Kymeta
Private company | |
Industry | Satellite Communications |
Founded | 2011 |
Founder | Nathan Kundtz |
Headquarters | Redmond, Washington |
Area served | World |
Key people | Nathan Kundtz (CEO) |
Products | mTenna™ |
Number of employees | 45 (2013) |
Website |
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History
Kymeta Corporation is an Intellectual Ventures spin-off company which received funding to develop and commercialize the metamaterials surface antenna technology (M-SAT). Located in Redmond, Washington, Kymeta received a funding of $12 million from Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates; a global cable company Liberty Global; and the investment firm Lux Capital in its first round, and $62 million in a Series D funding round from existing investors which included Kresge Foundation and Osage University Partners.[2] Kymeta's applied science is derived from the collaborative efforts of its CEO, Dr. Nathan Kundtz, and David R. Smith, at Duke University. metamaterials surface antenna technology is a new invention that is intended to be more efficient and compact than conventional satellite antennas.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
Technology
Kymeta's metamaterials-based satellite antenna forms a holographic beam that can track satellite signals from geostationary, MEO and LEO satellite constellations.
Partnerships
- Panasonic[9]
- Intellian[10]
- Airbus Defence and Space[10]
- Intelsat[10]
- Honeywell[10]
- Inmarsat[10]
- Merck[11]
- Toyota[12]
- Sharp[13]
References
- ↑ "Kymeta". CNBC.
- ↑ "Kymeta Corporation Announces $62M In New Series D Funding". Kymeta.
- ↑ "Kymeta Listed One of the "50 Disruptive Companies" By MIT Technology Review" (web page). Center for Metamaterials & Integrated Plasmonics. Durham, NC: Duke University. 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
- ↑ Savitz, Eric (August 21, 2012). "Bill Gates Invests In Intellectual Ventures' Spin-Out Kymeta". Forbes Magazine. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ↑ "Kymeta spins out from Intellectual Ventures after closing $12 million funding". The Sacramento Bee. Aug 21, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
Company to commercialize IV's metamaterials-based satellite antenna technology
- ↑ Palmer, Katie M. (January 2012). "Intellectual Ventures Invents Beam-Steering Metamaterials Antenna". IEEE Spctrum. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ↑ Dudley, Brier (August 21, 2012). "Bill Gates backing Redmond antenna startup". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ↑ Rusli, Evelyn M. (August 21, 2012). "Antenna Company Raises $12 Million From Bill Gates and Lux Capital". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ↑ [Kymeta’s Partnership With Panasonic Brings Internet To Maritime Markets "Kymeta's Partnership With Panasonic Brings Internet To Maritime Markets"] Check
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value (help). TechCrunch. - 1 2 3 4 5 "More Partnerships to Fuel Kymeta's Market Foray". SatelliteToday.
- ↑ "Kymeta - Partners". Kymeta Corp.
- ↑ "A satellite antenna on your car: Toyota and Kymeta aim to make it so". Geekwire.
- ↑ "Company Overview of Kymeta Corporation". Bloomberg.
External links
- A satellite antenna on your car: Toyota and Kymeta aim to make it so, GeekWire, January 2016.