Qubit Pharmaceuticals
Qubit Pharmaceuticals develops drug discovery software using quantum physics, with 7 internal programs focused on cancer and inflammatory diseases. The 58-person company raised $20M in seed funding in June 2022.
The growth story
Qubit Pharmaceuticals grew from 23 to 58 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $20M along the way, most recently a Seed in June 2022.
About
Qubit Pharmaceuticals builds software for drug discovery that applies quantum physics to model molecular interactions. Its ATLAS platform, based on 30 years of academic research, is used internally for cancer and inflammatory disease programs and in partnerships with pharma companies and academia.
The company has grown to 58 employees since its 2020 founding. Its $20M seed round in 2022 was led by European Innovation Council and included Quantonation and XAnge.
Founders and leadership
Research is the largest function with 15 employees. Founders Louis Lagardère, Matthieu Montes, and Jean-Philip Piquemal bring expertise from Sorbonne University, CNRS, and CNAM.
The Qubit Pharmaceuticals org chart
Robert Marino (CEO) leads 19 mapped leaders with 10 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 12 (0% YoY), Business Development 11 (-15% YoY), Information Technology 6 (-14% YoY), Research 5 (-17% YoY), Administrative 3 (-25% YoY).
Talent flow
The team draws heavily from French academic institutions, with 5 from Sorbonne Université and 4 from CNRS. Alumni have founded quantum computing and health tech startups like Hadamard and WYW Quantum.
Most common previous employers of Qubit Pharmaceuticals staff: Sorbonne Université (5), Université Paris Cité (5), CNRS (4), Inria (3), The University of Texas at Austin (3), CEA (3). Former Qubit Pharmaceuticals employees most often moved to Formel AI (2), WYW Quantum (1), Audace Health (1), Quantonation (1), Qwant (1), Quandela (1).
The Qubit Pharmaceuticals mafia
Alumni have founded 4 companies, including Hadamard (7 employees) and WYW Quantum (3 employees), both in quantum computing.
4Antoine Tessier, was Quantum Computing until 2024Mohammad Haidar, was Senior Researcher in Quantum computing for quantum chemistry and team manager until 2024Clara Martinez, was Research ML & Bioinformatics Engineer until 2022Marion Pierfitte, was Chief Operating Officer until 2025Web traffic
Traffic mix: 0% direct, 0% search, 0% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Qubit Pharmaceuticals: Python (Programming Language) (22), Project Management (18), Molecular Dynamics (16), Research Skills (15), C++ (14), Communication (13), Drug Discovery (12), Leadership (12).
Where the team actually sits
Qubit Pharmaceuticals people are concentrated in Île-de-France, France (17), Greater Paris Metropolitan Region (12), France (8), Massachusetts, United States (2).
Search footprint
Qubit Pharmaceuticals attracts about 42 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $0K a month if bought through ads. It gained 21 ranking keywords and lost 11 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.00 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.50 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.00 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.00 / 5
Frequently asked
Qubit Pharmaceuticals has 58 employees as of September 2026.
Qubit Pharmaceuticals has raised $20M in total, most recently a Seed round in June 2022.
Qubit Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2020 by Jean-Philip Piquemal, Matthieu Montes, Pengyu Ren, Jay Ponder.
Robert Marino (CEO) sits at the top of Qubit Pharmaceuticals's reporting structure, with 10 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Qubit Pharmaceuticals staff are Sorbonne Université (5 people), Université Paris Cité (5 people), CNRS (4 people).
Former Qubit Pharmaceuticals employees most often move to Formel AI (2), WYW Quantum (1), Audace Health (1).
At least 4 companies have a founder who previously worked at Qubit Pharmaceuticals, including Hadamard, WYW Quantum, Moir-Ai.
Qubit Pharmaceuticals attracts about 42 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $0K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Qubit Pharmaceuticals staff are Python (Programming Language), Project Management, Molecular Dynamics, Research Skills, C++.
Qubit Pharmaceuticals staff are concentrated in Île-de-France, France (17), Greater Paris Metropolitan Region (12), France (8).
Qubit Pharmaceuticals has about 12 people in Engineering, up 0% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Qubit Pharmaceuticals has about 11 people in Business Development, down 15% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 43 current and 41 former Qubit Pharmaceuticals profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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