Classiq: Helping organizations jumpstart and accelerate their quantum computing

Full name: Avi Behar

Position: Senior Partnerships Manager

Company name: Classiq

Field of business: Quantum Computing

Founders: Nir Minerbi, Yehuda Naveh, Amir Naveh

Company description: Classiq Technologies is a quantum software company built for organizations seeking to jumpstart and accelerate their quantum computing programs.Classiq allows customers to create quantum circuits that would be impossible to develop by any other means, and it equips them with what they need to take full advantage of the coming quantum computing revolution. Since its 2020 inception, Classiq has built a world-class team of scientists and engineers and distilled decades of quantum expertise into a groundbreaking software development platform.

Year founded: 2020

Funding round: Series B

Amount raised to date: $65M

Investors: Awz Ventures, Alumni Ventures.

Number of employees: 50

Classiq was part of the Israeli startup squad that participated in Calcalist's Israel-Japan 2023 conference. Calcalist's "Tokyo Team" included early-stage startup companies in various fields. The startups joined the official delegation in its journey to Tokyo and took part in roundtable discussions at the event, presenting their companies to senior executives from the Japanese and international tech industries.