Startup · $2m raised · Quantum
Company that emerged from Blackbird's Foundry program
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Iceberg Quantum raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Blackbird Ventures | Pre-seed | - |
| LocalGlobe | Pre-seed | - |
Companies Iceberg Quantum acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Felix Thomsen | CEO · Founder | Startup Daily |
| Larry Cohen | Founder | Startup Daily |
| Prof Stephen Bartlett | Advisor (former) | Startup Daily |
| Sam Smith | Founder | Startup Daily |
Stories naming Iceberg Quantum. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Blackbird introduces the twelve engineers, mathematicians and researchers chosen for the first Foundry Fellowship, a program connecting technical people with founders and investors across Australia and New Zealand.
Sydney-founded quantum computing company Diraq has progressed to Stage B of a US defense agency program targeting utility-scale quantum computing by 2033, expanding its consortium with new industry and academic partners.
Nine-month-old Sydney quantum startup Iceberg Quantum raised $2 million pre-seed, led by Blackbird with LocalGlobe participating, to build cheaper fault-tolerant designs for PsiQuantum's photonic platform.