Good Luck Charlie Star Bridgit Mendler Takes on New Role as CEO of Satellite Data Startup
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Actress Bridgit Mendler has now become the CEO of her satellite data startup, Northwood Space, as she shares a post about the same. Mendler has had a successful career in the music and entertainment industry, earning her significant fame and popularity. However, the actress is now fully committed to focusing on her startup, and here’s everything you need to know about it.
Read ahead to learn more about actress Bridgit Mendler’s announcement of her new venture, Northwood Space, a satellite data startup.
Bridgit Mendler announces her startup, Northwood Space
Bridgit Mendler, the actress and singer, recently took to her social media to announce the beginning of her new role. The popular actress has become the CEO of her satellite data startup, Northwood Space. It was on X that the actress broke the news to everyone about her new venture.
Her post read, “At @NorthwoodSpace, we have our sights set on building a data highway between Earth and space. We are designing shared ground infrastructure from first principles to expand access to space.” Netizens have been excited about Mendler’s announcement.
More about Northwood Space of Bridgit Mendler
Mendler’s startup, Northwood Space, is named after a lake in North Hampshire. Yahoo! Finance quoted Mendler’s idea for starting her startup, stating, “While everybody else was making their sourdough starters, we were building antennas out of random crap we could find at Home Depot… and receiving data from satellites.”
The “Good Luck Charlie” actress has founded the startup with two former engineers, one from Lockheed Martin and the other being Shaurya Luthra. Her startup is focused on producing and deploying antennas and ground stations to facilitate data exchange between Earth and space.
Initial launch of Northwood Space by Bridgit Mendler
The X post by Bridgit Mendler also shed light on her initial launch funding for the Northwood Space project. It is set to be worth $6.3 million from investors including the Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, and Also Capital.
According to a report from CNBC’s Michael Sheetz, Mendler’s company is all set to conduct their first test by the end of this year, connecting to the in-orbit spacecraft. More details about it may come out soon from Mendler and her team as their work progresses.
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