DeepTech Catalyst Quantum
Gives UK quantum start-ups up to £50,000 MVP funding plus £10,000 R&D vouchers.
DeepTech Catalyst Quantum is a Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) programme funding early-stage UK companies building new products or services on quantum technologies — computing, imaging, sensing, networks, cryptography and simulation. Successful applicants get three separate things, not one bundled figure: up to £50,000 in targeted MVP development funding, a separate pot of up to £…
DeepTech Catalyst Quantum backs early-stage UK companies building new products or services on quantum technologies -- computing, imaging, sensing, networks, cryptography and simulation. It targets companies at TRL 3 to 6 with a viable business plan already in place, new or up to ten years old, still majority-owned by their founders and employees.
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