QT Sense on Campus Groningen raises 4 million

We 4 February 2026

Great news for Campus resident QT Sense! The Groningen biotech startup QT Sense has raised 4 million euros for the further development of its quantum sensing technology. (Article via Dagblad van het Noorden). Read more in Dutch.

De spin-out van het Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen (UMCG) spoort aandoeningen sneller op en kan real-time de effectiviteit van geneesmiddelen zien.  Dat kan door in cellen te kijken zonder ze kapot te maken.  Het is iets wat alleen QT Sense kan en daarmee heeft het jonge bedrijf de sleutels in handen om de geneeskunde serieus vooruit te helpen. De gepatenteerde technologie spoort zogeheten vrije radicalen in cellen op, moleculen die wijzen op een aandoening. Dat helpt medici en onderzoekers in hun zoektocht naar de oorzaak van ziektes. Het is ook een uitkomst voor ontwikkelaars van geneesmiddelen, die direct zien of nieuwe stoffen effectief zijn. Zo worden vrije radicalen in sommige therapieën tegen kanker ingezet om kwaadaardige cellen aan te vallen. 

Vanwege de grote voordelen voor de farmaceutische industrie zijn de groeikansen voor de Groningse startup groot. Niet voor niets noemde expert Tjarda Polderman (Founded) de startup onlangs ‘de grootste kanshebber om de nieuwe Noordelijke Unicorn (onderneming met een waardering van meer dan een miljard dollar, red) te worden’. 

Lees het hele artikel via: https://dvhn.nl/economie/start-up-groningen-haalt-4-miljoen-aan-groeigeld-op.-qt-sense-spoort-aandoeningen-sneller-op-48423899.html

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