QUNNECT, INC

Brooklyn, NY · Founded 2017 · Quantum · Private

Quantum networking hardware and protocols for distributing quantum information across multiple nodes

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · qunnect.inc

Sector: Quantum
Headquarters: Brooklyn, NY
Founded: 2017
Latest Form D: $5M, Jan 2025
Total capital: $22.8M

Federal grants: $6.9M; 9 awards · 2019–2025; Rank in peer group#5 of 14
Private capital raised: $14M; 4 Form D · last Jan 2025; 21 months since last filing
Federal contracts: $1.9M; 7 awards · Defense, Commerce; Rank in Quantum#28 of 112
Granted patents: 6; 20 pending · first 2024; Rank in peer group#6 of 14

Capital timeline

Latest events

Sep 2025Federal contractCommerce · OU67-25-NEW-089 Entangled Photon Source$100K
Sep 2025Federal contractCommerce · OU77-25-NEW-119 Qunnect Automated Polarization Compensation System$42K
May 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Reliable Entanglement Verification For Scalable And Deployable Quantum Networks$1.2M
May 2025Federal contractDefense · Reliable Entanglement Verification For Scalable And Deployable Quantum Networks$1.2M
Mar 2025Federal contractDefense · Qunnect Qu-apc Compensator$44K
Jan 2025Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$5M
Aug 2024Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$1.8M
Sep 2022Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$7.2M
Jan 2021Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$100K

Show 11 earlier federal awards

Jul 2024Federal contractDefense · Automated Polarization Compensator (apc) And An Entangled Photon Source For Quantum Network Links Manufactured By Qunnect, Inc$147K
Mar 2024Federal contractDefense · Ultra-narrow Linewidth Atomic-based Entanglement Source With High Heralding Efficiency For Free-space Quantum Communication.$150K
Jun 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Ultra-Narrow linewidth near-IR atomic-based entanglement source with high heralding efficiency$150K
Apr 2022Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · A novel frequency conversion source for creating bichromatic entangled photons$1.6M
Feb 2022Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Room-temperature rack-mounted quantum buffer for high-rate time-bin qubits$256K
Mar 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Real-time polarization compensation and rapid Bell-state analysis through long-distance quantum channels$1.5M
Feb 2021Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · A novel frequency conversion source for creating bichromatic entangled photons$256K
Aug 2020Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Machine Learning Enhanced Hardware for Optimization and Self-tuning of High-Finesse Optical Cavities$256K
Jun 2020Federal contractDefense · Real-time Polarization Compensation And Rapid Bell-state Analysis Through Long-distance Quantum Channels$146K
Apr 2020Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · PHASE-II: Robust all-optical room-temperature quantum buffers for photonic quantum technologies$1.5M
Feb 2019Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Building Commercialization-ready Low-cost Deployable Room-temperature Quantum Memories$125K

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Federal first

23months

from QUNNECT, INC’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Feb 2019: Energy · $125K
First Form D · Jan 2021: $100K · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise: 4 awards

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Standing among 14 peers

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Quantum · Device

Federal grants#5 · top 36%
Granted patents#6 · top 43%
Linked publications#4 · top 29%

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Founders and team

Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants

MEHDI NAMAZIResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 2 patents · $1.9M in grants as PI
Eden L. FigueroaResearcherDirector, PromoterLinked by 1 patent
Figueroa K. EdenResearcherPromoterLinked by 1 patent
Mael L. FlamentResearcherExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterLinked by 1 patent · $1.6M in grants as PI
ANN MARIE SCHEIDTExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
AVRIL COAKLEYExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings

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Marie K. BrewerExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
Mark K. TolbertDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Medhi K. NamaziPromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
Niccole K. ConnerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Nicole L. ConnerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Noel L. GoddardExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Orli K. HerschmannDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Robert K. BrillPromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
YACOV SHAMASHExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

USPTO · 6 granted of 26

Oct 13, 2026New patentSystems And Methods For Tuning Optical Cavities Using Machine Learning TechniquesUSPTOUS 12,761,463
Sep 29, 2026New patentA System And Method For Detecting Correlations Between Two PhotonsUSPTOUS 12,747,984
Jun 2, 2026GrantedSystems And Methods For Performing Quantum Telecommunications Using A Bichromatic Entanglement SourceUSPTOUS 12,647,188

Show all 26 patent records

Systems And Methods For Tuning Optical Cavities Using Machine Learning TechniquesOct 13, 2026 · US 12,761,463Granted
A System And Method For Detecting Correlations Between Two PhotonsSep 29, 2026 · US 12,747,984Granted
Systems And Methods For Performing Quantum Telecommunications Using A Bichromatic Entanglement SourceJun 2, 2026 · US 12,647,188Granted
High-bandwidth Photonic Memory With A Warm Atomic VaporApr 30, 2026 · Application 19151246Pending
A System And Method For Detecting Correlations Between Two PhotonsApr 30, 2026 · Application 19155438Pending
High Fidelity Room Temperature Quantum MemorySep 11, 2025 · Application 18868707Pending
Systems And Methods For Real-time Polarization Drift Compensation In Optical Fiber Channels Used For Quantum CommunicationsJul 15, 2025 · US 12,361,308Granted
Quantum Network Devices, Systems, And MethodsMar 20, 2025 · Application 18962046Pending
Quantum Network Devices, Systems, And MethodsDec 31, 2024 · US 12,184,769Granted
High Fidelity Storage And Retrieval Of Quantum Information In A Warm Atomic Vapor Cell DeviceJun 4, 2024 · US 12,001,058Granted
Systems And Methods For Tuning Optical Cavities Using Machine Learning TechniquesSep 28, 2023 · Application 18021986Pending
High Fidelity Room Temperature Quantum MemoryApplication 63345189Pending
High Fidelity Storage And Retrieval Of Quantum Information In A Warm Atomic Vapor Cell DeviceApplication PCTUS2022015299Pending
Systems And Methods For Performing Quantum Telecommunications Using A Bichromatic Entanglement SourceApplication PCTUS2022014250Pending
High Fidelity Storage And Retrieval Of Quantum Information In A Warm Atomic Vapor Cell DeviceApplication 63245763Pending
Nonlocally Randomized Quantum-augmented Security (noraqus)Application 63504427Pending
Ultra-bright, Narrow Linewidth Photon Source For Generation Of Entangled Photon Pairs Or Heralded Single PhotonsApplication 19152376Pending
Nonlocally Randomized Quantum-augmented SecurityApplication PCTUS2024031076Pending
Ultra-bright, Narrow Linewidth Photon Source For Generation Of Entangled Photon Pairs Or Heralded Single PhotonsApplication PCTUS2024015598Pending
A System And Method For Detecting Correlations Between Two PhotonsApplication PCTUS2024015448Pending
High-bandwidth Photonic Memory With A Warm Atomic VaporApplication PCTUS2024015193Pending
Nonlocally Randomized Quantum-augmented SecurityApplication 19483171Pending
High Fidelity Room Temperature Quantum MemoryApplication PCTUS2023023346Pending
Ultra-bright, Narrow Linewidth Photon Source For Generation Of Entangled Photon Pairs Or Heralded Single PhotonsApplication 63484709Pending
Method For Reducing The Number Of Single Photon Detectors Used To Perform Entangled And Non-entangled Quantum Measurement ProtocolsApplication 63484696Pending
High-bandwidth Photonic Memory With A Warm Atomic VaporApplication 63484446Pending

Recent research by its founders

Bichromatic Quantum Teleportation of Weak Coherent Polarization States on a Metropolitan Fiber20260 cites
Entanglement distribution over a polarization-stabilized aerial fiber20260 cites
Entanglement Distribution over a Polarization-Stabilized Aerial Fiber20260 cites

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Regulatory activity · Quantum

Sector-level, not company-level

24 Apr 2026Eliminating Regulations Establishing Fellowships in Laboratory Standardization and Testing for Foreign CitizensNational Institute of Standards and Technology
19 Feb 2026Eliminating Obsolete Marking Requirements for Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation FirearmsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
19 Feb 2026Eliminating Obsolete Regulations Related to the Advanced Technology Program and the Technology Innovation ProgramNational Institute of Standards and Technology

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Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.