Altaeros’ mission is to connect people, machines and data, no matter where they happen to be located. Founded at MIT in 2010, we are focused on developing and deploying innovative real-world infrastructure solutions to solve the most difficult infrastructure challenges.
Altaeros' SuperTower solution is a tethered, aerial cell tower designed to extend communication networks to areas in need. SuperTowers float over ~1000 feet off the ground and can carry a variety of payloads including 4G, 5G, IoT, fixed wireless, environmental monitoring, and others. Each SuperTower can replace numerous ground-based towers, offering a quicker and less expensive way to build communications infrastructure or roll out new technologies.
Learn more: www.altaeros.com
Altaeros' SuperTower solution is a tethered, aerial cell tower designed to extend communication networks to areas in need. SuperTowers float over ~1000 feet off the ground and can carry a variety of payloads including 4G, 5G, IoT, fixed wireless, environmental monitoring, and others. Each SuperTower can replace numerous ground-based towers, offering a quicker and less expensive way to build communications infrastructure or roll out new technologies.
Learn more: www.altaeros.com
Location: United States, Massachusetts, Somerville
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $34.8M
Founded date: 2010
Investors 2
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| - | Unreasonab... | unreasonab... |
| - | MIT Alumni... | mitalumnia... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 24.07.2022 | - | $34.8M | - |
Mentions in press and media 7
| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.10.2020 | Altaeros Launches ST-Flex™, Portable Rapid Response Aerial Cell Tower | |
| 07.08.2020 | Job Alert: These Boston startups and tech firms are hiring in August | Do you know when it's time to open the door? For recent graduates, tech workers impacted by layoffs and just those looking to make a change, we at BostInno have put together a non-comprehensive list of startups and tech firms looking to hir... |
| 02.04.2020 | The space in between: The stratosphere | Tess Hatch Contributor Share on Twitter Tess Hatch hopes to travel to space, in the meantime she is a venture investor at Bessemer Venture Partners, investing in frontier tech. More posts by this contributor The space in between: The strato... |
| 01.04.2020 | VC funding update: 60 startups raised over $1.5B in March | Boston startups ended the first quarter of 2020 with a bang. The disruption caused by COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, notwithstanding, 60 Beantown startups raised over $1.5 billion. Chief among those were ... |
| 20.02.2018 | Startup Thinks Its Tethered, Internet-Beaming Blimps Can Bridge the Digital Divide | In an effort to provide another internet option for underserved areas of the country, one start up is proposing we move the cloud a little closer to actual clouds. Altaeros, a SoftBank-backed startup based in Boston, has been working on dev... |
| 08.08.2017 | Aerostat startup Altaeros gets $7.5M from SoftBank to bring broadband wireless to rural areas | Altaeros, a Boston-based startup that develops autonomous aerostats, announced today that it has received $7.5 million in new funding from SoftBank Group. The capital will speed up the launch of SuperTower, a project that uses Altaeros’ tet... |
| 04.12.2014 | Small Wind Company Altaeros Snags $7M from SoftBank | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints It’s not every day that a wind energy startup attracts investment from a telecom company, but that’s exactly how Altaeros Energies financed its Series A round. Altaeros said t... |