Energy & grids
Optimising electric-vehicle charging schedules across the grid: balancing demand, grid capacity and cost as the number of variables explodes.
min Σₜ cₜ·pₜ s.t. Σᵢ pᵢₜ ≤ P_gridApplied quantum R&D for industry
Find where quantum gives you an edge.
Before you invest in quantum, know where it creates value. We identify the business cases where quantum and hybrid methods can beat today’s solutions, then build and test the algorithms that prove it. Independent of any hardware or software vendor.
For energy, chemical and financial companies.
The challenge
Quantum is promising. The question is where it gives you an edge.
Every R&D leader hears that quantum will change their industry. Few can say where, when, or at what cost.
The hardware isn’t ready to work alone.
Today’s quantum computers deliver value only when combined with classical computing and AI.
The expertise is rare.
Quantum algorithms need specialists that most companies don’t have, and can’t easily hire.
The advantage is unclear.
It’s hard to tell which problems quantum can solve better than your current methods, and which it can’t.
The technology race is open.
Many quantum technologies are competing, and no one knows which will fit your problems best.
You don’t need more hype. You need evidence.
Our approach
From business question to tested algorithm.
We start where you do: with a business problem and the solution you use today. Then we find out, with evidence, whether quantum can do better.
- 01Feasibility and advantage assessment
Assess
We screen your use cases and compare quantum, hybrid and classical/AI approaches on performance, cost and time to value.
- 02Custom algorithm R&D
Develop
We adapt existing quantum algorithms to your problem, or develop new ones where none exist yet.
- 03Vendor-independent testing
Test
We run and compare algorithms on different quantum technologies and tools, so the choice fits your problem, not a vendor’s roadmap.
- 04Ongoing partnership
Decide and scale
You get a clear recommendation in business terms. We then help you move the use cases that work towards implementation, as your extended quantum R&D team.
If classical or AI methods are the better answer, we’ll tell you. That’s part of the job.
Request a feasibility assessmentWhy Helenium Quantum
Quantum advantage, measured in business terms.
Business first
We speak both P&L and physics.
Our founders have more than 20 years in finance and renewable energy. We know how businesses decide to adopt new technology, what implementation really costs, and how a theoretical advantage can disappear in practice. So we judge quantum the way your board will.
Honest and hybrid
The right tool for the job.
Quantum, AI and high-performance computing, alone or combined. We are independent of hardware and software vendors, and we never claim quantum beats classical methods everywhere. If it doesn’t give you an edge, you’ll hear it from us first.
Frontier science
New algorithms for real industrial problems.
Our team spans the whole quantum value chain, from hardware to software. We work with universities across Europe to develop algorithms that don’t exist yet, and to apply them where they matter.
Use cases
Where we’re focusing first.
Chemicals & materials
Simulating reaction pathways and catalysts: exploring chemistry that classical computers can only approximate.
E₀ = min_θ ⟨ψ(θ)|Ĥ|ψ(θ)⟩Finance
Optimisation and simulation for complex financial decisions: testing where quantum and hybrid methods can add speed or accuracy over today’s models.
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Team and ecosystem
Expertise across the quantum value chain.
Helenium Quantum brings together people who rarely sit at the same table:
- Industry leadersFounders with 20+ years in finance and renewable energy.
- Quantum hardware specialistsWho know what each quantum technology can and can’t do.
- University professorsWorking at the research frontier.
- Quantum middleware and software specialistsWho connect algorithms to machines.
- Software developersWho turn prototypes into working solutions.
Founder & Managing Director
Physicist and strategist, with a PhD in Physics, an MSc in Economics and a London Business School MBA. She brings 20+ years across renewable energy, banking and consulting in the UK, Switzerland and Brazil.
Co-founder, Finance & Infrastructure
Electrical engineer and London Business School MBA with 20+ years in project finance and infrastructure investment, from HSBC and Merrill Lynch to CFO roles overseeing multi-billion portfolios.
Quantum Hardware Specialist & University Professor
PhD physicist who designed and fabricated qubits at a leading quantum hardware company. Now a research professor teaching qubit design, and an IBM Quantum Advocate.
Quantum Software Engineer
PhD in information sciences and engineering, specialising in hybrid quantum-classical algorithms, quantum simulators and quantum-inspired optimisation. Brings 20+ years of high-performance software engineering.
Software & Machine Learning Engineer
Physicist turned engineer with 20+ years building machine-learning models and large-scale data pipelines, from industrial predictive maintenance to trillion-row datasets at a major tech company.
Consortium
Member of the European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC)
Universities
University partnerships in progress across seven European countries: UK, France, Switzerland, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Denmark
Hardware
Partnerships with leading quantum hardware providers in progress
Our name
Named after a sun flower. Powered by the same physics as the sun.
Helenium is a sun-coloured flower from the sunflower family. Its name echoes the Greek hēlios, the sun. Helenium began by harnessing solar energy. And the sun itself shines because of a quantum effect: without quantum tunnelling, the fusion that powers it could not happen.
From solar power to quantum computing, we have always worked with the most fundamental source of energy there is, and turned it into value for business.
Collaborate
Let’s find out where quantum gives you an edge.
For industry
Request a feasibility assessment
Tell us about a business problem and the method you use today. We’ll come back with a first view on whether quantum or hybrid methods could make a difference, and what it would take to find out.
Request a feasibility assessment
For researchers, agencies and associations
Propose a collaboration
Working on industry-relevant quantum research, a funding programme or a consortium? Let’s explore joint projects, grant applications and events.
Propose a collaborationYour information stays confidential. NDAs are standard in every engagement, and IP arrangements are agreed with each client to fit the case.
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