CAILabs is a French, deep tech start-up based in Rennes, providing photonic solutions to harness the
Location: France
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $103.12M
Founded date: 2013
Investors 3
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 22.09.2025 | - | $66.66M | NewSpace C... |
| 29.12.2022 | Series C | $27.66M | - |
| 04.10.2019 | - | $8.8M | - |
Mentions in press and media 21
| Date | Title | Description |
| 06.08.2026 | Meet the photonics scaleups building tomorrow's critical technologies | From faster internet and more secure satellite communications to next-generation semiconductors, quantum technologies and energy-generating greenhouses, photonics is becoming one of Europe's most strategically important deep tech sectors. E... |
| 26.05.2026 | Telecom: 10 companies that raised the most in 2025 | European telecom companies raised €4.8 billion in 2025, with funding activity largely concentrated around network infrastructure, connectivity expansion, and next-generation communications technologies. Fibre broadband and satellite connect... |
| 02.03.2026 | SES: Full Year 2025 Results | SES S.A. fully consolidates Intelsat from 17 July 2025 and announces financial results for the year ended 31 December 2025 Adel Al-Saleh, CEO of SES, commented: “2025 was a milestone year for SES, a year of major progress, step-change in co... |
| 22.09.2025 | Cailabs: €57 Million Raised For Advancing Photonics Platform | Cailabs, a player in the field of advanced photonics technology, has recently announced it raised €57 million to facilitate its industrial expansion and global growth. This round of structured financing was primarily led by the European Inv... |
| 19.09.2025 | Cailabs Secures €57M: Photonics Powerhouse Scales Global Ambition | Deeptech photonics leader Cailabs secured €57M. This pivotal investment fuels industrial scale-up and global expansion. Cailabs develops advanced laser-light solutions. These include optical ground stations for space, defense, telecom, and ... |
| 19.09.2025 | Cailabs Raises €57M in Financing | Cailabs, a Rennes, France-based advanced photonics company, raised $57M in funding. The round consisted of €37M from European Investment Bank (EIB), and a €20M investment from Definvest and Fonds Innovation Defense, NewSpace Capital, the Eu... |
| 12.09.2025 | Cailabs secures €57M to accelerate growth and industrial scale-up | French deeptech company Cailabs has raised €57 million to accelerate its industrial expansion and global growth. The round of structured financing, led by the European Investment Bank (EIB), combines a €37 million financing from the EIB and... |
| 06.02.2025 | USEI to Deploy First Commercial Global Space-to-Ground Optical Service | DiamondLink is the company’s new integrated RF and Optical SATCOM and terrestrial data transport network capable of integrating all orbits and missions. DiamondLink represents a significant milestone about USEI’s commitment to deploy the mo... |
| 24.07.2024 | Global Company Cailabs appoints Jim Hooper as Senior Vice President of business development of Cailabs | Cailabs, a world leader in laser communications, continues its growth with the appointment of Jim Hooper to its team Jim has a long track record of winning new satellite programs and rapidly growing companies in the space, aerospace and def... |
| 24.06.2024 | Cailabs US Inc. Jeff Huggins Picked for NSBA Leadership Council | The NSBA is the nation’s oldest small-business advocacy organization, and operates on a staunchly nonpartisan basis. As the president of a small business, I see daily the importance of being involved and active when it comes to laws and reg... |
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