Photonic Raises $100M in Funding

Photonic

Photonic Inc., a Vancouver, BC, Canada-based company building s scalable, fault-tolerant, and unified quantum computing and networking platform based on photonically linked silicon spin qubits, raised an investment round of $100M USD.

Backers included:

  • British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI), 
  • Microsoft Corporation,
  • UK government’s National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF), 
  • Inovia Capital, and 
  • Amadeus Capital Partners.

This brings the company’s total funding raised to date to $140M USD. 

Led by Paul Terry, Chief Executive Officer, Photonic is making fault-tolerant quantum technologies a reality with its silicon spin-photon interface. The technology leverages the memory and computing capabilities of spins and the connectivity of photonics to build a scalable, fault-tolerant, and networked quantum computer. The company has over 120 employees with a head office in Canada and has recently opened offices in the United Kingdom and the United States. 

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08/11/2023