Cybersecurity technology company, QNu Labs has announced the successful closure of $6.5 million in its Pre-Series A1 funding round. This significant investment, led by Ashish Kacholia of Lucky Investments, with Speciale Invest, and a well-known family fund, represents a crucial step in the company's path to global quantum technology leadership.   

This capital infusion will also bolster QNu Labs' leadership team, with strategic hires in senior sales, marketing, and engineering roles. Furthermore, it will accelerate the deployment of their solutions, in line with the increasing demand from customers. 

The company mentioned in its statement that with this funding, it also plans to expand its services into new markets. Currently, it operates in several countries, including India.  

"Extremely happy to announce this round of financing. QNu has proved that it's possible to build deep tech start-ups in India. And it also is heartening to see that even in this tough funding market, it's always possible to raise equity for a good quality business, said Srinivas Rao Aluri, co-founder of QNu Labs.  

QNu Labs was founded and incubated in 2016 at IIT, Madras Research Park by a bunch of deep tech enthusiasts with the vision of building a globally recognised deep tech start-up from India in the quantum-safe cybersecurity space.