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Cailabs, a French company, develops photonics-based optical ground stations for satellite communications and has more than ten stations under contract.
ACTIVEFrench photonics company that builds TILBA-OGS optical ground stations for satellite laser communications; in September 2026 it reported six deployed and operable stations and more than 10 under contract.
French photonics company that builds TILBA-OGS optical ground stations for satellite laser communications; in September 2026 it reported six deployed and operable stations and more than 10 under contract.
Rank 80 of 93 ranked companies, shared with 1 other company on the same total. With the pillars we have not measured for this company filled at the 10th and 90th percentiles of the companies we did measure, and every other company held at its published total, the rank is likely between 67 and 91.
2 of 5 inputs measured · Medium confidence · 75% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Market value, Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
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1 RUE NICOLAS-JOSEPH CUGNOT, Rennes, France 35000
Sources: Founded, Headquarters, Employees, Legal name
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1 private round on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Latest funding round
Equity portion of EIB-led structured round · $23M
Sep 12, 2025 · led by European Investment Bank
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Compiled Oct 13, 2026 from 3 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Latest sourced round
Equity portion of EIB-led structured round: €20.0M (about $23.4M)
Lead recorded as European Investment Bank (round lead). Dollar figure converted at 1.1718 EUR/USD (ECB euro foreign exchange reference rates) on Sep 12, 2025
Source: Payload
Announced Sep 12, 2025
Sourced rounds on record
3 rounds, $94.1M disclosed
Every round has a disclosed amount
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
European Investment Bank (round lead)
Recorded as lead of Equity portion of EIB-led structured round (Sep 12, 2025)
Payload, Sep 12, 2025
Credit Agricole Ille et Vilaine Expansion
Took part in Series C (Dec 8, 2022)
Cailabs, Dec 8, 2022
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 13). Cailabs: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/cailabs
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Cailabs: Company dossier." Data as of October 13, 2026. Accessed October 13, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/cailabs.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_cailabs_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Cailabs}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/cailabs}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/cailabs},
urldate = {2026-10-13},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-13; each fact links its primary source}
}Took part in Series C (Dec 8, 2022)
Cailabs, Dec 8, 2022
Recorded as lead of Series C (Dec 8, 2022)
Cailabs, Dec 8, 2022
Took part in Series C (Dec 8, 2022)
Cailabs, Dec 8, 2022