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Kymeta secures $85m funding led by Bill Gates to accelerate satellite communications

Posted by Anthony Davis

|August 26, 2020

Kymeta secures $85m funding led by Bill Gates to accelerate satellite communications

Kymeta Corporation, the communications company making mobile global—is excited to announce the recapitalization of the company along with the successful funding raise of...

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Bill Gates in Construction and Infrastructure

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