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EQS-News: MIG Capital announces stable development in fiscal year 2023, optimistic outlook for 2024

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

MIG Capital announces stable development in fiscal year 2023, optimistic outlook for 2024

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  • MIG Capital announces stable development in fiscal year 2023, optimistic outlook for 2024
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  • MIG Capital announces stable development in fiscal year 2023, optimistic outlook for 2024
    MIG Capital added three start-ups to its portfolio with talpasolutions, mbiomics and Look Up Space
    In 2024, MIG Capital will continue its long-standing success with a focus on continued investment in highly innovative start-ups, the identification of exit options and continued expansion of the investment team
    MIG Capital, one of Germany’s leading venture capital investors, reports a successful 2023 financial year.
  • Michael Motschmann, Managing Partner of MIG Capital, said: “For the entire VC sector, including ourselves, 2023 was the second difficult year in a row.
  • Dr. Matthias Kromayer, Managing Partner of MIG Capital, said: “Despite continued economic uncertainty, we see our portfolio companies making stable progress in 2024.

IQM Announces New CEO Appointment

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

NEW YORK, Jan. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- IQM Corporation, a leading verticalized data and media buying platform announced the appointment of its Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Kris Qiu, to the role of Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2024.

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  • NEW YORK, Jan. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- IQM Corporation, a leading verticalized data and media buying platform announced the appointment of its Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Kris Qiu, to the role of Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2024.
  • Bhargav Patel, who led the company for the past nine and half years will be joining the board as a non-executive chairman.
  • His experience and vision will be invaluable as the company enters additional specialty and highly regulated verticals including healthcare, automotive and gaming.
  • "Kris is the right leader for IQM, said Bhargav Patel, Co-Founder and outgoing CEO of IQM, and I am confident his experience, vision and quest for operational excellence will continue to drive IQM's growth and success in new and highly regulated verticals."

IQM announces expansion to US, signs partnership with UC Berkeley to develop advanced quantum processors

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

The US expansion will also offer IQM a myriad of opportunities to integrate with quantum research organisations.

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  • The US expansion will also offer IQM a myriad of opportunities to integrate with quantum research organisations.
  • "The expansion is truly a big bang for IQM, and kicking it off together with UC Berkeley is exactly in line with our mission.
  • The partnership between IQM and UC Berkeley will develop the next generation of advanced superconducting quantum processors.
  • The teams at IQM and UC Berkeley will fabricate 3D-integrated versions of novel quantum processors that have high quantum coherence and minimal levels of unwanted crosstalk.

IQM Quantum Computers to advance future hybrid quantum applications with NVIDIA

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

DENVER and ESPOO. Finland, Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IQM Quantum Computers (IQM), a global leader in building quantum computers, today announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to advance future hybrid quantum applications through NVIDIA CUDA Quantum, an open-source platform for integrating and programming quantum processing units in one system. 

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  • Collaboration will enable users of IQM's quantum processing units to program hybrid quantum-classical applications with NVIDIA CUDA Quantum, an open-source platform
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  • Finland, Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IQM Quantum Computers (IQM), a global leader in building quantum computers, today announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to advance future hybrid quantum applications through NVIDIA CUDA Quantum , an open-source platform for integrating and programming quantum processing units in one system.
  • As part of this collaboration, users of IQM's quantum processing units across enterprises and research institutions can program and develop the next generation of hybrid quantum-classical applications with NVIDIA CUDA Quantum.
  • The future is quantum-accelerated supercomputing: quantum computers and supercomputers working together to solve the most important problems, including machine learning, cybersecurity, drug, and chemical research.

IQM Quantum Computers launches IQM Radiance - a 150 qubit system paving the way to quantum advantage

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

Aiming to pave the way to quantum advantage, using the 150-qubit system as a stepping-stone focusing on high-quality qubits and gates.

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  • Aiming to pave the way to quantum advantage, using the 150-qubit system as a stepping-stone focusing on high-quality qubits and gates.
  • ESPOO, Finland, Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IQM Quantum Computers (IQM), a global leader in building quantum computers, today unveiled its quantum computing platform, "IQM Radiance", aiming to pave the way to quantum advantage within the next years with a 150-qubit quantum system.
  • IQM Radiance offers quantum computing capabilities to businesses and governments and can be deployed in high-performance computing and data centres.
  • Through the acquisition of IQM Radiance, businesses will gain a significant head start on practical applications and system integration.

Franklin Templeton Launches Franklin Focused Growth ETF (FFOG)

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Monday, November 6, 2023

Franklin Templeton today launched Franklin Focused Growth ETF on CBOE under the ticker FFOG.

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  • Franklin Templeton today launched Franklin Focused Growth ETF on CBOE under the ticker FFOG.
  • This ETF was converted from a mutual fund, and it maintains the predecessor Franklin Focused Growth Fund’s investment goal, principal investment strategies, performance benchmark, investment adviser and portfolio management team.
  • Moberg is also the portfolio manager of four thematic ETFs focused on dynamic innovation: Franklin Intelligent Machines ETF (IQM), Franklin Exponential Data ETF (XDAT), Franklin Disruptive Commerce ETF (BUYZ) and Franklin Genomic Advancements ETF (HELX).
  • “I am very excited to bring the Franklin Focused Growth ETF to the market.

Finland launches a 20-qubit quantum computer - development towards more powerful quantum computers continues

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023

ESPOO, Finland, Oct. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and the European leader in building quantum computers, IQM Quantum Computers, have completed Finland's second quantum computer. The new 20-qubit quantum computer further strengthens Finland's position among the countries investing into quantum computing. Finland completed its first quantum computer, a 5-qubit one, in 2021.

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  • The quantum computer is a result of intensive joint technology development between VTT and IQM Quantum Computers, demonstrating the companies' excellence in developing technologies to scale up quantum computers.
  • ESPOO, Finland, Oct. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and the European leader in building quantum computers, IQM Quantum Computers , have completed Finland's second quantum computer.
  • Finland announced its efforts in quantum computing development back in November 2020 with a total budget of EUR 20.7 million from the government to develop a 50-qubit quantum computer in 2024.
  • Our first goal was to complete a 5-qubit quantum computer, and now we have reached our second goal of a 20-qubit quantum computer.

Coherent to Demonstrate Next-Generation Transceiver Technology for Digital Coherent Optics in Ultracompact Pluggable Form Factors for Disaggregated Systems at ECOC 2023

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Monday, October 2, 2023

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in optical communications components and subsystems, today announced that it will demonstrate next-generation transceiver technology for 100G, 400G, and 800G digital coherent optics (DCO) in ultracompact pluggable form factors for disaggregated systems at ECOC 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland, October 2-4, stand #406. Such advances are critical to sustaining the growth of optical communications networks driven by artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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  • The live demonstrations will include the following:
    PITTSBURGH, Oct. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in optical communications components and subsystems, today announced that it will demonstrate next-generation transceiver technology for 100G, 400G, and 800G digital coherent optics (DCO) in ultracompact pluggable form factors for disaggregated systems at ECOC 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland, October 2-4, stand #406.
  • Such advances are critical to sustaining the growth of optical communications networks driven by artificial intelligence and machine learning.
  • The 140 GBaud IC-TROSA enables 0 dBm output power without the need for external amplification or tunable filters to achieve industry-leading performance.
  • The transceiver features Coherent's Steelerton® DSP, the industry’s first purpose-built DSP for 100ZR applications that enables best-in-class power efficiency.

Democratising access to quantum computing: IQM Quantum Computers launches “IQM Spark” for universities and labs

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

IQM Quantum Computers (IQM), the European leader in building quantum computers, today launched “IQM Spark,” comprising a superconducting quantum computer and tailored learning experiences for universities and research labs worldwide.

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  • IQM Quantum Computers (IQM), the European leader in building quantum computers, today launched “IQM Spark,” comprising a superconducting quantum computer and tailored learning experiences for universities and research labs worldwide.
  • To help universities kick-start their quantum program, in addition, universities will have free maintenance for one year, and IQM will also provide training for running the system and learning materials accessible through IQM Academy, a user-friendly online platform.
  • With IQM Spark, students of all levels (bachelor, master, and PhD) will have the opportunity to learn hands-on about quantum computing.
  • With its technical track record and world-class expertise, IQM is also committed to collaborating with universities to drive advancements in quantum science.

Digital Advertising Alliance Launches Opt-Out Functionality for Hashed Phone Number Identifiers

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Wednesday, August 2, 2023

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) today launched new beta functionality allowing individuals to opt out of interest-based advertising (IBA) via the submission of "hashed" -- or encrypted -- phone numbers. In the past, the DAA's Token-ID-Based Tool was designed to utilize hashed email addresses to exercise those choices. The newly enhanced tool is live and available for use in the United States and Canada.

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  • WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) today launched new beta functionality allowing individuals to opt out of interest-based advertising (IBA) via the submission of "hashed" -- or encrypted -- phone numbers.
  • In the past, the DAA's Token-ID-Based Tool was designed to utilize hashed email addresses to exercise those choices.
  • "By launching opt-out functionality based on hashed phone numbers, we are creating a centralized choice infrastructure that can support both current and emerging technologies used for interest-based advertising," said DAA CEO Lou Mastria.
  • "As digital advertising companies consider the tools and identifiers they plan to use in the coming years, they should 'future-proof' their plans by integrating this comprehensive phone- and email-based choice mechanism into that roadmap, starting today."