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14 companies

Defence tech companies in France

14 France-based defence and dual-use startups we track, working across Autonomy & AI, Counter-Drone, Drones, Electronic Warfare, Ground Robotics and Space & ISR. Sorted by latest round.

Latest rounds

DateCompanyRoundAmountCountrySector
17 Jun 2026Comand AI Series A€32MFranceAutonomy & AI
Jun 2026Alta Ares Series A€50MFranceCounter-Drone
12 Jan 2026Harmattan AI Series B$200MFranceAutonomy & AI
Jan 2026AI Verse Series A-FranceAutonomy & AI
Nov 2025Infinite Orbits Series B€40MFranceSpace & ISR
Nov 2025U-Space Series A€24MFranceSpace & ISR
Sep 2025CERBAIR Majority stake (Latour Capital)-FranceCounter-Drone
Jun 2025Look Up Space Funding round~€50MFranceSpace & ISR
27 Feb 2024Unseenlabs Growth round€85MFranceSpace & ISR

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Comand AI

Paris, France

Builds Prevail, an AI-native command-and-control workspace with agents for mission planning and tactical decision support.

Autonomy & AISeries A / 17 Jun 2026

Alta Ares

Paris, France

Builds AI-guided low-cost interceptors, including X-Lock against Shahed-type drones and Black Bird against cruise missiles.

Counter-DroneSeries A / Jun 2026

Harmattan AI

Paris, France

Develops autonomous defence systems and AI for ISR drones, drone interception and electronic warfare platforms.

Autonomy & AISeries B / 12 Jan 2026

AI Verse

Biot, France

Generates procedural synthetic image datasets, RGB and infrared with pixel-perfect labels, to train computer vision models for defence AI.

Autonomy & AISeries A / Jan 2026

Infinite Orbits

Toulouse, France

Provides in-orbit servicing for satellites, including inspection, life extension and maintenance, mainly in geostationary orbit.

Space & ISRSeries B / Nov 2025

U-Space

Toulouse, France

Designs and builds modular small satellites and constellations for public and private customers, aiming to produce one satellite per week.

Space & ISRSeries A / Nov 2025

CERBAIR

Montrouge, France

Radiofrequency counter-drone systems that detect, identify and neutralise malicious drones for armed forces, prisons and critical sites.

Counter-DroneMajority stake (Latour Capital) / Sep 2025

Look Up Space

Toulouse, France

Space surveillance company building a sovereign radar network and data platform for space situational and domain awareness.

Space & ISRFunding round / Jun 2025

Unseenlabs

Rennes, France

Operates a satellite constellation that detects and geolocates ships from space via their radio-frequency emissions.

Space & ISRGrowth round / 27 Feb 2024

Aldoria

Toulouse, France

Space surveillance and traffic management company offering collision avoidance, constellation monitoring and orbital tracking services.

Space & ISRSeed

Cailabs

Rennes, France

Builds optical ground stations and laser communication terminals, plus optical components for directed energy weapons and rangefinders.

Space & ISRn/d

Elistair

Dardilly, France

Makes tethered drone systems for persistent aerial surveillance and communications for defence, police and public safety users.

DronesPrivate equity

Oledcomm

Vélizy-Villacoublay, France

Li-Fi and laser optical wireless communications for military drones, vehicles and satellites, designed to work where radio links are jammed or detectable.

Electronic Warfaren/d

Shark Robotics

La Rochelle, France

Designs and manufactures unmanned ground robots for firefighting, explosive ordnance disposal and security missions.

Ground RoboticsGrowth equity