News
News from Optiqal
Company milestones and events as we bring quantum frequency conversion from the lab to deployable hardware.
Updates
Latest updates
Meet us at Slush 2026
Our founders will be at Slush in Helsinki from 17 to 19 November. We’d welcome the chance to connect while we’re there.
Contact us to schedule a meetingFirst paid order, eight weeks after incorporation
Our first customer order for a quantum frequency conversion system arrived just eight weeks after Optiqal was founded.
Dr. Jörg Rupp joins as co-founder
Entrepreneur and deep-tech investor Dr. Jörg Rupp joins Optiqal as co-founder, leading finance, fundraising and business development.
Optiqal Quantum Technologies GmbH founded
Optiqal is founded in Saarbrücken as a spin-out of Prof. Christoph Becher’s quantum optics group at Saarland University to turn quantum frequency conversion into deployable hardware.
Optiqal joins SouthwestX
Optiqal is now incubated by SouthwestX, the startup factory in Saarbrücken connecting research-driven teams with founders, industry and investors across the region.