# Europe's quantum capital wave: OQC lands a record £260m and the EIC co-writes Quobly's €115m. Public money is moving up the cap table.
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**issue:** 2
**type:** pulse
**date range:** 15 Jun 2026
**tagline:** Europe's quantum capital wave: OQC lands a record £260m and the EIC co-writes Quobly's €115m. Public money is moving up the cap table.
**published at:** 2026-06-15
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  -     **body:** **OQC** (Oxford Quantum Circuits) has closed an oversubscribed **£260 million** (~$350M) Series C led by **Bullhound Capital**, with the **British Business Bank** among the backers. It is the **largest private quantum funding round in European history**.

Days earlier, France's **Quobly** raised a **€115 million Series A** to industrialise its silicon-based qubits, backed by **Bpifrance**, **STMicroelectronics**, **SEALSQ** and the **European Innovation Council**. In a single fortnight Europe matched its entire prior-year count of €100M-plus quantum rounds.
    **emoji:** 💶
    **label:** FUNDING
    **heading:** Quantum's record fortnight
  -     **body:** The story is not only the size, it is who is signing the cheques. The **EIC**, **Bpifrance** and the **British Business Bank** are now co-investing in growth-stage deep tech, not just handing out early grants.

For founders that reframes the public stack: EU and national institutions can anchor a Series A or C and crowd in private capital. If you are raising in **quantum, semiconductors or energy**, design the public co-investor into the round from the start, not as a last-resort top-up.
    **emoji:** 🎯
    **label:** WHY IT MATTERS
    **heading:** Public capital moves up the cap table

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