ZuriQ raises €25.5 million to scale 2D quantum chips

A Swiss quantum computing startup has secured a significant investment to advance a novel approach to building more powerful machines. ZuriQ, a spinout from ETH Zürich, announced on July 28, 2026, that it has raised 25.5 million euros in a seed funding round. The investment, led by the venture capital firm Quantonation, will be used to scale the company's trapped-ion quantum processors, which are built on a unique two-dimensional architecture.

The funding builds on a 4.2 million euro preseed round the company closed in 2025. Other participants in the new round include Forward.one, Extantia, Firgun Ventures, and all of ZuriQ's previous investors. The capital is earmarked for expanding the team, accelerating research and development, and scaling chip fabrication efforts.

ZuriQ's technology aims to address a central challenge in quantum computing: scalability. The company argues that most trapped-ion quantum computers are based on a decades-old design where ions are held in one-dimensional chains. These chains are stitched together into larger grids using complex junction structures, which the company says constrains reconfiguration and limits growth.