BVP led a $79m series C round closed by Rigetti five months after a securities filing revealed the Bloomberg-backed quantum computing technology developer was raising money.

Rigetti Computing, a US-based quantum computer developer backed by media group Bloomberg, completed a $79m series C round yesterday led by venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP).

Franklin Templeton, Alumni Ventures Group, Data Collective (DCVC), Morpheus Ventures, Northgate Capital, the Singaporean state-owned EDBI and private investor Mark Leslie also took part in the round.

Rigetti raised an initial $71m for the round in February this year, according to a regulatory filing that showed the amount included $23.9m in…

Thierry Heles

Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.