https://spacewatch.global/tag/softbank/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 07 Jul 2021 06:00:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/softbank/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2021/07/satellogic-to-go-public-via-spac-valued-at-850-million/ Wed, 07 Jul 2021 06:00:01 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=34219&preview=true&preview_id=34219 The satellite imagery specialist Satellogic wants to go public through a SPAC merger, valuing the company at $850 million, the firm said. Satellogic is going public through a merger with Cantor Fitzgerald’s CF Acquisition Corp. V. Leading institutional investors participate in the transaction through private investments of $100 million. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/06/bharti-adds-another-500-million-to-onewebs-funding/ Wed, 30 Jun 2021 06:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=34063&preview=true&preview_id=34063 The LEO operator OneWeb received a $500 million injection from its large shareholder Bharti, totalling its secured funding to $2.4 billion, the company said. Bharti exercised a call option under the existing shareholders’ agreement to invest an additional $500 million, and will then hold 38.6% of the company, it said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/01/softbank-invests-350m-and-takes-30-oneweb-stake/ Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:45:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29805&preview=true&preview_id=29805 Softbank invests $350m and takes 30% OneWeb stake]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/07/spacewatchgl-opinion-a-statue-for-oneweb/ Sun, 19 Jul 2020 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=24335&preview=true&preview_id=24335 During recent dinner table discussions around the tear down of historic statues, I found myself to have an unusual pragmatic view: History is to be captured in books, detailing both its glory and its gruesomeness.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spacewatch-gl-opinion-could-the-oneweb-insolvency-have-ended-differently/ Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21931 Is it time for a shift in norms: does the recent pandemic finally push the space sector into using asset-based financing? Could the OneWeb insolvency have ended differently?]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/oneweb-files-for-bankruptcy-as-softbank-funding-talks-collapse/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 05:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21023 OneWeb, the British-headquartered satellite communications company, announced on 27 March 2020 that it has filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code in the US Bankruptcy Court in New York’s Southern District.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/oneweb-in-trouble-despite-successful-launch-of-another-34-satellites/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 06:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20807 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/sbi-holdings-announces-fundraising-for-new-venture-capital-fund-to-focus-on-tech-startups/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 06:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19314 Japanese financial company SBI Holdings announced at the end of January 2020 that it is raising as much as 100 billion Yen (U.S.$920 million) for a new venture capital fund that will focus on Japanese and foreign 5G network, robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), and healthcare startups.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/softbank-backed-skylo-raises-116-million-for-satellite-iot-network-venture/ Tue, 28 Jan 2020 06:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18874 Skylo, maker of the world’s most affordable and ubiquitous network that connects any machine or sensor, has announced that the company has emerged from stealth with U.S.$116 million in total funding.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/uae-new-space-abu-dhabis-hub71-announces-partnerships-with-techstars-and-starburst-startup-accelerators/ Fri, 03 May 2019 05:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13833 Hub71, a global tech hub driven by Mubadala in collaboration with Microsoft, SoftBank Vision Fund and Abu Dhabi Global Market, announced that two new partners, Techstars and Starburst, will join Hub71 in Q4 of this year. Hub71 is a key initiative of the Abu Dhabi Government’s Ghadan 21 economic acceleration programme.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/uaes-mubadala-creates-abu-dhabi-hub71-with-softbank-and-microsoft-for-new-space-other-tech-start-ups/ Mon, 22 Apr 2019 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13660 Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund Mubadala is set to create a start-up ecosystem in Abu Dhabi that will attract New Space and other emerging technology companies to the Gulf Arab state. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/uks-inmarsat-accepts-private-equity-bid/ Tue, 26 Mar 2019 06:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13213 Inmarsat is to be acquired by a private equity consortium in a U.S.$6 billion deal. The news comes after Echostar made a bid for the mobile satellite communications company just last year and after interest was also shown by Eutelsat and SoftBank. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/japan-launches-michibiki-gnss-service-with-great-economic-expectations/ Mon, 05 Nov 2018 06:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11126 Japan launched its own satellite positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) system called Michibiki on Thursday, 1 November 2018, as part of an effort to generate new businesses worth nearly 5 trillion yen (U.S.$44.4 billion) by 2025, as companies such as SoftBank Group, Mitsubishi Electric, and Hitachi develop applications in automated driving, farming, and other sectors that will use the Michibiki system.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/indias-bsnl-partners-with-japans-softbank-and-ntt-communications-to-provide-5g-and-iot-coverage/ Tue, 25 Sep 2018 05:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10517 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the Indian state-run telecommunications company, is partnering with Japan’s Softbank and NTT Communications to provide 5G networks and Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity across India, including through Softbank’s OneWeb satellite constellation that is currently under construction.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/japans-ana-holdings-and-partners-to-create-avatar-x-virtual-reality-space-exploration-concept/ Mon, 10 Sep 2018 05:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10323 In what a growing number of analysts are calling a bold move, Japan's ANA Holdings – owner and operator of All Nippon Airways (ANA) – is partnering with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and companies such as Softbank, Takenaka, and HIS, to create AVATAR X in a bid to revolutionize space exploration and development through the use of avatar space systems controlled by pilots on Earth utilising virtual reality (VR) technology.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/04/8451/ Mon, 23 Apr 2018 10:51:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8451 A new satellite Earth observation company which promises to deliver real-time video of the Earth ‘enhanced by machine intelligence’ has received the backing of Bill Gates, OneWeb’s Greg Wyler, Airbus and Japan’s Softbank.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/04/spacewatchme-interviews-stephen-spengler-of-intelsat/ Sun, 16 Apr 2017 08:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=4062 This content is for members only. 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