Israeli quantum computing startup Q-Factor has come out of stealth mode with US$24 million in seed funding.
The funding round was led by NFX and TPY Capital. Other investors included Intel Capital, Korea Investment Partners, Deep33, and the Matias family. The company also received support through a grant from the Israel Innovation Authority.
The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and the Weizmann Institute of Science are also shareholders in the company through its tech transfer arm, Yeda. Q-Factor was created to turn many years of research in atomic physics from these institutes into real-world technology.
“The quantum computing industry needs a revolution, not an evolution,” said Prof. Ofer Firstenberg, co-founder and chief scientist of Q-Factor. “Current systems are too small to deliver on the promise of quantum computing, and incremental improvements alone aren’t going to close that gap. We’ve developed an architecture designed for continuous scalability, a Moore’s Law-like trajectory that can take neutral atom systems from thousands of qubits to millions and beyond.”
Founded in 2026, Q-Factor was founded by a strong team of experts. This includes Prof. Nir Davidson, a well-known scientist in ultracold atoms with 280 research papers and a former dean at the Weizmann Institute. Prof. Ofer Firstenberg, also from the Weizmann Institute, is an expert in quantum optics and has worked at Harvard and MIT.
The team also includes Prof. Yoav Sagi from the Technion, who specializes in working with neutral atoms and has experience at JILA and the University of Colorado. Another co-founder, Dr. Guy Raz, is a physicist with over 20 years of experience leading deep-tech startups.
The company says its team has found major design problems that are slowing down current neutral atom systems. They have created a new method to fix these issues. They aim to build systems with more than one million qubits, which could help make quantum computing practical for real-world use.
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