| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.03.2026 | MSUA Unveils Finalists for 2026 Satellite Mobile Innovation Awards and Keynote Speaker | Amazon Leo's Director of U.S. Government Business, Mike Moran, to keynote at annual awards luncheon.
MCLEAN, Va., March 12, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Mobile Satellite Users Association (MSUA), a global not-for-profit focused on amplify... |
| 23.12.2025 | Federal Tech Leadership: A New Era of Growth and Innovation | Federal contracting and tech sectors witness a surge in executive appointments. Companies prioritize strategic growth, leveraging government-to-industry talent. New leaders drive innovation in cybersecurity, AI, and space technology. This w... |
| 19.12.2025 | Intel's government hires and more leadership moves across the market | Intel
The computer chip maker has hired two new executives for federal-facing functions, with one overseeing the U.S. government business and a second involving dialogue with key stakeholders.
James Chew has joined as vice president of Inte... |
| 29.01.2025 | Mobile Satellite Users Association Announces Newly Elected 2025 Board of Directors | MSUA 2025 Board of Directors
The MSUA, a 30-year-old not-for-profit association, shares election results for the leaders that will represent millions of satellite solutions users worldwide.
MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- T... |
| 17.09.2024 | Proteus Space запустит спутник, разработанный искусственным интеллектом | Стартап из Лос-Анджелеса Proteus Space планирует запустить в 2025 году «первый в мире спутник класса ESPA, разработанный искусственным интеллектом». ESPA — это аббревиатура внутри аббревиатуры. Буква E означает Evolved Expendable Launch Veh... |
| 16.03.2022 | Kymeta Secures Additional $84M in Equity Financing | Kymeta, a Redmond, Wash.-based company for flat panel antennas that make mobile global, raised additional equity funding totaling approximately $84m.
The round was led by Bill Gates with participation from Hanwha Systems, among other invest... |
| 15.03.2022 | Kymeta secures $84 million to scale up antenna production | TAMPA, Fla. — Antenna maker Kymeta said March 15 it has raised $84 million to expand manufacturing facilities ahead of deploying its first flat panel, electronically steered user terminals for low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites this year.
Exi... |
| 15.03.2022 | Kymeta Scores $84M |
REDMOND, WA, Kymeta announced today the closing of additional equity funding totaling approximately $84 million.
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| 08.10.2021 | Former Kymeta CEO lands $6M to reimagine AI training with new Seattle-area startup Rendered.AI | The Rendered.ai team takes an engineering break for some go-kart racing. Founder and CEO Nathan Kundtz is kneeling in front row, second from the right. (Rendered.ai Photo)
There are a lot of potential problems with the way we train AI model... |
| 07.09.2021 | Kymeta teams up with OneWeb to test mobile satellite broadband service | Kymeta and OneWeb test a u8-based data terminal with OneWeb’s constellation of satellites. (Kymeta Photo)
Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta Corp., the mobile connectivity company backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has joined forces with O... |
| 23.03.2021 | Kymeta Interoperability with Kepler LEO Satellites Promises Powerful Connectivity of the Future with Kymeta™ u8 Terminal | REDMOND, Wash. & TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 23, 2021--
Kymeta ( www.kymetacorp.com ), the communications company making mobile global, and Kepler Communications ( www.kepler.space ) announced today the successful demonstration of the... |
| 30.12.2020 | Washington based Kymeta secures US$ 30 million equity financing | - |
| 28.12.2020 | Kymeta Receives $30M Equity Investment From Hanwha Systems | Kymeta, a Redmond, Wash.-based communications company making mobile global, received a $30m investment from Hanwha Systems, a global solutions company that provides differentiated smart technologies in defense electronics and information in... |
| 28.12.2020 | Kymeta Corporation Announces $30 Million Equity Investment by Hanwha Systems to Back Global Mobile Satellite-Cellular Connectivity | Hanwha Systems investment promotes development of LEO antenna solutions for South Korean markets and beyond
Kymeta the communications company making mobile global announced that Hanwha Systems (HSC), a leading global solutions company that ... |
| 16.09.2020 | Top 10 Space Technology startups across the world | Founder: Nathan Kundtz |
| 31.08.2020 | Bill Gates Invests US$ 78M In Communications Firm Kymeta | - |
| 25.08.2020 | Kymeta raises $85.2 million led by Bill Gates to speed growth of its satellite-cellular antenna tech | Global communications startup Kymeta has raised a new $85.2 million funding round, led by Bill Gates . The Redmond-based company has developed a new type of smart, powered, flat-panel antenna that can be used to vastly improve satellite and... |
| 25.08.2020 | Bill Gates leads $85.2 million investment in satellite antenna company Kymeta | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Kymeta, a company that develops satellite antennas and services to bring connectivity to any vehicle or vessel, has raised $85.2 millio... |
| 25.08.2020 | Bill Gates invests US$78 million in satellite antenna firm Kymeta | REUTERS: Billionaire Bill Gates is leading satellite antenna firm Kymeta’s latest funding round with a US$78 million investment, the company’s president told Reuters.
Redmond, Washington-based Kymeta, which sells pizza box-sized antennas fo... |
| 25.08.2020 | Bill Gates leads $85.2 million investment in satellite antenna company Kymeta | Kymeta, a company that develops satellite antennas and services to bring connectivity to any vehicle or vessel, has raised $85.2 million in a round of funding led by Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates.
The raise comes as various high-profile co... |
| 25.08.2020 | Kymeta Raises Approx. $85M in Funding | Kymeta Corporation, a Redmond, Wash.-based communications company making mobile global, raised approximately $85m in funding.
The round was led by Bill Gates with members of the leadership team personally investing approximately $1m led by ... |
| 25.08.2020 | Bill Gates leads $85 million funding in satellite antenna startup Kymeta to introduce the next-generation of mobile connectivity | Kymeta is a Seattle-based satellite antenna startup developing antennas for next-generation satellite communications for mobile and fixed applications. Unlike conventional antennas, Kymeta’s antennas use metamaterials technology to dynamica... |
| 25.08.2020 | Kymeta Raises $85M |
REDMOND, WA, Kymeta has secured approximately $85 million in financing.
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Kymeta (www.kymetacorp.com), the communic... |
| 25.08.2020 | Kymeta raises $85.2 million in Bill Gates-backed round | WASHINGTON — Satellite antenna company Kymeta has raised $85.2 million in a new funding round led by Bill Gates, the company announced Aug. 25.
Redmond, Washington-based Kymeta will use its new funding to complete development of its second-... |
| 10.03.2020 | Kymeta Appoints Two Industry Experts as Strategic Advisors to the Board | REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 10, 2020–
Kymeta-the communications company that is making mobile global-is honored to announce the appointment of Gene Renuart, USAF (Ret), Founder & President of The Renuart Group, and Matt Grob, C... |
| 16.11.2018 | Liquid Telecom partners Kymeta to deliver enhanced mobile satellite communications to Africa’s most remote locations | Scott Mumford with Kymeta dish at AfricaCom 2018
Liquid Telecom has announced that it is extending its VSAT service through a new partnership with Kymeta, enabling it to deliver enhanced satellite mobile connectivity across Africa.
As part ... |
| 01.09.2017 | Seattle Week in Review: Dreamers, Uber, Harvey, Satellites, & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Heading into Labor Day weekend, mourning for Houston, here’s a look at this week’s tech news from Seattle and beyond, with updates on several big stories:
—President Donald Tr... |
| 16.06.2017 | Bill Gates Backs Fourth Metamaterials Spinout, Pivotal Commware | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Pivotal Commware, a year-old metamaterials startup built inside patent licensing and invention business Intellectual Ventures, has raised $17 million from investors including ... |
| 11.04.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, April 11 | BIG COMPANY DISEASE
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| 11.04.2017 | Kymeta Receives $73.5M |
REDMOND, WA, Kymeta, a developer of satellite communication antennas and systems has raised $73.5 million in new funding.
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| 27.01.2017 | Seattle Week in Review: UW Gets $279M, Cow Sharing, Techstars & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Seattle’s role as a capital for global health was highlighted again this week when the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a historic grant to a key University of Wa... |
| 14.10.2016 | Xenex CEO Miller Starts Tectonic Ventures With Boston Investor | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
San Antonio—Texas entrepreneur Morris Miller has created a new venture capital firm, Tectonic Ventures, with a Boston-based financier who has invested in at least two of Mille... |
| 12.01.2016 | Kymeta Raises $62M, Demonstrates Satellite Antenna on Toyota Car Roof | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Investors in Kymeta, including Bill Gates, have plowed another $62 million into the Seattle-area technology company as it aims to bring lower cost, high-speed satellite commun... |
| 11.01.2016 | Daily funding roundup - January 11, 2016 | Cardiorentis secured $60M; BioAlta raised $45M; V-Wave completed $28M funding
Wamda Capital, A Dubai based venture capital firm with Fadi Ghandour as its Chairman & CEO, has invested $1 million in The Luxury Closet, an online marketplac... |
| 11.01.2016 | Kymeta Closes $62M Series D Financing | Kymeta Corporation, a Redmond, Wash.-based provider of a software-enabled metamaterials-based electronic beamforming antenna for satellite communications, closed a $62m Series D financing.
Backers included existing investors Bill Gates, Lux... |
| 08.01.2016 | Seattle Roundup: CES News from Satellites to Connected Cars, & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
With CES sucking up all the early 2016 air, we’ve cherry picked a few announcements from the big technology show from Seattle-area companies including Planetary Resources, Kym... |
| 23.12.2015 | Meet Kymeta, The Company That Could Bring High Speed Wi-Fi To Cars | Emily Calandrelli Contributor
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| 09.10.2015 | Seattle 2035: Agenda Posted for the Future of Our Innovation Economy | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
I had a vivid dream last night. I hopped a rocket—it seemed routine—to an orbiting laboratory where I interviewed a youthful Oren Etzioni and a team of action heroes working o... |
| 21.08.2015 | Seattle Roundup: Kymeta, Tableau, Avalara, Syntonic, Cleantech | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Corrected, 8/21/15, 1:53 p.m. See below.] The week began with an acquisition deal for Zulily, the flash sale retailer for moms. Zulily rode the IPO roller coaster and ended u... |
| 17.03.2015 | Echodyne Targets Drones, Self-Driving Cars with Metamaterials Radar | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Echodyne, a secretive Seattle-area startup company backed by investors including Bill Gates and Paul Allen, is developing a novel, high-performance radar suitable for drones, ... |
| 05.02.2015 | Kymeta and Intelsat partner on cutting-edge satellite Internet antennas | Kymeta, the satellite antenna company backed by investors including Bill Gates, has reached a deal with Intelsat, the world’s largest satellite services company, to develop and optimize Kymeta’s laptop-sized mTenna satellite antennas for us... |
| 19.12.2014 | Metamaterials Moguls: Gates, Allen Back New Radar Startup Echodyne | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Microsoft’s co-founders are backing a Seattle-area startup that wants to apply proprietary metamaterials technology to radar.
Bill Gates is co-leader with Madrona Venture Grou... |
| 16.12.2014 | Bill Gates-backed Kymeta raises $20 million, CEO announces departure | Kymeta, which has been described as the next billion-dollar idea bankrolled by Bill Gates, has raised another $20 million in venture capital financing. Vern Fotheringham
The Redmond company also announced that CEO Vern Fotheringham — a vete... |
| 04.12.2014 | The Seattle 10: Innovative startups sketch business plans on massive napkins | Seattle’s up-and-coming startups have some serious artistic skills.
That much was clear when the Seattle 10 — a group of groundbreaking startups attempting to change the world — debuted their giant six-foot by six-foot cocktail napkins at t... |
| 04.11.2014 | Meet the Seattle 10: These innovative startups are looking to change the world | Education. Big data. Health. Telecommunications. Clean tech.
Seattle is producing groundbreaking startups in a host of industries, generating a crop of impressive entrepreneurs who are truly attempting to change the world. SNUPI’s creative ... |
| 14.01.2014 | Seattle Roundup: Remitly, PlaceFull, Kymeta, UIEvolution, Ador | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Time to catch up on a handful of Seattle-area technology news, including new funds for Remitly and Placeful, a partnership between Kymeta and UIEvolution, and an acquisition o... |
| 23.12.2013 | Deals of the Year: The top 28 venture capital investments we tracked in 2013 | Venture capital investing in Washington state started out with a whimper in 2013, but it is ending with a bang.
After the slow start, as evidenced by the chart above from CB Insights in which just $100 million was invested in the first quar... |
| 17.12.2013 | Kymeta Sees ‘Clear Path’ Ahead After Successful Antenna Demonstration | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Kymeta, the spinout from Intellectual Ventures making thin, light-weight satellite antennae with engineered metamaterials, has completed a key demonstration, taking it one big... |
| 17.10.2013 | Satellite broadband company Kymeta names advisory board — including key Airbus exec | T. Allan McArtor, Chairman of Airbus Americas and a member of the new Kymeta advisory board.
Kymeta Corp., a Redmond-based company developing new technologies for receiving broadband Internet connections from satellites, announced its advis... |
| 14.08.2013 | Bill Gates still helping known patent trolls obtain more patents | Enlarge / Bill Gates answering questions on Reddit in 2013.
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| 12.07.2013 | Funding Roundup - week ending 7/12/13 | FreedomPop, Silvercar, The Iconic, Instacart, Fancy, Comprehend, Collective, Umano, NanoSatisfi
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ImpressPages, a web CMS with drag and drop interface, raised a €200,000 seed round from VC firm Practica Capital.
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| 09.07.2013 | Satellite communications startup Kymeta lands $50M from Bill Gates, others | Kymeta Corp., the satellite communications startup that spun out of Intellectual Ventures, has scored $50 million in venture funding.
Backers of the Redmond company — led by serial entrepreneur Vern Fotheringham — include Bill Gates, Lux Ca... |
| 09.07.2013 | Bill Gates helps satellite antenna company Kymeta raise another $50M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Kymeta’s dream of global satellite broadband is s... |
| 09.07.2013 | Kymeta Raises $50M To Upend Satellite Antenna Business | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Satellite antenna maker Kymeta may be only a year old, but with a $50 million financing round and the technology backing of Intellectual Ventures, the company can hardly be ca... |
| 09.07.2013 | Kymeta Closes $50M Series C Financing | Kymeta Corporation, a Redmond, Washington-based technology company that designs and manufactures satellite communication antennas and systems, closed a $50m Series C financing.
Backers included existing investors including Bill Gates, Lux C... |
| 21.08.2012 | Kymeta Closes $12M Funding | Kymeta, a Redmond, Wash.-based company that spun out from Intellectual Ventures (IV) to commercialize a new form of metamaterials-based satellite antenna, has closed a $12m funding round.
Backers include Bill Gates, Liberty Global and Lux C... |
| 21.08.2012 | Gates Backs Intellectual Ventures Spinout: Antenna Maker Kymeta | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
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Intellectual Ventures, the patent-licensing firm headed by former Microsoft technology chief Nathan Myhrvold, has spun out a new company ... |
| - | The space-linked internet investing idea Bill Gates has backed since 1990s | Bill Gates has been a believer in the promise of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite internet as a key to global connectivity since the 1990s and a failed bet on Teledesic.
The private space industry is now booming and Elon Musk’s Starlink is a... |
| - | Kymeta | “Unlocking the potential of broadband satellite connectivity, combined with cellular networks, Kymeta satisfies the demand for comms on the move and making mobile global.” |
