- A €37 million financing from the EIB will help the French deep tech company to invest in manufacturing capacity and research & development of its Optical Ground Stations.
- An additional €20 million comes from other key investors.
- The announcement comes on the sidelines of the World Space Business Week in Paris (15-19 September).
- The EIB loan has the backing of InvestEU, the European programme for innovation.
Cailabs, a deep-tech leader in advanced photonics, today announced it 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 a €20 million investment from Bpifrance (Definvest & Innovation), NewSpace Capital, the European Innovation Council (EIC), Starquest Capital, and CAIVE (Crédit Agricole Ille et Vilaine Expansion).