https://spacewatch.global/tag/koch-strategic-platforms/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 08 Jul 2021 06:00:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/koch-strategic-platforms/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2021/07/planet-goes-public-with-spac-valued-at-2-8-billion/ Thu, 08 Jul 2021 06:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=34272&preview=true&preview_id=34272 More space at the stock exchange: the Earth observation company Planet will go public at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in a SPAC transaction valuing the startup at $2.8 billion, Planet said. It entered into a merger agreement with dMY Technology Group, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/04/astranis-raises-250-million-for-its-geo-internet/ Fri, 16 Apr 2021 06:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=31969&preview=true&preview_id=31969 Paris, 16 April 2021. – A step into GEO: The San Francisco-based Astranis, a company that wants to offer satellite internet via small and light geostationary satellites, raised $250 million at a valuation of $1.4 billion, in a round led by BlackRock, RockAstranis CEO John Gedmark told CNBC. The new round brings Astranis’ total funding to more than $350 million since its founding in 2015, according to the business channel.]]>