Bleichroeder & Pasqal File F-4; $250M Financing for Merger
Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II and Pasqal announced the public filing of their joint registration statement on Form F-4, marking significant progress toward their proposed business combination. The merger agreement was amended to substitute a new merger subsidiary, and the Securities Purchase Agreement saw an increase in subscription price by $50.0 million, bringing the total to $250.0 million. Pasqal, valued at $2.0 billion pre-money, is expected to receive approximately $500 million in gross proceeds from the transaction, which will support its commercialization, fault-tolerant quantum computing roadmap, and global expansion. Pasqal highlighted its 10 QPUs, achievement of 1,024 trapped atoms, and demonstrated quantum advantage in materials science.
Key Highlights
- Bleichroeder and Pasqal amended their merger agreement, assigning Parent Merger Sub's role to New Merger Sub.
- The Securities Purchase Agreement was amended, increasing the subscription price by $50.0 million to $250.0 million.
- Pasqal is valued at $2.0 billion pre-money, with the transaction expected to provide $500 million in gross proceeds.
- Pasqal has 10 quantum processing units (QPUs) deployed or in production, with 7 already installed.
- Pasqal achieved 1,024 trapped atoms and aims for 10,000+ physical qubits and 200+ logical qubits by 2029.
- Pasqal reported €16.5 million in commercial revenue for 2025 and €66 million+ in booked and awarded business.
- Pasqal demonstrated quantum advantage in materials science and solved differential equations using logical qubits.
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