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RhymeQ Pre-Seed (2026)

RhymeQ raised a $2.2 million pre-seed led by Ground State Ventures, with Vanagon Ventures, Plug and Play, and Freiraum Ventures.

Company
RhymeQ
Round type
Pre-Seed
Date
2026-10-22
Amount
$2.2M
Industry
quantum computing
Location
Karlsruhe and Zürich

Summary

RhymeQ raised a $2.2 million pre-seed led by Ground State Ventures, with Vanagon Ventures, Plug and Play, and Freiraum Ventures. The company news page is dated 22 October 2026. Tech.eu and Quantum Computing Report report the same amount, the same lead, and the same participants. The Raise Track Update says the same. The amount is in US dollars and is stored. A fund size in the company's about-Ground-State paragraph is not stored.

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  1. https://www.rhymeq.com/news
    Type: company announcement. Accessed 2026-10-22.
    RhymeQ news page, 22 October 2026, datelined Berlin, Germany. Says the company raised a $2.2 million pre-seed led by Ground State Ventures, with Vanagon Ventures, Plug and Play, and Freiraum Ventures. Says RhymeQ is based in Karlsruhe, Germany and Zurich, Switzerland, using the Zurich spelling with an umlaut. Says founded in 2026 by Daniel Volz, Tamas Varga, and Christina Wu. The about-Ground-State paragraph says the firm operates an $88 million fund and was established in 2022, and it gives https://www.gsv.vc. The fund size is not stored.
  2. https://tech.eu/2026/10/22/rhymeq-emerges-from-stealth-with-22m-to-simplify-quantum-programming/
    Type: reputable publication. Accessed 2026-10-22.
    Tech.eu, October 22, 2026. Says RhymeQ emerged from stealth with a $2.2 million pre-seed led by Ground State Ventures, with Vanagon Ventures, Plug and Play, and Freiraum Ventures. Says founded in 2026 by Daniel Volz, Tamas Varga, and Christina Wu. The portion read does not restate the cities.
  3. https://quantumcomputingreport.com/rhymeq-emerges-from-stealth-with-2-2-million-pre-seed-round-to-launch-python-abstraction-layer-for-quantum-computing/
    Type: reputable publication. Accessed 2026-10-22.
    Quantum Computing Report, October 22, 2026. Calls RhymeQ a Karlsruhe and Zurich-based quantum software startup, using the umlaut spelling of Zurich. Says $2.2 million USD in pre-seed financing led by Ground State Ventures, with Vanagon Ventures, Plug and Play, and Freiraum Ventures.
  4. https://buttondown.com/raisetrack/archive/raise-track-update-2026-10-22/
    Type: other verified public source. Accessed 2026-10-22.
    Raise Track Update for 2026-10-22, Section 1. Calls RhymeQ a Karlsruhe, Germany and Zurich, Switzerland-based provider of an abstraction layer platform for quantum computing, using the umlaut spelling of Zurich. Amount line $2.2M (Pre-Seed). Says the round was led by Ground State Ventures with participation from Vanagon Ventures, Plug and Play, and Freiraum Ventures.