Munich \u2013 Quan\u00adtum\u00adDia\u00admonds GmbH (QD), one of the fastest-growing semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor equip\u00adment compa\u00adnies in Europe, has closed a funding round tota\u00adling 91 million euros to expand produc\u00adtion of its quan\u00adtum-based semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor test\u00ading tech\u00adno\u00adlogy. The finan\u00adcing consists of a \u20ac15 million equity round led by World Fund, as well as \u20ac76 million in non-dilu\u00adtive funding appro\u00adved at the EU level under the Euro\u00adpean Chips Act. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an important step toward estab\u00adli\u00adshing quan\u00adtum sens\u00ading in semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor fabs world\u00adwide,\u201d said Kevin Berg\u00adhoff, CEO and co-foun\u00adder of Quan\u00adtum\u00adDia\u00admonds<\/strong>. \u201cThe response from leading chip manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders is clear: they view our tech\u00adno\u00adlogy as indis\u00adpensable for solving yield chal\u00adlenges that cannot be addres\u00adsed with today\u2019s systems. With deploy\u00adments alre\u00adady under\u00adway in the U.S. and Taiwan, as well as the ramp-up of mass produc\u00adtion in Munich, Europe is not only parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adting in the next era of chip tech\u00adno\u00adlogy but is also play\u00ading a key role in shaping it.\u201d <\/p>\n The non-dilu\u00adtive finan\u00adcing is being provi\u00added jointly by the Fede\u00adral Minis\u00adtry for Econo\u00admic Affairs and Energy and the Free State of Bava\u00adria.<\/strong> In addi\u00adtion to QD\u2019s <\/strong>exis\u00adting inves\u00adtors \u2014IQ Capi\u00adtal, Early\u00adbird, First Momen\u00adtum, Unter\u00adneh\u00admer\u00adTUM, Crea\u00adtor Fund, Onsight Ventures <\/strong>,<\/strong> and <\/strong> angel investors\u2014Bayern Kapi\u00adtal also<\/strong> parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted to a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant extent in the \u20ac15 million equity round led by World Fund.<\/p>\n The company plans to use the capi\u00adtal to scale its technology<\/strong><\/p>\n QD is well on its way to beco\u00adming the only startup to receive manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring grants under the Euro\u00adpean Chips Act, which was crea\u00adted to streng\u00adthen the Euro\u00adpean semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor supply chain. This places the company among estab\u00adlished indus\u00adtry play\u00aders such as Global\u00adFound\u00adries and Carl Zeiss. <\/p>\n The company was foun\u00added in 2022 by Berg\u00adhoff and Dr. Fleming Bruck\u00admaier (CTO) as a spin-off from the Tech\u00adni\u00adcal Univer\u00adsity of Munich. The company will use the funding to supply labo\u00adra\u00adtory systems to leading chip manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders and to further deve\u00adlop its wafer-level capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties for inspec\u00adtion in high-through\u00adput manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring faci\u00adli\u00adties. QD, which curr\u00adently employs 70 people, plans to more than double its engi\u00adnee\u00adring team over the next 12 months. <\/p>\n Conven\u00adtio\u00adnal semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor testers slow down deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and produc\u00adtion because they have diffi\u00adculty detec\u00adting buried defects in complex 3D chip archi\u00adtec\u00adtures, which redu\u00adces produc\u00adtion yield and drives up costs for busi\u00adnesses and consu\u00admers. The stakes are high: indus\u00adtry analy\u00adses show that a yield impro\u00adve\u00adment of just one percen\u00adtage point for a mass-produ\u00adced product can be worth seve\u00adral million dollars per week. <\/p>\n QD\u2019s tech\u00adno\u00adlogy addres\u00adses this key chall\u00adenge in modern chip manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring by utili\u00adzing defects in synthe\u00adtic diamonds at the atomic scale to detect magne\u00adtic fields with extreme precis\u00adion: Essen\u00adti\u00adally, it is a micro\u00adscope that makes the current flowing through chips visi\u00adble. The company\u2019s first commer\u00adcial system, the QDm.1, enables non-destruc\u00adtive 3D current mapping at the nanos\u00adcale, ther\u00adeby pinpoin\u00adting the exact loca\u00adtion and depth of chip defects. \u2014 www.qd-st.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Munich \u2013 Quan\u00adtum\u00adDia\u00admonds GmbH (QD), one of the fastest-growing semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor equip\u00adment compa\u00adnies in Europe, has closed a funding round tota\u00adling 91 million euros to expand produc\u00adtion of its quan\u00ad\u00adtum-based semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor test\u00ading tech\u00adno\u00adlogy. The finan\u00adcing consists of a \u20ac15 million equity round led by World Fund, as well as \u20ac76 million in non-dilu\u00ad\u00adtive funding appro\u00adved at [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60653,"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-60655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n