OUR MISSION
UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL
OF YOUR ASSETS ON ORBIT
WHO ARE WE?
About us
In close collaboration with the teams of C2N, (the Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies CNRS/University of Paris-Saclay), the world specialist in ion sources for nanoelectronics, Professor Jacques Giérak with 30+ patents filed and 35+ years of research conducted at CNRS, has partnered with the venture builder Technofounders (TF) to propose an industrial and at-scale model for a new kind of space electric propulsion.
Since its creation mid 2021, ION-X has secured €3.8 million in financing (TF Participations, Expansion, Business Angels, and with additional support from Bpifrance) to support its R&D and execute an in-orbit demonstration mission, completed by a €13 million Serie A round accelerating the development and industrialisation of its ionic thrusters. This funding round included contributions from our historic investors, Expansion and Technofounders Participation, as well as new stakeholders such as the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund and the Île-de-France Region, through its Reindustrialization Fund managed by Innovacom (Turenne Group).
OUR HISTORY
Beginning of research on focused ion beams (FIB)
World first for a Focused Ion Beam (FIB) with ionic liquid by CNRS
Launch of CNES R&T for the development of EHD engine with ionic liquid
First test of a prototype at C2N-CNRS
Creation of ION-X and recruitment of first team members
Seed funding and acceleration of full thruster development
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Our culture
SYMBIOTIC TEAMWORK
We hire only the best and offer our talents an environment where they can learn and develop themselves every day. We all work as one team, leveraging each other’s skills and helping everyone to thrive and deliver.
HIGH STANDARDS & STRONG WORK ETHICS
Our mission is not an easy one but we work hard to achieve our goals. Ion-X takes pride in the rigor, honesty, ownership and persistence of its employees.
INNOVATION AT ITS CORE
We are trying to do something that has never been done. Our culture has always been based on innovation, intellectual curiosity, scientific breakthrough, coupled with an ability to be agile, to learn from our failures and to iterate quickly to reach the best possible outcome.
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