Kymeta

Kymeta Corporation
Private company
Industry Satellite Communications
Founded 2011 (2011)
Founder Nathan Kundtz
Headquarters Redmond, Washington
Area served
 World
Key people
 Nathan Kundtz (CEO)
Products mTenna™
Number of employees
 45 (2013)
Website www.kymetacorp.com

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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

References

  1. ↑ "Kymeta". CNBC.
  2. ↑ "Kymeta Corporation Announces $62M In New Series D Funding". Kymeta.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ Savitz, Eric (August 21, 2012). "Bill Gates Invests In Intellectual Ventures' Spin-Out Kymeta". Forbes Magazine. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
  5. ↑ "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
  6. ↑ Palmer, Katie M. (January 2012). "Intellectual Ventures Invents Beam-Steering Metamaterials Antenna". IEEE Spctrum. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
  7. ↑ Dudley, Brier (August 21, 2012). "Bill Gates backing Redmond antenna startup". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ [Kymeta’s Partnership With Panasonic Brings Internet To Maritime Markets "Kymeta’s Partnership With Panasonic Brings Internet To Maritime Markets"] Check |url= value (help). TechCrunch.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "More Partnerships to Fuel Kymeta’s Market Foray". SatelliteToday.
  11. ↑ "Kymeta - Partners". Kymeta Corp.
  12. ↑ "A satellite antenna on your car: Toyota and Kymeta aim to make it so". Geekwire.
  13. ↑ "Company Overview of Kymeta Corporation". Bloomberg.

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