# VELA funding: rounds and investors

> VELA has raised $45M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include Bpifrance, CRV and Rebel Fund. Every round with its source.

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

France · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *VELA*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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.

Logistics

Raised 8 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$45M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture Mar 2026
- **Biggest round:** $45M Series A · Sept 2024
- **Investors:** 3

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.

2025 2026

**$45M** Series A

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Series A, $45M
- **Biggest round:** $45M
- **Between rounds:** 18 months

## The rounds

- **Mar 2026** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) [Rebel Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rebel-fund) Source recorded
- **Sept 2024** Series A **$45M** *1 new* [Bpifrance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From VELA's own website: 4 on the team.

- **Arnaud Derasse** CTO
- **Pam Haaser** Chief People Officer
- **Peter Feret** CFO/COO
- **Jacqueline Genow** VP, Marketing

## 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.

**Series A** 2024 **Venture** 2026 [Bpifrance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) [CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) [Rebel Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rebel-fund)

## Everyone who backed them

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

[CRV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv) VC firm **1** round

[Rebel Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rebel-fund) VC firm **1** round

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

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list VELA as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[1121.vc](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1121-vc) VC firm Per its own site

[Hickory Falls Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hickory-falls-ventures) Family office Per its own site

## Quick answers about VELA

### Who invested in VELA?

VELA's investors include Bpifrance, CRV and Rebel Fund.

### How much has VELA raised?

VELA has raised $45M across 2 rounds since 2024. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did VELA last raise?

VELA's most recent round was a Venture in Mar 2026.

### What was VELA's biggest round?

VELA's largest round on record is $45M (Series A), in Sept 2024.

### Who backed VELA first?

VELA's first round on record, in Sept 2024, was backed by Bpifrance.

### What stage is VELA at?

VELA's latest named round is a Venture, in Mar 2026.

### Where is VELA based?

VELA is based in France.

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In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

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