Berlin\/ Stutt\u00adgart \u2014 YPOG advi\u00adsed Cherry Ventures, UVC Part\u00adners and imec.xpand on the expan\u00adsion of the Series A finan\u00adcing round of Stutt\u00adgart-based photo\u00adnics startup Q.ANT. With the new capi\u00adtal raise, the total volume of the Series A finan\u00adcing increa\u00adses to over USD 80 million, making Q.ANT the largest finan\u00adcing in the field of photo\u00adnic compu\u00adting in Europe to date. <\/p>\n
Q.ANT<\/strong> GmbH, a high-tech company and pioneer in the field of photo\u00adnic compu\u00adting, is taking its vision of a sustainable photo\u00adnic AI infra\u00adstruc\u00adture to the next level with this successful finan\u00adcing round. The current finan\u00adcing round was supported by the exis\u00adting inves\u00adtors and streng\u00adthe\u00adned by the newly joined Duquesne Family Office<\/strong>. The rene\u00adwed commit\u00adment under\u00adlines the confi\u00addence in Q.ANT\u2019s tech\u00adno\u00adlogy plat\u00adform and growth stra\u00adtegy. The finan\u00adcing comes in a chal\u00adlen\u00adging market envi\u00adron\u00adment and marks a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant mile\u00adstone for the Euro\u00adpean deep tech scene. <\/p>\n Q.ANT deve\u00adlops photo\u00adnic chips for high-perfor\u00admance appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons and plans to use the capi\u00adtal now provi\u00added to signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly expand its produc\u00adtion capa\u00adci\u00adties at the Stutt\u00adgart site and signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly acce\u00adle\u00adrate the further deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of the photo\u00adnic AI infra\u00adstruc\u00adture. At the same time, the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of further inno\u00adva\u00adtive fields of appli\u00adca\u00adtion and part\u00adner\u00adships is to be driven forward. <\/p>\n Back in July 2025, YPOG provi\u00added compre\u00adhen\u00adsive support to inves\u00adtors Cherry Ventures, UVC Part\u00adners and imec.xpand in Q.ANT\u2019s EUR 62 million finan\u00adcing round.<\/p>\n About Cherry Ventures<\/strong><\/p>\n Cherry Ventures is a leading Euro\u00adpean venture capi\u00adtal fund based in Berlin, London and Stock\u00adholm. Since its foun\u00adda\u00adtion in 2013, Cherry Ventures has been inves\u00adt\u00ading in inno\u00adva\u00adtive start-up teams from the early stage sector. The port\u00adfo\u00adlio compri\u00adses over 130 compa\u00adnies, inclu\u00adding Flix\u00adBus, Auto1 and Moss. Cherry Ventures curr\u00adently mana\u00adges a USD 500 million fund and supports start-ups through all stages of growth. \u2014 https:\/\/cherry.vc <\/p>\n About UVC Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n UVC Part\u00adners is a leading venture capi\u00adtal firm that invests in Euro\u00adpean B2B tech start-ups and has offices in Munich and Berlin. With over EUR 600 million in assets under manage\u00adment, the VC typi\u00adcally makes initial invest\u00adments of between EUR 1 and 10 million and invests a total of up to EUR 30 million per startup \u2014 parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly in the areas of DeepT\u00adech, Clima\u00adte\u00adTech, mobi\u00adlity and software\/AI. As an inde\u00adpen\u00addent part\u00adner of Unter\u00adneh\u00admer\u00adTUM, Euro\u00adpe\u2019s leading startup hub, UVC Part\u00adners has unique access to exclu\u00adsive deal flow, more than 1,000 compa\u00adnies and SMEs as well as talent from the Tech\u00adni\u00adcal Univer\u00adsity of Munich, one of the best tech\u00adni\u00adcal univer\u00adsi\u00adties in Europe. UVC Part\u00adners\u2019 invest\u00adment port\u00adfo\u00adlio includes Flix, Isar Aero\u00adspace, planqc, Proxima Fusion, Reverion, Tacto, TWAICE, Deep\u00adDrive, STABL and many more. All port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies and their foun\u00adders bene\u00adfit from the team\u2019s exten\u00adsive invest\u00adment and exit expe\u00adri\u00adence, their ability to build sustainable cate\u00adgory leaders and the Unter\u00adneh\u00admer\u00adTUM network that acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtes market entry. \u2014 https:\/\/www.uvcpartners.com <\/p>\n About imec.xpand<\/strong><\/p>\n imec.xpand is a global venture capi\u00adtal fund based in Leuven, Belgium, specia\u00adli\u00adzing in ground\u00adbrea\u00adking inno\u00adva\u00adtions in semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor and nano\u00adtech\u00adno\u00adlogy. imec.xpand invests in compa\u00adnies with disrup\u00adtive poten\u00adtial world\u00adwide and supports foun\u00adding teams in acces\u00adsing state-of-the-art infra\u00adstruc\u00adture and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal networks. The current fund amounts to EUR 300 million and includes nume\u00adrous pionee\u00adring compa\u00adnies driving inno\u00adva\u00adtion in photo\u00adnics and arti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence. \u2014 https:\/\/imecxpand.com\/ <\/p>\n Advi\u00adsors Cherry Ventures, UVC Part\u00adners and imec.xpand : YPOG<\/strong><\/p>\n Benja\u00admin Ullrich<\/strong>(Co-Lead, Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Part\u00adner, Berlin https:\/\/www.ypog.law<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Berlin\/ Stutt\u00adgart \u2014 YPOG advi\u00adsed Cherry Ventures, UVC Part\u00adners and imec.xpand on the expan\u00adsion of the Series A finan\u00adcing round of Stut\u00adt\u00ad\u00adgart-based photo\u00adnics startup Q.ANT. With the new capi\u00adtal raise, the total volume of the Series A finan\u00adcing increa\u00adses to over USD 80 million, making Q.ANT the largest finan\u00adcing in the field of photo\u00adnic computing [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nDr. Emma Peters (Co-Lead, Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Asso\u00adcia\u00adted Part\u00adner, Berlin
\nDr. Niklas Ulrich (Funds), Asso\u00adcia\u00adted Part\u00adner, Hamburg
\nBenja\u00admin von Mangoldt (Funds), Asso\u00adciate, Berlin
\nThere\u00adsia Hein\u00adrich (Corpo\u00adrate), Senior Asso\u00adciate, Hamburg
\nSilke Ricken (Corpo\u00adrate), Asso\u00adciate, Berlin<\/p>\n