Kymeta
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| Private company | |
| Industry | Satellite Communications |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Founder | Nathan Kundtz |
| Headquarters | Redmond, Washington |
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Area served
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World |
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Key people
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Nathan Kundtz (CEO) |
| Products | mTenna™ |
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Number of employees
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45 (2013) |
| Website | www |
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]
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External links
- A satellite antenna on your car: Toyota and Kymeta aim to make it so, GeekWire, January 2016.
