# Center National D'Etudes Spatiales

> Center National D'Etudes Spatiales is a VC fund backing Fitness and Military. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cnes/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/cnes
- Website: https://www.cnes.fr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cnesfrance

Center National D'Etudes Spatiales is a VC fund in Paris focused on Fitness and Military. CNES is a website with many science related videos and stories on it for people to discover.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Center National D'Etudes Spatiales. Shizune tracks 4 team members at Center National D'Etudes Spatiales. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/cnes?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fitness | 1 | 20% |
| Military | 1 | 20% |
| Robotics | 1 | 20% |
| Health Care | 1 | 20% |
| Space Travel | 1 | 20% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jean-Yves Le Gall | President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-yves-le-gall |
| Gilles Rabin | Director of Innovation, Applications and Science | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gilles-rabin |
| Laurence Hubert-Moy | President of the Prestigious TOSCA Committee | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laurence-hubert-moy |
| Nathalie Nick | Intern – Save Flight | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nathalie-nick |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Skynopy | Connecting satellites. As a service | $17.7M |  | Jun 30, 2025 |  |
| Gama | Gama is a space exploration and interplanetary transportation company. | $2M | Seed | Mar 21, 2022 |  |
| Gama | Gama is a space exploration and interplanetary transportation company. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Mar 21, 2022 |  |
| 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 |  |
| AdEchoTech | dEchoTech is a small-to-medium sized French company located near Paris and has been funded in part by the CNES (French Agency for Space Studies). It was founded in 2008 by Dr. Éric Lefebvre, a well-known ultrasound radiologist. Éric has more than 25 years of experience practicing ultrasonography in private practices and in hospitals. He is afrequent contributor at conferences and in discipline-specific national and international journals. Today, Éric is President of the company while continuing to practice as a radiologist to stay close in touch with what’s happening in the field – knowledge that is especially crucial to have in the biomedical industry. Our strength lies in involving the medical community at the very beginning design stages to ensure our solutions best meet the needs of end users. Solutions designed by doctors, to support doctors, and to improve public health. | $1.1M | Seed | May 01, 2015 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AA Sons](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aa-sons) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Possible Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/possible-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alven](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alven-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CELAD](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/celad) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CLS Groupe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cls-groupe) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Center National D'Etudes Spatiales invest in?

Center National D'Etudes Spatiales invests primarily in Fitness, Military and Robotics startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Center National D'Etudes Spatiales's check size?

Center National D'Etudes Spatiales typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Center National D'Etudes Spatiales participates in.

### How do I contact Center National D'Etudes Spatiales?

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### Who are the partners at Center National D'Etudes Spatiales?

The team at Center National D'Etudes Spatiales includes Jean-Yves Le Gall (President), Gilles Rabin (Director of Innovation, Applications and Science) and Laurence Hubert-Moy (President of the Prestigious TOSCA Committee). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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