Quint Computing raises €9.1M to cut quantum chip error rates
German startup Quint Computing has secured €9.1 million in a round led by Vsquared, plus a €2.2 million EIC Pathfinder grant, to build error-resistant quantum chips.
German quantum computing startup Quint Computing has raised €9.1 million in an initial funding round led by Vsquared. Quantonation, Nucleus Capital, Faber, Vanagon Ventures and ZOHO.VC also took part, alongside industry experts including Prof. Mikko Möttönen, founder of IQM and QMill. The company has additionally won a €2.2 million Pathfinder grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC).
Tackling the error problem in hardware
Quint is developing a superconducting quantum chip architecture aimed at one of the biggest obstacles to industrial use of quantum computers: high error rates. Quantum systems are highly sensitive to disturbances, which makes the operations needed for practical applications hard to carry out. Common error-correction methods often require extra hardware, add computational complexity or slow processing down, which makes scaling difficult.
The company's patented processor architecture is designed to prevent a significant share of errors directly at the hardware level. According to Quint, once fully implemented the approach could cut system complexity, hardware requirements and energy consumption by a factor of 100 while keeping computing speed high.
"The race to build commercially viable quantum computers is gaining momentum," said co-founder and CEO Prof. Christopher Eichler. He said the architecture reduces complexity while maintaining high clock speed, leading to more computing power, lower operating costs and a shorter path to commercialization.
Spin-out from FAU
Quint was founded in October 2025 by quantum physicists Prof. Michael Hartmann and Prof. Christopher Eichler together with economist Dr Jona Stinner. It emerged from research at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and belongs to the Munich Quantum Valley ecosystem.
The technology could eventually serve sectors such as pharmaceuticals, chemicals, logistics and manufacturing. With the fresh capital, Quint plans to expand its research and engineering team, advance its quantum processor and pursue first industrial deployment projects. It is recruiting specialists in quantum chip design, fabrication, error correction and applications.
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