Mitsui & Co.
Japanese trading and investment conglomerate; participated in Quantinuum's $300M 2024 equity round and separately signed a 2024 distributorship agreement to market Quantinuum's quantum computing and quantum-safe cybersecurity offerings across Japan and the wider Asia-Pacific region.
Japanese general trading company (sogo shosha) headquartered in Tokyo, tracing its origin to an 1876 predecessor trading house and re-incorporated in 1947 after the postwar dissolution of the Mitsui zaibatsu. Invests off its own balance sheet across energy, metals, and machinery, and increasingly deep technology. Its $50 million participation in Quantinuum's $300 million 2024 equity round, alongside Honeywell, JPMorgan Chase, and Amgen, was paired with a distributorship agreement to market Quantinuum's quantum computing and quantum-safe cybersecurity offerings across Japan and Asia-Pacific.
Overview
- Firm
- Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
- Headquarters
- Tokyo, Japan
- Founded
- 1876
- AUM
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Mitsui invested $50 million in Quantinuum's $300 million 2024 equity round and signed a distributorship agreement to market its quantum computing and quantum-safe cybersecurity offerings in Japan and Asia-Pacific.
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.: Mitsui to invest in Quantinuum, a leading global quantum computing company, and sign a distributorship agreement for marketing in Japan and Asia-PacificVerified2024-01-17 - 2
O'Melveny independently confirmed Mitsui's $50 million investment in Quantinuum.
O'Melveny: O'Melveny Advises Mitsui on US$50M Investment in QuantinuumVerified2024-01-17