Qbeat Ventures joins Bedford Ridge Capital, Battery Ventures, and leading investors in backing Israel's pioneering trapped-ion quantum computing company
- Tami Melamed
- 3 days ago
- 2 min read
We're excited to announce our investment in Quantum Art's $100 million Series A round, a milestone that positions the company to achieve quantum advantage and scale toward thousands of qubits for real-world commercial applications.
Why Quantum Art Stood Out
When we first met the Quantum Art team - Dr. Tal David and Dr. Amit Ben-Kish - we were struck by a rare combination: world-class scientific pedigree from the Weizmann Institute of Science, deep technical innovation, and a pragmatic roadmap toward commercial viability.
Quantum computing has long promised to revolutionize industries, but the path from laboratory curiosity to practical systems has proven extraordinarily challenging. Quantum Art is solving the fundamental scalability bottleneck with a multi-core trapped-ion architecture that preserves high connectivity as systems grow—a critical requirement for running meaningful algorithms.
Technical Breakthroughs Driving Commercial Momentum
What excites us most is how rapidly Quantum Art has translated ambitious technical vision into demonstrable milestones:
World's longest fully controlled trapped-ion chain: 200 ions, proving both scalability and stability
Multi-qubit gates: Compressing complex operations into single steps for faster, more efficient computation
Dynamic reconfigurable optical segmentation: Enabling parallel computing within ion chains
10X circuit depth reduction in collaboration with NVIDIA's CUDA-Q platform
Real-world pilot with Ayalon Highways exploring quantum solutions for traffic optimization
The company's Perspective system - targeting 1,000 qubits, and its third-generation 2D architecture roadmap demonstrate a clear path from current capabilities to systems capable of solving high-impact problems in optimization, simulation, and advanced computing.
From Deep Tech to Market Reality
This funding round, led by Bedford Ridge Capital alongside Battery Ventures, Destra Investments, Lumir Growth Partners, Disruptive AI, Harel Insurance, and other prominent investors, brings Quantum Art's total funding to $124 million.
We're proud to continue supporting the company alongside our fellow seed investors—Amiti Ventures (who led the seed), StageOne Ventures, Vertex Ventures Israel, Entrée Capital, and the Weizmann Institute of Science.
The Series A capital will accelerate hardware development, expand strategic partnerships, and support Quantum Art's transition from early revenues to significant commercial scale—exactly the trajectory we look for in our portfolio companies.
The Team Behind the Technology
As Dr. Amit Ben-Kish noted: "Quantum computing advances only when extraordinary people come together."
The Quantum Art team embodies this principle. They've built state-of-the-art systems at remarkable speed, publishing an aggressive multiyear roadmap and hitting technical milestones that position them at the forefront of the global quantum race.
Looking Ahead
We believe quantum computing will fundamentally transform industries - from drug discovery and materials science to logistics, finance, and cybersecurity. But transformation requires more than scientific breakthroughs; it demands companies that can engineer practical, scalable systems and bring them to market.
Quantum Art has the technology, team, and now the resources to do exactly that.
We're thrilled to be part of this journey.