Sparrow Quantum Secures €27.5M to Advance Quantum Hardware
Danish startup Sparrow Quantum has closed a €27.5 million Series A round to accelerate commercialization of its photonic quantum chips. The funding will fund product development, scale manufacturing and deepen partnerships with industry and research centers. Backed by European venture firms and strategic partners, the round signals growing investor confidence in photonics as a practical route to quantum systems.
Pioneering Photonic Quantum Chips
From Research to Industrial Application
Sparrow Quantum’s core offering, called Sparrow Core, is an integrated photonic chip that generates and routes single photons at room temperature. Built on breakthroughs from the Niels Bohr Institute led by Professor Peter Lodahl, the chip replaces complex cryogenic setups with a compact, robust platform suitable for volume production.
The Sparrow Core combines on-chip single-photon sources with scalable photonic circuits, aiming to deliver consistent photon quality and high yield in manufacturing. That combination makes it well suited for quantum computing architectures based on photonics, as well as quantum communication and sensing applications where reliability and operating conditions matter.
Impact on Europe
pos;s Quantum Ambitions
The funding strengthens Denmark
pos;s position in the continental quantum ecosystem and supports Europe
pos;s broader push toward hardware sovereignty. Sparrow Quantum positions itself as a supply-layer player that could enable system builders to move faster from lab prototypes to commercial devices. Plans include expanding engineering and fabrication capacity and engaging with chip foundries to scale output.
For investors and industry watchers, Sparrow
pos;s progress will be a test of photonics
viability at scale. If the company meets its milestones, the result could be a more accessible path to practical quantum products and a stronger European footprint in the global quantum race.
