Startup · France
Cailabs
HQ Rennes, FranceFounded 2013201-500 employeesUpdated
Develops laser beam shaping and optical communications systems.
Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)
| Fiscal year | Direct: contracts |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | $36K |
Direct is the company's own reviewed UEIs. Reported by USAspending is subsidiaries as reported by USAspending: recipients that name this company as their parent, not yet reviewed ownership.
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- CAILABS · KLNKULR7C373 · $36K
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Funding10 rounds · ~$65.8M + €3.6M
- Equity raised
- ~$65.8M + €3.6M
- Debt, secondaries & grants
- ~$46.2M
- Latest
- ~$43.4MDebt · Sep 12, 2025
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2025 | Debt | ~$43.4M | — | European Investment Bank | — | Confirmed |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Growth | ~$23.5M | — | — | Credit Agricole Ille-et-Vilaine Expansion, Definvest, EIC Fund, Fonds Innovation Defense, NewSpace Capital, Starquest Capital | Confirmed |
| Dec 8, 2022 | Series C | ~$27.5M | — | NewSpace Capital | Credit Agricole Ille-et-Vilaine Expansion, Definvest, Innovacom, Safran Corporate Ventures, Starquest Capital | Reported |
| Mar 23, 2022 | Grant | ~$2.8M | — | — | — | Reported |
| Oct 3, 2019 | Series B | ~$8.8M | — | Supernova Invest | Definvest, Innovacom, Safran Corporate Ventures, Starquest Capital | Reported |
| Jul 11, 2017 | Series A | ~$5.8M | — | Safran Corporate Ventures | Innovacom, Starquest Capital | Reported |
| Jun 28, 2013 | Pre-Seed | ~$158K | — | — | — | Reported |
| Nov 1, 2012 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | — | — | — | Reported |
| 2013 | Seed | €2.6M | — | — | — | Reported |
| 2016 | Series A | €1.0M | — | — | — | Reported |
- ~$43.4MSep 12, 2025
- GrowthWith Credit Agricole Ille-et-Vilaine Expansion, Definvest, EIC Fund, Fonds Innovation Defense, NewSpace Capital, Starquest CapitalConfirmed~$23.5MSep 12, 2025
- Series CLed by NewSpace Capital~$27.5MDec 8, 2022
- Grant~$2.8MMar 23, 2022
- Series BLed by Supernova Invest~$8.8MOct 3, 2019
- ~$5.8MJul 11, 2017
- Pre-Seed~$158KJun 28, 2013
- UndisclosedUndisclosedNov 1, 2012
- Seed€2.6M2013
- Series A€1.0M2016
Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.
Systems3
- AROONAA range of passive converters that transform multimode fiber into single‑mode fiber.
- ONEMODEA range of passive converters for the U.S. market that transform multimode fiber into single‑mode fiber.
- PROTEUSA spatial mode multiplexer for space‑division multiplexing in optical fiber networks.
Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.
People5
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Guillaume Labroille · LinkedIn ↗ | Founder |
| Jean-Francois Morizur · LinkedIn ↗ | Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer |
| Nicolas Treps · LinkedIn ↗ | Founder & Scientific Advisor |
| Guillaume Labroille · LinkedIn ↗ | Directeur Technique (CTO) |
| Pu Jian · LinkedIn ↗ | Chief Product Officer and Deputy CEO |
Sources15
Show all 15 sources and supporting evidence
Profile4
- 1
PitchBook · Supports Organization · country, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url
“country: FR”
- 2
Defence Finance Monitor · Supports Organization · description
“Cailabs is a privately held deep-tech scale-up (founded 2013) specializing in optical beam shaping and laser communications. It began as”
- 3
Cailabs · Supports Organization · name
“Cailabs | Optical Ground Systems for Laser Communications”
- 4
Supports Organization · name
“Operational optical communications, at scale. Cailabs builds the ground systems that make laser communications deployable. The next bottleneck is on”
Systems1
- 5CompanyFiber Networks - Cailabs
Cailabs · Supports System
“AROONA is a range of passive converters designed to transform multimode fiber into single-mode fiber.”
Funding9
- 6
European Investment Bank · Sep 12, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership
“An additional €20 million comes from other key investors.”
- 7
La Tribune · Dec 11, 2022 · Supports Funding round
“vient de réaliser une très belle levée de fonds d'un montant de 26 millions d'euros”
- 8
Les Echos · Dec 8, 2022 · Supports Funding round · amount
“nous venons de lever 26 millions d'euros”
- 9
Fusacq · Oct 11, 2019 · Supports Funding round
“d’un montant de 8 millions d’euros menée par Supernova Invest”
- 10
Le Télégramme · Oct 3, 2019 · Supports Funding round · amount
“vient de boucler une nouvelle levée de fonds de 8 M€”
- 11
Le Journal des Entreprises · Sep 8, 2017 · Supports Funding round · amount
“2,6 millions d'euros obtenus lors d'un premier tour de table en novembre 2013”
- 12
Global Venturing · Jul 17, 2017 · Supports Funding round
“has raised €5m ($5.7m) from investors including Safran Corporate Ventures”
- 13
Fusacq · Jul 11, 2017 · Supports Funding round · amount
“Safran a été chef de file d'une nouvelle levée de fonds de cinq millions”
- 14
LinkedIn · Supports Funding round, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · hq region, Organization · linkedin url
“funding round: Grant, 2022-03-23, EUR 2,500,000, lead: European Innovation Council”
People1
- 15
Crunchbase · Supports Organization · country, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url, Role
“country: FR”
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