# Diraq funding: rounds and investors

> Diraq has raised $67M across 3 rounds since 2025. Investors include Main Sequence Ventures, Quantonation and In-Q-Tel. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/diraq (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Diraq*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 7 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Deeptech IT Services Quantum Computing

Raised 6 months ago

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Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026

**$67M** raised across 3 rounds since 2025, from 3 sources

**$15M** Round **$14M** Venture **$38M** Grant

- **Latest round:** Grant, $38M May 2026
- **Step-up i:** 2.7×
- **Investors:** 7

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2026

**$15M** Round

**$14M** Venture

**$38M** Grant

- **First round:** Round, $15M
- **Biggest round:** $38M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 7 months

## The rounds

- **May 2026** Grant **$38M** *1 new* *2 returning* [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) [Main Sequence Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/main-sequence) [Quantonation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quantonation) Source recorded
- **Feb 2026** Venture **$14M** *2 returning* [Main Sequence Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/main-sequence) [Quantonation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quantonation) Source recorded
- **Jul 2025** Round **$15M** *6 new* [Main Sequence Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/main-sequence) [Quantonation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quantonation) [Uniseed Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uniseed) [Morgan Creek Digital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morgan-creek-digital) [ICM Global Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icm-global-funds) [NewSouth Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newsouth-innovations) Reported by Startup Daily

## Founders and team

From Diraq's own website: 1 founder, 8 on the team.

**Andrew Dzurak** CEO and Founder

- **Lasantha Thennakoon** Chief Financial Officer
- **Stefanie Tardo** Chief Operating Officer
- **Andre Saraiva** Head of Theory & Product Development
- **Arne Laucht** Head of Technical Partnerships
- **Chris Escott** Head of Engineering
- **Wee Han Lim** Head of Measurement & Fabrication
- **Henry Yang** Research Program Director
- **Scott A. McGregor** Chairman

Advisers *Stephen Bartlett*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Round** 2025 **Venture** 2026 **Grant** 2026 [Main Sequence Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/main-sequence) [Quantonation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quantonation) [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) [Uniseed Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uniseed) [Morgan Creek Digital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morgan-creek-digital) [ICM Global Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icm-global-funds) [NewSouth Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newsouth-innovations)

## Everyone who backed them

[Main Sequence Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/main-sequence) VC firm **3** rounds

[Quantonation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quantonation) VC firm **3** rounds

[In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) Accelerator **1** round

[Uniseed Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uniseed) VC firm **1** round

[Morgan Creek Digital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morgan-creek-digital) VC firm **1** round

[ICM Global Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icm-global-funds) Investment firm **1** round

[NewSouth Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newsouth-innovations) Investment firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Diraq as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[CoAct Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/co-act-capital) Private equity Per its own site

[UIL Limited](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uil-limited) Investment firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Diraq

### Who invested in Diraq?

Diraq's investors include Main Sequence Ventures, Quantonation, In-Q-Tel, Uniseed Ventures and Morgan Creek Digital, and 2 more on record.

### How much has Diraq raised?

Diraq has raised $67M across 3 rounds since 2025.

### When did Diraq last raise?

Diraq's most recent round was a Grant of $38M in May 2026.

### What was Diraq's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $38M in May 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Diraq first?

Diraq's first round on record, in Jul 2025, was backed by Main Sequence Ventures, Quantonation and Uniseed Ventures and 3 others.

### What stage is Diraq at?

Diraq's latest named round is a Grant, in May 2026.

### Where is Diraq based?

Diraq is based in Australia.

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