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  "$schema": "../../../schema/funding-round.schema.json",
  "ts": "2026-05-28T00:00:00.000Z",
  "count": 8,
  "source": "curated-public-press",
  "notes": "Hand-curated from public press releases. Every entry has a citation URL. No imputed amounts; if amount undisclosed it is null. Submit corrections via GitHub Issues.",
  "rows": [
    {
      "company_slug": "qpi-ai",
      "company_name": "QpiAI",
      "round_type":   "Series-A",
      "amount_usd":   6500000,
      "currency":     "USD",
      "lead_investor":"YourNest Venture Capital",
      "other_investors":["SiliconCatalyst.in", "SunSea Capital"],
      "closed_on":    "2024-03-01",
      "stage_after":  "Series-A",
      "use_of_funds": "Hardware R&D + global commercialisation",
      "citation":     "https://www.qpiai.tech/news"
    },
    {
      "company_slug": "bosonq-psi",
      "company_name": "BosonQ Psi",
      "round_type":   "Seed",
      "amount_usd":   4150000,
      "currency":     "USD",
      "lead_investor":"BlueHill VC",
      "other_investors":["Multiple angels"],
      "closed_on":    "2023-08-15",
      "stage_after":  "Seed",
      "use_of_funds": "QuantSim Cloud platform expansion",
      "citation":     "https://www.bosonqpsi.com/news"
    },
    {
      "company_slug": "quantum-mantra",
      "company_name": "Quantum Mantra",
      "round_type":   "Pre-seed",
      "amount_usd":   null,
      "currency":     "INR",
      "lead_investor":"Undisclosed angels",
      "other_investors":[],
      "closed_on":    "2024-01-15",
      "stage_after":  "Pre-seed",
      "use_of_funds": "QKD prototype",
      "citation":     "https://quantum-mantra.com"
    },
    {
      "company_slug": "qulabs",
      "company_name": "QuLabs",
      "round_type":   "Seed",
      "amount_usd":   null,
      "currency":     "INR",
      "lead_investor":"Speciale Invest",
      "other_investors":[],
      "closed_on":    "2022-11-01",
      "stage_after":  "Seed",
      "use_of_funds": "QKD product development",
      "citation":     "https://qulabs.ai"
    },
    {
      "company_slug": "qnu-labs",
      "company_name": "QNu Labs",
      "round_type":   "Series-A",
      "amount_usd":   6700000,
      "currency":     "USD",
      "lead_investor":"Speciale Invest",
      "other_investors":["3one4 Capital", "Iron Pillar"],
      "closed_on":    "2023-09-20",
      "stage_after":  "Series-A",
      "use_of_funds": "Scale QKD + QRNG manufacturing",
      "citation":     "https://www.qnulabs.com/news"
    },
    {
      "company_slug": "taqbit",
      "company_name": "Taqbit",
      "round_type":   "Pre-seed",
      "amount_usd":   500000,
      "currency":     "USD",
      "lead_investor":"IIT Madras Incubation Cell",
      "other_investors":[],
      "closed_on":    "2023-02-10",
      "stage_after":  "Pre-seed",
      "use_of_funds": "QKD field-deployable hardware",
      "citation":     "https://taqbit.com"
    },
    {
      "company_slug": "rsl-quantum",
      "company_name": "RSL Quantum",
      "round_type":   "Grant",
      "amount_usd":   null,
      "currency":     "INR",
      "lead_investor":"FITT IIT Delhi incubation",
      "other_investors":[],
      "closed_on":    "2026-05-11",
      "stage_after":  "Incorporated",
      "use_of_funds": "Build India's quantum software backbone",
      "citation":     "https://rslquantum.com/about"
    },
    {
      "company_slug": "nqm-mission-grants",
      "company_name": "National Quantum Mission (DST)",
      "round_type":   "Government-Grant",
      "amount_usd":   720000000,
      "currency":     "USD",
      "lead_investor":"Department of Science and Technology, Government of India",
      "other_investors":[],
      "closed_on":    "2023-04-19",
      "stage_after":  "Mission-Approved",
      "use_of_funds": "NQM 2023-31: ₹6,003.65 cr across 4 verticals (computing, comms, sensing, materials)",
      "citation":     "https://dst.gov.in/national-quantum-mission"
    }
  ]
}