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Cailabs

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Photonic solutions for space, industry, telecom, and defense

Rennes, FranceFounded 2013Space

Valuation $50–100M Last recorded · 2025

Headcount 100–500 Current team size

Total funding $50–100M Disclosed equity funding

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About Cailabs

Manufacturer of photonics products designed to reshape coherent light beams. The company's innovative optical ground station design, built on the expertise gained during the development of previous lines of products and a unique capability to compensate for atmospheric turbulence, will make those connections possible, reliably, and affordably, enabling clients to solve critical industrial problems related to photonics. Keywords: Technology Hardware, New Materials and Construction, Coherent Light Beam, Free Space Optical, Industrial Laser, Laser Communications, Optical Design, Optical Fiber, Optical Ground Station, Optical Shaping, Photonics Product, Photonics Solutions, Spatial Manipulation.

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At a glance

Status: Operational
Founded: 2013
Headquarters: Rennes, France
Employees: 192
Open positions: 25
Dealroom signal: 92.7/100
Sector: Space, Defence Applications, Laser Technology, Spinout, EIC, Space Tech, Industrial Technology, EIC Fund, ESA, ESA SME, Space Vehicles Components and Payloads
Technology: Hardware, Deep Tech
Business model: Manufacturing
Client focus: b2b
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Funding history

10 recorded events

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal type	Date	Amount	Valuation	Investors	Source
LATE VCOther financing	Sep 2025	$22M	$88M	Crédit Agricole Île-de-France · NewSpace Capital · Bpifrance · Starquest Capital	↗
DEBTDebt	Sep 2025	$41M	—	European Investment Bank	↗

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Cailabs website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Cailabs is 20K monthly website visits, up 100% over the last three months. Cailabs's team grew 18.5% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits20K 3-month web change+100% 1-year team growth+18.5%

Monthly website visitsFeb 2016–Jul 2026

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Open positions

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Configuration Management Engineer F/HRennes, France, Western Europe, Europe · Project Management · Sep 5, 2026 Magasinier.ère F/HRennes, France, Western Europe, Europe · Other · Aug 28, 2026 Satellite Ground Solutions Engineer F/MArlington, Virginia, United States, Northern America, Americas · Other · Aug 22, 2026 Optics Methods Technician F/HRennes, France, Western Europe, Europe · Other · Aug 22, 2026 Optical technician F/HRennes, France, Western Europe, Europe · Other · Aug 22, 2026 Industrial Methods Engineer - Electronic Reference F/HRennes, France, Western Europe, Europe · Other · Jul 24, 2026 Alternant·e Technicien·ne Optique / Photonique F/HRennes, France, Western Europe, Europe · Other · Jul 21, 2026 Ingénieur.e optique - développement produit expérimenté.e F/HRennes, France, Western Europe, Europe · Data Science & Engineering · Jul 21, 2026

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