SoftBank has made another notable investment in the emerging quantum commuting sector, as software firm Classiq announced that the SoftBank Vision Fund 2 has joined its Series C funding round first announced in May.
CDP Venture Capital, Italy’s largest venture capital operator, also joined SoftBank as a new investor in Classiq, a company which has set for itself the bold aim to become “the Microsoft of quantum computing.” The amount of SoftBank’s investment was not disclosed, though one report suggested it added between $10 million and $20 million to the $110 million round previously announced.
This marks SoftBank’s second major quantum computing investment of 2025, after it was described as leading, along with Google, a $230 million funding round for Boston-based QuEra Computing. With the Classiq move, SoftBank now has stakes in both the software and hardware parts of the quantum computing sector. The Japanese tech giant also is collaborating with Quantinuum on putting hybrid quantum-classical computing to work solving AI challenges.
Classiq said SoftBank Vision Fund 2’s investment followed an in-depth evaluation by the company’s R&D team, which it said validated Classiq’s ability to generate high-performance quantum circuits that reduce computational costs and deliver superior results on today’s hardware.
“SoftBank and CDP Venture Capital bring bold, long-term perspectives to deep tech,” said Nir Minerbi, CEO and co-founder of Classiq. “Their support reflects a strong belief in Classiq’s mission to unlock quantum computing for real-world applications and to shape the future of this transformative technology.”
The new capital will be used to accelerate product development, expand global partnerships and deepen customer engagements across industries including finance, automotive, telecommunications, energy, chemistry and pharmaceuticals, Classiq said.