whose physical architecture suppresses errors already at the hardware level. Conventional quantum processors are considered highly error-prone and therefore require complex downstream error correction. Peak Quantum is taking a fundamentally different approach: error protection is built directly into the hardware design, rather than being added afterwards. This reduces overall system complexity and can shorten the path to practical lquantum computers.

Robust and scalable quantum processors

“The quantum computing industry has focused for too long on scaling the number of physical qubits,” CEO Leon Koch explains. “But more qubits don’t help if each one is unreliable. We are developing processors where error resilience is a physical property of the hardware itself.”

A key building block for this is the planned European quantum chip pilot line SUPREME under the EU Chips Act. Peak Quantum has been selected to operate this line. The launch is scheduled for April 2026. The aim is to create industrial infrastructure for the development and manufacturing of quantum chips in Europe. In the long term, it is intended to evolve into a scalable production environment accessible to external partners.

COO Dr. Thomas Luschmann emphasizes: “If Europe wants to play a leading role in quantum computing, it must develop and manufacture the hardware itself. With the pilot line, we are helping to ensure that this key technology is created in Europe.”

Mahir Sahin, Founder and General Partner at lead investor Cloudberry Ventures, states: “Europe has a real opportunity to lead in quantum hardware, and Peak Quantum is central to that vision” The former Lead Advisor at Alphabet’s (Google) “Moonshot Factory” X adds: “They’re not just building chips. They’re building the infrastructure for an entire European quantum ecosystem. That’s exactly the kind of foundational investment that excites us.”

The development of high-performance quantum processors is considered a key technology for numerous application areas, including materials research, logistics, security, and industrial optimization. In this environment, Peak Quantum positions itself as a provider of core hardware components.

“The founding team stands out for its determined, performance-driven mindset, with foresight and attention to detail,” says Bettina Scheibe, Managing Partner at United Founders. “That is the kind of ambition that turns you into a global market leader. Because in quantum computing, the winner is the one who moves into practice and achieves international success.”

“With this financing, we are accelerating our technological development and laying the foundation for industrial manufacturing,” says CEO Leon Koch. “Our focus is on further developing our chip designs and on initial pilot projects with partners from industry and research.”