# Kalray funding: rounds and investors

> Kalray has raised $38M across 2 rounds since 2017. Investors include Bpifrance, Alliance and CEA. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/kalray (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Kalray*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 8 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Industry 4.0 Manufacturing

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$38M** raised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 2 sources

**$26M** Round **$12M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $12M May 2018
- **Biggest round:** $26M Round · Jun 2017
- **Investors:** 8

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2018

**$26M** Round

**$12M** Round

- **First round:** Round, $26M
- **Biggest round:** $26M
- **Between rounds:** 10 months

## The rounds

- **May 2018** Round **$12M** *2 new* [Bpifrance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) [Alliance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alliance) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Jun 2017** Round **$26M** *6 new* [CEA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cea) [Safran Corporate Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/safran-corporate-ventures) ACE EUREKAP! Héléa Financière Inocap Gestion Pengpai Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From Kalray's own website: 10 on the team.

- **Eric Baissus** Chief Executive Officer
- **Marc Schmitz** Vice President Hardware Design
- **Sébastien Le Duc** Vice President Software and Architecture
- **Denis Scherrer** Chief Financial Officer
- **Louis Tannyeres** Chief Operating Officer
- **Ingrid Leboucher** Head of Human Resources
- **Gilles Delfassy** Chairman, Supervisory Board
- **Guy Rigaud** Independent Board Member
- **Henri Richard** Independent Board Member
- **Terri Hall Zecchin** Independent Board Member

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Round** 2017 **Round** 2018 [Bpifrance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) [Alliance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alliance) [CEA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cea) [Safran Corporate Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/safran-corporate-ventures) ACE EUREKAP! Héléa Financière Inocap Gestion Pengpai

## Everyone who backed them

[Bpifrance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) Government **1** round

[Alliance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alliance) Accelerator **1** round

[CEA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cea) Corporate VC **1** round

[Safran Corporate Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/safran-corporate-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

ACE no record of our own yet **1** round

EUREKAP! Héléa Financière no record of our own yet **1** round

Inocap Gestion no record of our own yet **1** round

Pengpai no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=kalray).

## Quick answers about Kalray

### Who invested in Kalray?

Kalray's investors include Bpifrance, Alliance, CEA, Safran Corporate Ventures and ACE, and 3 more on record.

### How much has Kalray raised?

Kalray has raised $38M across 2 rounds since 2017.

### When did Kalray last raise?

Kalray's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $12M in May 2018.

### What was Kalray's biggest round?

Kalray's largest round on record is $26M (Undisclosed round), in Jun 2017.

### Who backed Kalray first?

Kalray's first round on record, in Jun 2017, was backed by CEA, Safran Corporate Ventures and ACE and 3 others.

### What stage is Kalray at?

Kalray's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in May 2018.

### Where is Kalray based?

Kalray is based in France.

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