ColibriTD raises €4M to scale quantum-powered simulation
The funding will be deployed across R&D on H-DES, the recruitment of quantum researchers and domain expert engineers, expansion of hardware, academic and industrial partnerships, and international growth to prepare for scale.
ColibriTD, a French quantum software company specializing in multiphysics simulation, has announced the closing of an EUR 4 million seed round led by Earlybird Venture Capital, with participation from SymbiaVC and Medin VC.
The round follows Earlybird’s initial EUR 1 million pre-seed investment in the company and will be deployed across R&D on H-DES, the recruitment of quantum researchers and domain expert engineers to support client engagements, the expansion of hardware, academic and industrial partnerships, and international growth to prepare for scale, ColibriTD said in a press release.
“Hardware may unlock quantum computing, but software determines where its value is created,” said Dr. Frédéric Du Bois-Reymond, Venture Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital. “ColibriTD has built a differentiated software platform with the scientific credibility and industrial traction to become the decision layer for quantum applications. We’re proud to continue supporting the team on that journey.”
ColibriTD’s core technology is H-DES (Hybrid Differential Equation Solver), a proprietary variational quantum algorithm designed to solve partial differential equations (PDEs, the mathematical backbone of multiphysics simulation governing everything from fluid dynamics and material deformation to financial risk modeling).
Over the past several years, ColibriTD has completed co-construction projects across six computationally demanding sectors in industry: defense and aerospace (radio frequency design, combustion modeling for propulsion systems), space and climate science, semiconductor design, nuclear energy, automotive engineering and quantitative finance, the press release said.
“With seven successful co-construction projects across six sectors, we’ve proven that quantum-powered simulation is a present capability, not a future promise,” said Dr. Laurent Guiraud, Cofounder and CEO of ColibriTD. “This seed round accelerates our momentum as we scale our hardware-agnostic platform to help more enterprises capture the quantum advantage.”
