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Kipu Quantum

eCommerce & Marketplaces · Karlsruhe, Germany · Founded 2021

Design quantum computer products that fulfill customer needs and solve real problems at different business scales MoreLess

Kipu Quantum is a German quantum computing company with offices in Karlsruhe and Berlin. The company develops quantum algorithms and solutions for a variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, chemicals, logistics, and finance.

Kipu Quantum's approach is to design application- and hardware-specific quantum algorithms. This means that the algorithms are tailored to the specific problem that a customer wants to solve and to the specific quantum computer that will be used to run the algorithm. This approach allows Kipu Quantum to achieve significant performance gains over more general-purpose quantum algorithms.

Kipu Quantum has a number of partnerships with leading quantum hardware companies, including IonQ and PASQAL. These partnerships give Kipu Quantum access to the latest quantum computing hardware and allow the company to test and validate its algorithms on a variety of different platforms.

In a recent breakthrough, Kipu Quantum and IonQ successfully solved the most complex protein folding problem ever executed on a quantum computer. This achievement demonstrates the potential of Kipu Quantum's technology to solve real-world problems that are intractable for even the most powerful classical computers.

Keywords: quantum computing, quantum algorithms, protein folding, drug discovery, materials science, logistics optimization, financial modeling, hardware-specific algorithms, quantum advantage, B2B

Company overview

Kipu Quantum company information

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Status
Operational
Founded
2021
Headquarters
Karlsruhe, Germany
Employees
49
Open positions
None listed
Dealroom signal
59.4
Investment activity
1 companies · latest Jul 2024
Capital deployed
Preferred round
ACQUISITION
client focusb2btechnologyDeep TechtechnologyQuantum Technologiesbusiness modelMarketplace & ecommercesectorQuantum ComputingsectorQuantum ComputerssectorFuture of ComputingsectorQuantum Computers and ProcessorssectorHard TechsectorNIF defense security and resiliencesectorNIF quantumsectorNIF Security of Critical TechnologiessectorDT and LSsectorscience-based

Valuation & funding

Kipu Quantum funding history

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
SEEDEquity / VC Dec 2023 $12M $46M First Momentum Ventures · Entrada Ventures · DeepTech & Climate Fonds · Quantonation
SEEDEquity / VC Sep 2022 $3.3M $13M Quantonation · First Momentum Ventures · Entrada Ventures
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Financials

Revenue and workforce over time

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YearRevenueGrowthEmployees
2026 $159K 0% 49
2025 $159K 0% 70
2024 $159K 0% 54
2023 $159K 0% 33
2022 $159K 12
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Growth signals

Kipu Quantum website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Kipu Quantum is 11K monthly website visits, up 100% over the last three months. Kipu Quantum's team declined 30% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits11K 3-month web change+100% 1-year team growth-30%
Monthly website visits44 observations · Nov 2022–Jul 2026
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Comparisons

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Capital deployed

Kipu Quantum investments and acquisitions

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Talent graph

Kipu Quantum's talent

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Team profiled 14 named & role-tagged
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Investors

16 investors on Kipu Quantum's cap table

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Seed 5 investors entered at this stage
Quantonation
First Momentum Ventures
Entrada Ventures
DeepTech & Climate Fonds
HV Capital
Other known 11 additional known investors
AQAL Capital
Audacia
Creative Destruction Lab
Deloitte
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
LBBW Venture Capital
MK Venture Capital
Onsight Ventures
QAI Ventures
Tom Schulz
Verve Ventures

Global footprint

Where Kipu Quantum has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
7 countries with
team presence
🇩🇪 Germany79.2%
🇪🇸 Spain10.4%
🇨🇱 Chile2.1%
🇵🇪 Peru2.1%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom2.1%
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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Kipu Quantum

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