Area served World Products mTenna™ Founder Nathan Kundtz Headquarters Redmond Type of business Privately held company | Key people Nathan Kundtz (CEO) Website www.kymetacorp.com Number of employees 45 (2013) Founded 2011 | |
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Industry Satellite Communications | ||
Bill gates kymeta readies to make mark in inflight connectivity
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. 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.
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- Bill gates kymeta readies to make mark in inflight connectivity
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Technology
Kymeta's metamaterials-based satellite antenna forms a holographic beam that can track satellite signals from geostationary, MEO and LEO satellite constellations.