Privacy Tech Funding

Quantum Bridge Technologies, a quantum-safe cybersecurity company founded by Mattia Montagna and Hoi-Kwong Lo, raised an $8 million Series A led by Primo Capital SGR, with Wayra and Cadenza VC among a global syndicate of investors. Its core technology is the Distributed Symmetric Key Establishment (DSKE) protocol, which decentralizes key management to remove single points of failure. The article is dated 2026-10-07 and does not mention homomorphic encryption, zero-knowledge proofs, MPC, confidential computing or private AI.

Taiwan's HwaCom Systems (6163.TW) announced on October 6 that it invested NT$80 million (about $2.5 million) to set up SureWin, a subsidiary focused on AI data governance and post-quantum cryptography for the semiconductor industry. This is a parent-company investment in a new subsidiary, not an outside funding round. The PQC platform was developed with the Institute for Information Industry and has completed proof-of-concept in the financial sector; the source names none of the listed privacy technologies (HE, ZKP, MPC, confidential computing, private AI).

Project Eleven, a post-quantum security company for digital assets led by CEO Alex Pruden, launched Strongpoint, a post-quantum custody platform, on Oct. 7, 2026 in New York, with Zcash Foundation as an initial development partner. The excerpt describes a product launch and partnership, with no funding round or amount mentioned. The Zcash Foundation contributes expertise in privacy-preserving cryptography, and the release cites over $1 trillion in digital assets at risk from quantum attacks.