Kineis
Company

Last deal

$110.45M
Local Amount - EUR 100M

Amount

Venture - Series Unknown

Stage

04.02.2020

Date

1

all rounds

$110.45M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Kinéis is a satellite operator that provides global connectivity for the IoT domain.

Industry

Sector :

Subsector :

founded date

01.01.2018

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Venture - Series Unknown

IPO status

Private

Description

The company, which was founded in 2018, works with terrestrial IoT operators, current satellite operators, and connected object manufacturers to locate and collect data all over the globe in all conditions. Kinéis inherits the forty years of expertise of the ARGOS system, founded by the CNES, and historically operated by CLS, to develop a reliable technology providing easy access to useful satellite data. The company has raised €100 million and achieved a turnover of €7 million in 2020. Kinéis is part of the French Tech Next40 2021 label and deploys all its technological innovation capacities to bring together NewSpace and IoT, simplifying and multiplying the uses of professionals and individuals by locating and connecting objects wherever they are on the planet.
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People

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1

Christophe Vassal

current job

Kineis
Kineis

organization founded

1

Christophe Vassal

Employee Profiles
8
Astrid Costeau

Astrid Costeau

Chief Commercial & Business Development Officer

Michel Sarthou

Chief Technical Officer

Alexandre Tisserant

Alexandre Tisserant

CEO

Rémi Ferrier

Chief Product Officer

Delphine Faury

Delphine Faury

Chief Human Resources Officer

Quan'Zan' Zanifé

Chief Operations Officer

Christophe Vassal

President of Supervisory Board & Founder

Pierric de Bienassis

Chief Financial & Administrative Officer

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