News & Updates

Qunett was proud to be featured at CDL Super Session 2025, the annual showcase hosted by Creative Destruction Lab at the Rotman School of Management in Toronto. This invitation-only event brought together top graduating ventures from CDL’s global network, alongside leading founders, mentors, and investors for two days of keynotes, panels, and venture presentations. The event highlighted cutting-edge startups addressing major global challenges—from AI and healthcare to climate and space—reinforcing CDL’s mission to accelerate science-based innovation poised for global impact.

Qunett has been awarded a $100,000 Stage I grant from MassVentures, part of the Massachusetts SBIR Targeted Technologies (START) program, which supports Phase II SBIR/STTR recipients in commercializing cutting-edge research. This non-dilutive funding will accelerate Qunett’s efforts to build foundational hardware for scalable quantum networks and deepen its integration into the dynamic deep-tech ecosystem in Massachusetts. Backed by MassVentures’ track record of turning research into economic impact, this award uniquely positions Qunett to advance strategic business development, IP roadmap support, and go-to-market readiness.

Qunett proudly graduated from the Creative Destruction Lab Quantum Stream, completing the rigorous nine‑month accelerator that unites quantum founders, mentors, and investors across CDL‑Toronto and CDL‑Montréal. Through intensive bootcamps and objective-setting sessions, the Qunett team sharpened its business strategy and technical roadmap—benefiting from mentorships and resources from partners like IBM Q, Xanadu, and HEC Montréal.

As one of 19 selected startups, Qunett received funding from the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition’s PROPEL Operations Program—part of a $1.43 million effort to fuel deep-tech commercialization and offset critical operating costs.

MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy hosted its inaugural Business of Quantum Summit on April 4, 2025, bringing together leaders from academia, industry, government, and startups to deepen their understanding of when and how quantum technologies can deliver real-world value. As a panelist, Qunett’s CEO, Dr. Laura Andre, shared insights into the future of quantum cryptography and networking, emphasizing the urgent need for a new hardware layer to connect quantum devices at scale, alongside experts from NIST, Microsoft Research, and Lightsynq. 

Qunett has been selected as one of seven startups in MIT.nano’s START.nano program, joining a diverse group of over 20 deep‑tech ventures pioneering innovations in health, data storage, power, and sustainable energy. The program provides Qunett with one year of access to state‑of‑the‑art nanofabrication facilities, expert staff, and networking events.

Qunett has been accepted into the 2024-25 cohort of Creative Destruction Lab’s Quantum Stream, joining a select group of early-stage quantum tech startups focused on commercializing breakthrough quantum innovations. Over the next nine months, the team will participate in five intensive full-day sessions—receiving strategic mentorship, industry introductions, and investor access—to accelerate development of its scalable quantum networking platform.

Qunett has received a PROPEL Manufacturing Grant from the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition—part of the CHIPS‑backed regional initiative designed to offset lab-to-fab prototyping costs for emerging microelectronics firms. This support not only accelerates Qunett’s development of scalable quantum communication hardware, but also immerses the startup in a thriving Northeast ecosystem: a network of 200+ organizations spanning industry, academia, and federal labs under the Microelectronics Commons framework.

Qunett earned the $10,000 Quantacet Prize at the Creative Destruction Lab Quantum Bootcamp Pitch Competition, selected from a strong cohort of 33 startups for its innovative quantum networking hardware stack.

Qunett showcased its quantum communication hardware at the 2024 Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC24) and participated in the OFCnet live-network demonstrations—an event that drew over 13,000 attendees and featured more than 600 industry exhibitors.