Firms

Quantonation

Quantonation

Paris, France · Dallas, Texas, United States

Quantonation is an early-stage venture investment firm focused on quantum technologies and businesses built on advances in physics and computing. Founded in2018 by Christophe Jurczak, Olivier Tonneau and Charles Beigbeder, it invests globally from pre-seed through SeriesA and supports selected companies through SeriesB. Its portfolio spans quantum computing and networking, sensing, photonics, advanced materials, AI, cybersecurity, drug discovery and medical imaging. Its current public directory lists eight staff: Christophe Jurczak, Olivier Tonneau, Emily Meads, Joseph Maillard, Raphaël Bodin, Ylan Tran, Yu-Hsin Wang and Marie-Sophie Chevreteau. Nobel laureate Alain Aspect is a scientific advisor. Quantonation I closed at EUR91M in2022; Quantonation II announced its final EUR220M close onFebruary18,2026, above an earlierEUR200Mtarget. Quantonation Ventures is the legal French management company, SIREN849813522, AMFauthorizationGP-202211. The current team site locates the firm in Paris and Dallas; older releases reference Boston and NewYork. Will Zeng's current own website describes his Quantonation partnership as previous work, despite his appearance in earlierFundIIannouncements.

Founded
2018
Type
Venture capital

Funds2

  • Quantonation II€220M

    Secondflagshipfund actualfinalclose220MEUR announcedFebruary18,2026, above200Mtarget. Firstclose70MEURApril10,2024,112MEURinterimJanuary27,2025samefundfundraisingprogress notextra70/112Mfunds. LPsincludeVertex/FNA2managedBpifrance/BradleyBloom/EIF/ACS/Novo/PFP/Toshiba. EIF30Mcommitmentpartof220Mnotextraindependentfund.

  • Quantonation I€91M

    Firstflagshipfund, finalclosedEUR91M in2022 asconfirmedbyfounderinterview inownQ32022Codex and2026FundIIrelease. ExactclosingdayunverifiedNULL. Not40Mlaunch2018targetorAUMaddedtocash; actualfundfinalsize91M. Firstclose2021samefund, notsecondfund.

Team

Operations and support

Alain AspectAlain AspectScientific Advisor
Eléonore de RoseEléonore de RoseDirector of Communications and PR (last confirmed 2026)
Emily MeadsEmily MeadsPrincipal
Will ZengWill ZengFormer Partner
Ylan TranYlan TranAssociate
Yu-Hsin WangYu-Hsin WangAssociate

Co-investing

Castle Island Ventures
Formation VC
Nebular
Speedinvest
Variant Fund

Investments