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Univity raises $31M for 5G satellite demonstrators
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Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite operator Univity has announced the closing of a €27 million ($31.63m) Series-A funding round.
Key facts
- The company received €31m ($36m) in public funding in September 2025 directly from CNES as part of the agency’s call for France 2030 projects to develop French 5G
- Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite operator Univity has announced the closing of a €27 million ($31.63m) Series-A funding round
- Club, Expansion, and the Deeptech 2030 Fund, managed on behalf of the French State by Bpifrance (Banque publique d'investissement) as part of France 2030, as well as two family offices
- The funding round will strengthen the company’s teams in engineering, industrialization, and business development to ensure readiness for the 2028 scale-up phase
Summary
The round saw investment groups Blast. The funds will be used to power its uniShape low Earth orbit (VLEO) 5G demonstrator, specialized for commercial telecom operators hoping to scale up from 2028. “We are delighted to continue supporting Univity, whose globally impactful innovations in VLEO and 5G NTN (non-terrestrial network) spectrum are critical to enabling telecom operators to remain competitive and independent in the space connectivity market,” said Stéphane Lefevre-Sauli, senior investment director at Bpifrance. UniShape will be developed with the support of the French space agency CNES (Centre national d'études spatiales), the first VLEO project that the agency has worked on.