# CELAD

> CELAD is a VC fund in Toulouse backing Information Technology and Computer. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toulouse, France
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/celad
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/CeladSsii
- Website: https://www.celad.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Celad-ling%C3%A9nierie-%C3%A0-visage-humain-233337983444106/

Celad is a global software engineering company with over 1200 engineers. Headquartered in France with offices in Silicon Valley, Celad helps innovative organizations turn ideas into value and revenue by creating and managing innovative software engineering teams around smart technologies.The company has created and managed engineering centers for200+ clients in aerospace, technology, financial services, automotive, healthcare, consumer goods, retail, manufacturing, energy, telecommunications and digital media. Celad combines its resources, methodology, technical and management know-how to rapidly deliver best-in-class engineering teams and lab environments to its clients worldwide.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 50% |
| Computer | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Logistics | 1 | 25% |
| Transportation | 1 | 25% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vincent Gardeau | President | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vincent-gardeau |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Milla | Milla develops, produces, and sells self-driving cars for on-demand and shared transportation. MILLA is regarded as the top maker of automated shared vehicles, their cutting-edge autonomous cars are designed specifically for the transportation of both people and goods. | $15.9M | Seed | Oct 10, 2023 |  |
| Exotrail | Exotrail develops electric propulsion solutions for small satellites.Their safe and efficient Hall Effect Thrusters are helping build agile constellations to revolutionize telecommunication, earth observation, space, and science.David Henri, Jean-Luc Maria, Paul Lascombes, and Nicolas Heitz co-founded the company in Palaiseau, Ile-de-France in2015. | $58M | Series B | Feb 07, 2023 |  |
| Exotrail | Exotrail develops electric propulsion solutions for small satellites.Their safe and efficient Hall Effect Thrusters are helping build agile constellations to revolutionize telecommunication, earth observation, space, and science.David Henri, Jean-Luc Maria, Paul Lascombes, and Nicolas Heitz co-founded the company in Palaiseau, Ile-de-France in2015. |  | Series B | Feb 07, 2023 |  |
| Kinéis | Kinéis is an independent, private satellite operator. An emerging player in the new space sector, the company wants to lead innovation in global connectivity for the IoT domain. Through its technologies, Kinéis works closely with terrestrial IoT operators, current satellite operators and connected object manufacturers, to locate and collect dataall over the globe in all conditions. | $110.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 04, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Eurazeo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eurazeo-com) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BNP Paribas](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bnp-paribas) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Innovacom](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovacom) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Karista](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karista) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Banque Populaire](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banque-populaire-val-de-france) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does CELAD invest in?

CELAD invests primarily in Information Technology, Computer and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact CELAD?

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### Who are the partners at CELAD?

The team at CELAD includes Vincent Gardeau (President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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