2019 Investment in European Quantum Computing. Europe is ramping up quantum computing research and development with a number of startups. Focusing on ‘quantum computing as a service’, senior scientists and post-doctoral candidates are starting to create quantum technology companies in Europe. U.K., France, Germany, Netherlands, and Sweden are the leaders in the pack. “…[T] hings are changing for sure, and there are all these great opportunities – far more than there were a year ago.”