Quantum QX Scale-Up Program Shows Results in Year 3, with Exporters Emerging

2026 Quantum Industry QX Networking Forum Held

Deep-tech accelerator Bluepoint Partners said on November 12 that its “Quantum Computing QX Scale-Up Valley Development Project” is entering its third year, with commercialization results becoming visible, including the emergence of companies exporting their products.

Participants at the '2026 Quantum Industry QX Networking Forum: Quantum Horizon,' held at Daejeon Onoma Hotel on the 11th, pose for a commemorative photo. / Photo by Bluepoint Partners

At the “2026 Quantum Industry QX Networking Forum: Quantum Horizon,” held the previous day at Hotel Onoma in Daejeon, participating companies shared their achievements in the development program, including revenue and overseas exports. Representatives in Korea of global quantum companies such as Quandela and Pasqal also attended the event.

The project is supported by the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Innopolis Foundation, and Daejeon Metropolitan City, and is led by the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS). Bluepoint, Daejeon Technopark, and the Innopolis Venture Association are among the organizations taking part, supporting technology development and commercialization for companies adapting industrial technologies to the quantum sector.

In his opening remarks, KRISS President Lee Ho-seong said, “Research proves its value when it moves beyond the laboratory, is used by businesses, and generates revenue. I hope the network formed today will serve as a foundation for technology development and global expansion.” Lee Soon-chil, a program director at the National Research Council of Science and Technology (NST), said in congratulatory remarks, “We must continue pursuing foundational technologies, while keeping pace with the global standard in industrialization, or we will fall behind.”

Kang No-won, head of the KRISS Performance and Policy Division, presented the program’s achievements and said, “As the project enters its third year, its commercialization efforts are beginning to bear fruit.” Participating company Withwave has commercialized and begun selling domestically developed cryogenic coaxial cables through the project. Quantum software company Qunova has secured customers in five countries and regions—Japan, Spain, the Netherlands, Romania, and Taiwan—with its quantum computing-based platform for discovering drug candidates, and plans to pursue commercialization with global pharmaceutical and biotech companies.

Investment has also followed. Among the companies supported by Bluepoint, which leads business scale-up efforts, with intellectual property (IP) strategy consulting and business mentoring, neutral-atom quantum computing company OQTI and Quad, a company developing superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs), have raised a total of 16.1 billion won in follow-on investment. Further investment is expected, as discussions are ongoing with other companies.

In presentation sessions, Traphions, Quad, and Cryo H&I discussed industrialization bottlenecks and market opportunities in quantum computer manufacturing and key components, as well as cryogenics.

Bluepoint CEO Lee Yong-kwan said, “As exchanges have deepened and investment opportunities have increased compared with three years ago, we will work to help the domestic ecosystem reach the global level as quickly as possible.”

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