QuantumDiamonds (QD), based in Munich and part of the MQV ecosystem, is one of Europe’s fastest-growing semiconductor equipment companies, developing and manufacturing semiconductor inspection systems based on quantum sensing. The financing combines an 15 million euro equity round led by World Fund with 76 million euro in non-dilutive funding approved at the EU level under the European Chips Act. The non-dilutive funding is jointly provided by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and the Free State of Bavaria. The 15 million euro equity round led by World Fund drew significant participation from Bayern Kapital, alongside QD’s existing investors IQ Capital, Earlybird, First Momentum, UnternehmerTUM, Creator Fund, Onsight Ventures, and angel investors. QD is in line to become the sole start-up awarded manufacturing funding under the European Chips Act, which was created to strengthen Europe's semiconductor supply chain.
QD was co-founded in 2022 by Kevin Berghoff (CEO) and Dr. Fleming Bruckmaier (CTO) as a spin-out of the Technical University of Munich. The company uses nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond to map electrical current with micrometer precision inside advanced 2.5D and 3D chip architectures. Nine of the world's ten largest semiconductor manufacturers are engaged with QuantumDiamonds, with systems deployed across Europe, the United States, and Asia. The company is investing €152 million to build the world's first production facility for quantum-sensing-based semiconductor inspection tools, supported under the European Chips Act.
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