Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II (Nasdaq: BBCQ) ("Bleichroeder") will hold a shareholder vote on August 25, 2026 to consider the proposed business combination with Pasqal Holding SAS ("Pasqal"), a global leader in neutral-atom quantum computing. The companies continue to advance toward completion of the previously announced transaction following the SEC's declaration of effectiveness of the parties' joint registration statement on Form F-4. Bleichroeder shareholders will be asked to approve the proposed business combination and related matters during Bleichroeder’s extraordinary general meeting on August 25, 2026.

Investing.com -- Neutral-atom quantum computing firm Pasqal announced Monday that it has used a light-guiding chip to trap individual atoms in place, a first for the technology.

Bleichroeder has set a meeting date of August 25, 2026, for its extraordinary general meeting to approve the proposed business combination and related matters.

Pasqal, a global leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, today announced the appointment of Stéphane Rougeot as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Rougeot — a finance leader who has served as CFO of multiple publicly-listed European technology companies — will oversee Pasqal’s global finance organization as it scales the commercial deployment of its quantum systems and prepares to enter the public markets through its previously-announced business combination with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II (Nasdaq: BBCQ).

A SPAC deal that is set to take French quantum company Pasqal public on the Nasdaq values the company at $2 billion pre-money.

Image courtesy of Pasqal Paris-based Pasqal is set to go public, joining a growing cohort of quantum startups to list via a SPAC. The company will combine with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II, a vehicle set up by Michel Combes and Andrew Gundlach, at a $2 billion pre-money valuation. The deal includes $200 million in convertible financing and $289 million in cash, assuming no investor redemptions. The combined company is expected to have a pro forma market capitalization of about $2.6 billion,

Co-founded by Nobel laureate Alain Aspect, Pasqal builds neutral atom quantum computers for industry, research, and government use.