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The Europe Pitch
Your edge on global private capital markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
 
Good afternoon. Welcome back to The Europe Pitch, PitchBook's newsletter for the EMEA region.

⚛️ Quantum Motion just closed a $160M Series C—the UK's biggest quantum VC deal to date—backing its bet that bog-standard silicon chips can do what exotic custom hardware can't, cheaper and at scale. With European quantum investment already topping €800 million in 2026 and SPAC exits stacking up, this is one deep-tech corner of VC that's stopped feeling hypothetical. More below