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QAI Ventures Names Four Startups For Singapore Quantum Accelerator

BySendTech Times Chips & Compute DeskNewsroom-edited, source-reviewed coverage|Source: e27
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QAI Ventures said the Singapore Quantum Accelerator selected four startups from 63 applications across 12 countries for its first cohort. Each company receives a SGD300,000 investment package, but the programme has not disclosed customer contracts, revenue targets or post-accelerator funding commitments.

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QAI Ventures Names Four Startups For Singapore Quantum Accelerator
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QAI Ventures is using Singapore as a launch base for quantum and advanced computing startups, naming four companies for a five-month accelerator backed by Enterprise Singapore.

QAI Ventures said the Singapore Quantum Accelerator selected four startups from 63 applications across 12 countries.

QAI Ventures said each company receives a SGD300,000, or about US$234,000, investment package; the programme also provides coaching, masterclasses, workspace in Singapore and introductions to investors, corporate partners and public-sector stakeholders.

Singapore Quantum Accelerator Selects Four Startups

QAI named Quantum Logic, Qualia Therapeutics, QPICs and Regenesis Materials.

The companies are based in the Netherlands, Armenia, the United States and Indonesia, and their work spans cryogenic quantum hardware, adaptive neurostimulation, photonic-chip manufacturing and sustainable advanced materials.

QAI Ventures said the accelerator runs from July to October 2026 and includes four in-person masterclass weeks in Singapore.

The programme also includes weekly one-on-one coaching between sessions and is scheduled to end with an Investor Day and Demo Day for investors and ecosystem partners.

Alexandra Beckstein, chief executive and founder of QAI Ventures, said Singapore's early and patient quantum investment is translating into a commercial opportunity that is maturing.

She said the firm works between the lab and the market and understands the players and industry needs.

Enterprise Singapore Backs The Quantum Cohort

The programme is backed by Enterprise Singapore, which frames the accelerator as part of the country's next stage of deep-tech development.

Sophia Ng, executive director for startup ecosystem at Enterprise Singapore, said Singapore has built a foundation in quantum science and deep-tech innovation and now needs globally competitive quantum companies.

According to the programme announcement, QAI Ventures set up its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore in September 2025 and is using the accelerator to assemble a regional funnel for quantum and advanced-computing ventures.

The programme material said Singapore established the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore in 2007.

It also said Singapore has committed S$37 billion, or about US$28.9 billion, under its broader Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2030 plan, which includes deeptech fields such as quantum, artificial intelligence, semiconductors and advanced manufacturing.

QAI Ventures cited McKinsey's Quantum Technology Monitor for a potential quantum-technology economic value estimate of as much as US$2 trillion by 2035, with the forecast depending on technical progress and adoption.

The accelerator sits at an earlier stage: its cohort covers components, applications and materials rather than at-scale quantum systems.

QAI Ventures described the first cohort as broader than universal quantum computing.

QPICs works on photonic-chip manufacturing, Quantum Logic works on cryogenic quantum hardware, Qualia Therapeutics works on adaptive neurostimulation, and Regenesis Materials brings an Indonesian advanced-materials company into the programme.

Quantum Startups Get Hardware And Cloud Access

The accelerator offers access to quantum hardware, cloud computing resources and simulation testbeds through partnerships including IonQ, QuEra and Fujitsu.

Those resources can reduce infrastructure bottlenecks for early teams.

According to QAI Ventures, portfolio companies have secured follow-on financing above US$250 million from investors and strategic backers including IBM, GitHub, Toshiba and the European Investment Bank.

The new Singapore cohort has not yet disclosed follow-on funding, customer pilots or signed procurement channels.

The programme did not disclose revenue targets, named customer contracts, post-accelerator funding commitments, commercial deployment dates or technical benchmarks for the four startups.

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