Comcast Ventures co-led a series A round for the quantum computing technology developer that included BASF Venture Capital and Robert Bosch Venture Capital.

Zapata Computing, a US-based quantum computing spinout of Harvard University, raised $21m yesterday in a series A round co-led by Comcast Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of mass media conglomerate Comcast.

BASF Venture Capital and Robert Bosch Venture Capital, respective investment subsidiaries of chemicals producer BASF and industrial technology and appliance producer Robert Bosch, also participated in the round, which was co-led by venture capital firm Prelude Ventures.

The round also featured The Engine, the incubator formed by Massachusetts Institute…