Category: Portfolio News
PlanetiQ launches GNOMES-10, expanding High-Precision GNSS Radio Occultation Constellation
PlanetiQ’s GNOMES-10 satellite successfully launched October 1 at 11:32 a.m. PDT aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-18 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, marking another major step in the company’s expansion of its global GNSS radio occultation (GNSS-RO) constellation. Following launch, PlanetiQ’s partner ground stations quickly established first contact with GNOMES-10, and spacecraft
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Microchip Technology acquires VORAGO Technologies
Microchip Technology Incorporated (Nasdaq: MCHP), a broadline supplier of semiconductors committed to making innovative design easier through total system solutions, has announced that it has acquired VORAGO Technologies, Inc., a privately held provider of radiation-hardened and radiation-tolerant microcontrollers (MCUs) and microprocessors (MPUs), based in Austin, Texas. Terms of the transaction
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Resolve Therapeutics completes enrollment in Phase 2 study of RSLV-132 in Sjögren’s Disease
Resolve Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing non-immunosuppressive therapies for autoimmune diseases, has announced the completion of enrollment in its Phase 2 study of RSLV-132 in women with Sjögren’s disease and moderate-to-severe symptom burden. The study enrolled approximately 110 participants at clinical sites across the United States. The multicenter, randomized,
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PlanetiQ awarded $3.3 million for GNSS-PRO and Ionospheric TEC data
PlanetiQ has announced that NASA has awarded the company a $3.3 million task order to provide GNSS Polarimetric Radio Occultation (GNSS-PRO) and ionospheric Total Electron Content (TEC) data through NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program. The acquisition will provide NASA researchers with high-SNR observations of precipitation and the ionosphere.
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OSCP closes Series A financing led by New Science Ventures
OSCPS Motion Sensing Inc., operating as OSCP, has announced that it has closed a Series A financing led by New Science Ventures, with participation from Emerging Ventures, and 2050 Capital. Somu Subramaniam, founder and managing partner of New Science Ventures, has joined OSCP’s board of directors. OSCP’s photonic gyroscopes and
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Paragraf expands 2D materials portfolio to power energy-efficient technologies
Paragraf, the world's first foundry for 2D electronics, has announced an expansion to its 2D materials production capabilities, producing molybdenum disulphide (MoS₂), an ultrathin 2D semiconductor, in addition to the firm’s graphene capabilities. This extremely thin material offers dramatically lower power usage in next generation electronic devices. Paragraf is a
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Pakal Technologies partners with Prohubs to accelerate commercialization of next-generation power semiconductor technology
Pakal Technologies, Inc. developer of the IGTO - a next generation high-efficiency silicon power semiconductor - has announced a strategic partnership with Prohubs to accelerate the commercialization and market adoption of its proprietary IGTO. The partnership brings together Pakal's breakthrough power semiconductor technology with Prohubs' market development and commercialization expertise
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PlanetiQ awarded two-year NOAA contract valued up to $47.3 million for GNSS radio occultation and ionospheric data
PlanetiQ, a leading provider of high-precision Global Navigation Satellite System radio occultation (GNSS-RO) and ionospheric data, has been awarded a two-year contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Commercial Data Program (CDP) valued up to $47,342,258 to provide operational GNSS-RO
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OSCP open-sources a ROS 2 driver for its MK2 inertial measurement units
OSCPS Motion Sensing Inc., operating as OSCP, has released an open-source ROS 2 driver for its MK2 family of inertial measurement units. The driver is published under the MIT licence at github.com/OSCPS/oscp_ros2_driver, with documentation at docs.oscp.com. The driver connects an MK2-family unit to a ROS 2 system over RS-422 or
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Novadip secures €10.4 million financing to complete pivotal Phase 3 trial
Novadip Biosciences, a late-stage clinical biotechnology company specializing in regenerative medicine, has announced the completion of a funding round of €10.4 million ($11.98 million) in convertible financing. US-based New Science Ventures led this financing with the support of Novadip’s other historic investors, a strong syndicate of leading life sciences and
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Zeotap launches Open CDP: the first fully composable CDP that runs on open-source compute and the customer’s own lakehouse
Zeotap has announced Open CDP, a new way to deploy its composable Customer Data Platform (CDP) that runs entirely on open-source compute over the customer’s own lakehouse. The offering activates customer data using open-source Apache Spark and open Apache Iceberg tables on the customer’s own object storage, governed through the
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PlanetiQ selected for NOAA’s Space-Based Environmental Monitoring IDIQ
PlanetiQ, a leading provider of commercial satellite-based environmental data, has announced that it has been selected as an industry partner under NOAA’s new Space-Based Environmental Monitoring (SBEM) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. Through the SBEM IDIQ, PlanetiQ will be eligible to compete for task orders to provide NOAA with
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