Insider Brief
- Dutch startup Orange Quantum Systems raised €12 million in an oversubscribed seed round, the largest to date in the Netherlands’ quantum computing sector.
- The funding will accelerate development of scalable quantum chip testing tools, including high-volume systems for manufacturers and flexible platforms for research labs.
- Backed by investors across Europe, the company aims to eliminate testing bottlenecks and enable rapid growth in quantum chip manufacturing.
PRESS RELEASE — Orange Quantum Systems [OrangeQS], a pioneering Dutch startup transforming the field of quantum chip testing, has closed an oversubscribed €12 million seed round — the largest seed investment round thus far in the Netherlands’ thriving quantum computing sector.
The round was led by Icecat Capital, supported by Cottonwood Technology Fund, QBeat Ventures, QDNL Participations, and InnovationQuarter Capital.
Cottonwood and QDNL Participations backed the company’s pre-seed round in 2023. New investors are Icecat Capital and the dedicated quantum fund QBeat, both eager to fuel the international scaling of Orange Quantum Systems, and InnovationQuarter Capital.
Quantum computing is a rapidly developing field. As the chips that underpin many of these advances become more complex a significant challenge has emerged: the need for scalable, precise, and cost-effective quantum chip testing.
OrangeQS meets these challenges with a comprehensive product suite designed to streamline quantum chip testing across the entire value chain.
Enabling industrial-scale quantum chip testing for manufacturers and advanced R&D labs
OrangeQS’s flagship test product OrangeQS MAX sets new industry benchmarks for high‑volume, standardised quantum‑chip testing. Europe’s leading quantum‑computer builder IQM will use the system in Espoo, Finland to accelerate quantum chip development.
OrangeQS FLEX offers customizable chip-testing solutions for academic and industrial R&D teams. It is being used, among others, by quantum research labs at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany) and the University of Napoli (Italy).
Additionally, R&D labs like the Advanced Quantum Testbed at Berkeley Lab (USA), Chalmers Next Labs (Sweden) and QuTech (The Netherlands) are testing OrangeQS Juice, an open-source operating system enabling users to seamlessly manage their complete quantum research setup within a single environment.
Powering exponential growth in quantum chip manufacturing
With the fresh funds, OrangeQS will invest the new €12 million in building even faster test machines that check quantum chips in days rather than weeks. By removing this bottleneck, the company helps leading chip makers keep doubling the number of reliable quantum bits (“qubits”) every few years.—setting the stage for a quantum equivalent of Moore’s Law.
The new funding round drew strong interest from investors, reinforcing the company’s ambition to become the global leader in testing solutions for the rapidly developing quantum chip market.
“We are excited to see such strong support from the investment community,” says Garrelt Alberts, CEO of OrangeQS. “This funding round not only validates the critical importance of our technology but also enables us to accelerate our product roadmap, delivering the testing solutions essential to the emerging quantum computing industry as it advances toward building powerful quantum computers that benefit society.”
