Quantum Companies in Middle East by Funding
Israel is the anchor of the Middle East quantum ecosystem, with leading companies in quantum control systems, circuit synthesis software and photonic computing. This page ranks Middle East quantum companies by total disclosed funding.
| # | Company | Region / Country | Technology | Total Funding | Latest Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quantum MachinesTel Aviv · est. 2018 | 🌍 Middle EastIsrael | ⚛️ quantum-computingControl & orchestration | ~$220MMajor | Growth round · 2023-01 |
| 2 | Quantum ArtTel Aviv · est. 2022 | 🌍 Middle EastIsrael | ⚛️ quantum-computingPhotonic | ~$127MMajor | Series a · 2025-12-10 |
| 3 | ClassiqTel Aviv · est. 2020 | 🌍 Middle EastIsrael | ⚛️ quantum-computingCircuit synthesis software | ~$110MMajor | — |
Figures marked ~ are approximations from public reporting. Chinese and early-stage figures often include partially undisclosed rounds. See methodology. Data: companies.json (CC BY 4.0). For the full cross-technology table, see the all quantum funding rankings.
How to read this ranking
The Middle East cohort is small — 3 tracked companies and about $457M of disclosed financing — but it contains several of the sector's most important enabling-layer businesses: quantum control electronics, circuit synthesis software and multi-core processor architectures. It is a reminder that a quantum supply chain is not only made of qubit makers.
Control stacks and software, not only processors
A fault-tolerant machine needs control hardware, orchestration software, calibration tooling and error-correction compilers regardless of which qubit modality wins. Companies selling into every modality can build revenue earlier than a processor builder, and their financing needs are correspondingly different.
Ranking them by disclosed capital next to full-stack processor companies is therefore a comparison of business models, not of technical ambition. The sub-technology and description columns are the right place to start if you are evaluating the ecosystem.
Why the cohort is small
Quantum activity in the region is concentrated around a handful of research-linked companies, and corporate or defence-adjacent funding is frequently undisclosed. News monitoring finds the announced rounds and misses everything else. We state this as a coverage limitation rather than extrapolating a regional total from the visible rows.
A short table is not a thin market. It is a short table, and we would rather publish it with that caveat than pad it with inferred entries.
Valuation without disclosed cash
Several announcements in this cohort quote an implied valuation but no transaction value. We store the valuation in a separate field, display an undisclosed label in the amount column, and do not convert the valuation into a notional round. Doing so would inflate both the company row and the regional total with a number nobody paid.
If you recompute the ranking from our JSON, filter for events with an amount to reproduce the published table exactly. That reproducibility is the point of shipping the data alongside the prose.
How we handle the next round
New rounds are added from public reports, de-duplicated when several outlets cover the same financing, and marked as pending verification until checked against the original source. Corrections are dated and listed publicly. That process is described in full in our editorial policy rather than hidden behind a daily-updated badge.
What the numbers on this page actually show
Of the 3 companies on this list, 3 have a disclosed cumulative figure and 0 do not. The median disclosed total is $127M; the three largest rows (Quantum Machines, Quantum Art, Classiq) account for roughly 100% of all capital tracked here, led by Quantum Machines. That concentration is a property of capital-intensive hardware, not a verdict on which technology works best.
Every figure is a lower bound. Undisclosed rounds, partially disclosed RMB amounts, grants bundled into a financing package and public-market programmes drawn down over months all move the same row in different directions. We publish the underlying JSON so you can recompute the table under your own rules; the ranking rule itself is documented on the methodology page, and the reasoning behind editorial choices is on the editorial policy page.