Sky News
A US Air Force Reserve brigadier-general will this week unveil a $5m funding boost for her British-based quantum computing start-up. Sky News understands that Mandy Birch, who is also an adviser to the UK's National Quantum Computing Centre, has secured the capital for TreQ, a manufacturing company focused on building and operating open-architecture quantum computers. Based at Milton Park, Oxfordshire, TreQ's seed funding round is being led by Lavrock Ventures, a US-based venture firm focused on deep tech and national security.