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Kineis, a CNES spinoff, is building a 25-nanosatellite LEO constellation for global IoT connectivity as the modernized successor to the Argos wildlife-tracking system dating to 1978.
ACTIVEKineis is a French IoT satellite operator and CNES spinoff building a 25-nanosatellite LEO constellation to provide global IoT connectivity. The company is the successor and modernization of the Argos system, which has been tracking wildlife and collecting environmental data since 1978.
Kineis emerged from the Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS) organization, inheriting the legacy Argos environmental monitoring system. The new constellation dramatically increases the capacity and reduces latency of satellite-based IoT services for environmental monitoring, maritime tracking, agriculture, and logistics.
Rank 106 of 147 ranked companies. 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 80 and 133.
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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Latest funding round
Series B · $60M
May 1, 2023 · led by Bpifrance
25-nanosatellite LEO constellation for global IoT connectivity, successor to the Argos environmental data collection system.
| Kineis HQ | headquarters | Toulouse, France |
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Compiled Oct 7, 2026 from 3 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Latest sourced round
Equity round: €100.0M (about $110.7M)
Lead recorded as CLS (Collecte Localisation Satellites). Dollar figure converted at 1.1066 EUR/USD (ECB euro foreign exchange reference rates) on Feb 3, 2020
Source: SpaceNews
Announced Feb 3, 2020
Sourced rounds on record
1 round, $110.7M disclosed
Every round has a disclosed amount; we hold 1 more round with no source link, not counted here
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.
Source: SpaceNews
Latest round Feb 3, 2020
Satellites owned or operated
25 in orbit of 25 launched
Latest: Kineis-4E
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation code KINEIS. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Mar 18, 2025
Satellites built
25 payloads launched, 25 in orbit
Latest: Kineis-4E
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation code KINEIS. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Mar 18, 2025
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 7). Kineis: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 7, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/kineis
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Kineis: Company dossier." Data as of October 7, 2026. Accessed October 7, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/kineis.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_kineis_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Kineis}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/kineis}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/kineis},
urldate = {2026-10-07},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-07; each fact links its primary source}
}Recorded as lead of Equity round (Feb 3, 2020)
SpaceNews, Feb 3, 2020
CNES
Took part in Equity round (Feb 3, 2020)
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European Investment Bank
Took part in Equity round (Feb 3, 2020)
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Hemeria
Took part in Equity round (Feb 3, 2020)
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Ifremer
Took part in Equity round (Feb 3, 2020)
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Thales
Took part in Equity round (Feb 3, 2020)
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