Focus: Investors

UbiquitiLink, a commercial space startup providing mobile connectivity, raised $5.2 million in Seed 2 round financing from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and Blazar Ventures. This brings the […]

Eutelsat Communications has made a circa 20 percent investment in Broadpeak, a provider of video content delivery solutions. Broadpeak is a supplier of Content Delivery Network (CDN) technologies, aiming to optimize the […]

When it comes to NewSpace investment, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) serves as the industry’s ultimate market insider and growth champion. Consider this: Nearly 7 out of every 10 U.S. venture-backed […]

Shareholders of London-based satellite operator Inmarsat decided in mid-May that the company will be sold to Triton Bidco, a newly formed private consortium. Satellite industry analysts believe going private could provide […]

Viasat revealed its financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31, in which it reached record annual revenues of $2.1 billion, up 30 percent year-over-year. Fiscal year 2019 […]

DISH Network will acquire EchoStar’s Broadcast Satellite Service (BSS) business. More specifically, Echostar will transfer certain operations and other assets that comprise the company’s Broadcast Satellite Service (BSS) business, including nine […]

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Eutelsat announced its latest quarterly results, which showed stability in its video business. For the three months to the end of March, the operator reported revenues of $241.7 million (215.4 […]

Gilat Satellite Networks reported its results for the first quarter ended March 31, in which it saw revenues dip, yet profitability remain strong. Total revenues for Q1 2019 amounted to […]

Inmarsat released its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2019, in which profits fell by $326 million. According to the release, this was mainly reflecting a change in the […]

Intelsat released its financial results for the three months ended March 31, in which it saw revenues dip to $528.4 million, compared to $543.8 million in the same period in 2018. Additionally, Intelsat […]

SES released its financial results for the three months ending March 31, 2019, and reported a 26.5 percent decrease in net profit in comparison to the same period in 2018. […]

Boeing reported its Q1 results, in which its Defense, Space, and Security segment saw revenue increase to $6.6 billion, a 2 percent increase compared to the same period last year. According […]

SiriusXM revealed its Q1 2019 operating and financial results, in which total revenue increased by $1.7 billion compared to the prior year period — an increase of 26 percent. According […]

Iridium Communications reported financial results for the first quarter of 2019 and affirmed its full-year 2019 outlook. The company reported a Q1 total revenue of $133.7 million, which consisted of $107 […]

Slingshot Aerospace, an analytics company, raised $5 million in new seed funding. The round was led by ATX Venture Partners with participation from new investor Revolution’s Rise of the Rest […]

Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. is raising another $500 million in funding amid internal questions about the viability of an internet-via-satellite business considered key to the company’s growth. The […]

The space robotics market is predicted to hike from $2 billion in 2018 to around $3.5 billion by 2025, according to a 2019 Global Market Insights report. According to the […]

Eutelsat Communications is set to become a partner of Seraphim Space Camp, the U.K.’s first accelerator for space technology start-ups. Launched by Seraphim Capital, Seraphim Space Camp was created a year […]

Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) revealed that its subsidiary, Singapore Technologies Engineering (Europe), entered into a conditional share purchase agreement to acquire a 100 percent ownership in Newtec. The consideration of […]

A consortium comprised of U.S. U.K., and Canada-based private equity companies agreed to buy Inmarsat for $3.4 billion. The consortium, made up of Apax Partners, Warburg Pincus International, and Canada Pension […]

Tarana Wireless secured $60 million of financing with Khosla Ventures and EchoStar, as a follow-on to financing of $28 million led by 1010 Holdings, the family offices of Greg Wyler. […]

Another set of companies has submitted a proposal in an attempt to acquire Inmarsat. It was confirmed late last night that Inmarsat has received a non-binding proposal from Apax Partners, […]

At SATELLITE 2019, one of the hot topics will likely be the future of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite systems. But, many questions remain. With this potentially huge influx of […]

OneWeb successfully raised $1.25 billion in new capital in its largest funding round to date. This brings the total funds raised to $3.4 billion. This round was led by SoftBank Group, […]

CesiumAstro closed a $12.4 million Series A funding round led by Airbus Ventures. Additional investors in the round include Kleiner Perkins, Franklin Templeton Venture Fund, Lavrock Ventures, Honeywell Ventures, and Analog Devices […]

A majority of analysts and stakeholders logged off of Iridium’s March 7 Investor Day webcast with smiles after the Virginia-based satellite operator revised its full-year 2019 service revenue and EBITDA […]

When SES released its latest results last week, it contained few surprises. The Networks business continued to perform well, but Video remains a struggle for the operator. However, an important question […]

Telesat released its financial results for 2018, in which it saw similar results to other satellite operators. For for the full year 2018, the company saw exceptional free cash flow. […]

UK company Sky and Space Global has received signed binding commitments for raising $12 million in a two-tranche share placement to investors as part of its $15 million fundraising effort. The […]