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Kymeta

Kymeta antenna

Kymeta reports successful sea trials for antennas; gears up for broadband service

Kymeta Corp. — a company based in Redmond, Wash. and backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates — says it’s conducted successful sea… Read More

Kymeta satellite communication

Kymeta names e3 Systems as exclusive distributor of satellite antennas for yachts

Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta says a Spanish company known as e3 Systems will be its exclusive global distribution partner for flat-panel satellite… Read More

Science, spinoffs and french fries: Q&A with Adriane Brown, Intellectual Ventures president and incoming Pacific Science Center board chair

Adriane Brown is president and chief operating officer of Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue, Wash.-based intellectual property and tech company best known for… Read More

Fusion-driven rocket for NASA

NASA puts $50M into creating fusion thrusters, space robots and more

Fusion-driven rockets, remote control systems for space robots, and satellites that build themselves up in orbit are among the made-in-Washington… Read More

Spengler and Kundtz

Bill Gates-backed satellite antenna company Kymeta raises $73.5M, total funding nears $200M

Kymeta has raised its largest investment round to fuel development of the company’s satellite antenna technology. The Redmond, Wash.-based company recently… Read More

CubeSat deployment

NASA backs Kymeta’s mini-antennas and Tethers Unlimited’s 3-D printer/recycler

Flat-panel antennas that are tiny enough to fit on a nanosatellite and a 3-D printer that can recycle space station trash… Read More

Kymeta antenna

Kymeta and Intelsat debut Kalo satellite service and antennas at ‘coming-out party’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Five years after its founding, the Kymeta antenna venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is releasing its… Read More

Bill Gates-backed Kymeta reaches milestone for connected car satellite antenna internet technology

Kymeta continues to make progress with its satellite antenna internet technology for connected vehicles. The Redmond, Wash.-based startup announced today that it… Read More

Kymeta in Monaco

Bill Gates-backed Kymeta wows Monaco’s yacht crowd with its flat-panel antennas

Kymeta Corp., the flat-panel antenna company that’s backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has demonstrated the capabilities of its satellite… Read More

GeekWire 200 August update: Impinj graduates with a rare IPO — who’s next?

Commencement season has passed, but Impinj, one of the top companies in the GeekWire 200, has graduated from the list after… Read More

Mirai vehicle with Kymeta antenna system

A satellite antenna on your car: Toyota and Kymeta aim to make it so

Redmond-based Kymeta Corp. and Toyota took the wraps off their collaboration on a satellite antenna system that can send data… Read More

Image: Kymeta antenna

Bill Gates and other investors give $62M boost to Kymeta satellite antenna venture

Kymeta Corp., the Redmond-based satellite antenna venture backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, says it has closed a $62 million… Read More

Connected ship

Kymeta and Panasonic make a deal for shipshape, lightweight satellite antennas

Redmond-based Kymeta Corp. and Panasonic Avionics Corp. are setting sail on a new partnership to put Kymeta’s lightweight, flat-panel antennas… Read More

Bezos and Blue Origin

Three reasons why Seattle’s big on space ventures, plus three frontiers to watch

What is it about Seattle that’s led some folks to call it the “Silicon Valley of space,” and how far… Read More

Kymeta partners with Sharp to build satellite internet antennas with TV screen tech

The future of satellite internet may rely on tech already found in your TV screen. LCD manufacturers are providing solutions for tracking… Read More

Tech Moves: Vern Fotheringham named CEO of satellite venture; Paul Shoemaker leaving SVP after 17 years; and more

—Telecommunications entrepreneur Vern Fotheringham has been named CEO of Leosat, an Arlington, Virginia-based company developing a constellation of low-earth orbit… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

Seattle 10

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… Read More

Internet everywhere: Kymeta marks successful demo of cutting-edge satellite antenna

Kymeta, the wireless technology company spun out of Intellectual Ventures and backed by investors including Bill Gates, says it has… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Microsoft + Nokia, new Kindle Paperwhite, and the future of satellite broadband

There’s a lot to talk about on this week’s GeekWire radio show, including Microsoft’s $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia’s smartphone… Read More

How Bill Gates and Google are linked via O3B’s satellite broadband deal with Kymeta

Bill Gates doesn’t always see eye-to-eye with Google on the topic of spreading Internet connectivity around the world — recently… Read More

Here are the 5 biggest VC deals in Seattle from the past two years

Money is flowing, and it sure seems like it’s a good time to be a startup entrepreneur. Just how good?… Read More

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… Read More

Kymeta: Is this Bill Gates’ next billion-dollar company?

Wireless technology company Kymeta Corp. has been in business for a grand total of seven months, but already it has… Read More

Intellectual Ventures: Why haven’t there been more spinoffs?

Intellectual Ventures has been in business since 2000, led by former Microsoft chief technology officer Nathan Myhrvold, with a bunch… Read More

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