Warsaw-listed quantum technology developer Creotech Quantum S.A. (GPW: CTQ) has received formal approval from the European Commission for the completion of project eCAUSIS (European, Certifiable, Affordable, User-oriented, Secure, Integration-able, Scalable quantum key distribution solutions). Executed under the Horizon Europe framework, the Digital Europe Programme (Project ID: 101091564), and the EuroQCI (European Quantum Communication Infrastructure) initiative, the technical and financial validation transitions Creotech Quantum’s proprietary Discrete-Variable Quantum Key Distribution (DV-QKD) platform from R&D into commercial production.
The eCAUSIS project carried a total overall budget of €6,977,626.81 ($8 million USD) (with €4,523,868.99 ($5.155 million USD) in EU grant funding). Creotech Quantum served as consortium coordinator alongside the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology and the Fraunhofer Society (Fraunhofer HHI). Creotech’s share of the project totaled €4,180,000 ($4.76 million USD) in eligible costs (funded up to €3.13 million ($3.57 million USD)), while Fraunhofer HHI (€1.16M ($1.3M USD) EU contribution) developed 1300 nm InGaAs single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) detector modules with CMOS active-quenching ICs, and AIT (€254K ($290K USD) EU contribution) delivered the production-ready, ETSI-compliant AURORA Key Management System (KMS) and SDN suite. The resulting architecture features an interoperable DV-QKD hardware module in a PCIe form factor, integrated optical assemblies, and platform-independent software aligned with ETSI certification frameworks and Common Criteria standards using the decoy-state BB84 protocol.
| [ eCAUSIS Project Financials, Consortium Architecture & Industrial Roadmap ] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Consortium & Budget Allocation | System & Optoelectronic Deliverables | Manufacturing & Scaling Capacity |
| • Overall Budget: €6.98 Million • EU Contribution: €4.52 Million • Coordinator: Creotech Quantum (€4.18M) | • Interoperable DV-QKD PCIe module • Fraunhofer HHI 1300 nm SPAD & ASIC drivers • AIT AURORA ETSI GS QKD 014/020 KMS | • Commercial market launch: 2026 • Initial capacity: 1,000 units/year • Scaled target: Up to 10,000 units/year |
Following its corporate spin-off from Creotech Instruments S.A., Creotech Quantum assumed all intellectual property rights and commercialization rights for the project. The project’s manufacturing framework establishes a European supply chain capable of producing up to 1,000 QKD modules per year at launch, with potential expansion to 10,000 units annually to supply terrestrial, metropolitan, and cross-border EuroQCI secure communication networks.
Review the corporate announcement via Creotech Quantum LinkedIn here, inspect European Commission details on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal (Project 101091564) here, and inspect partner research profiles via Fraunhofer HHI eCAUSIS Briefing here.
September 25, 2026
