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Myriota raises $19.3 million to expand its IoT satellite constellation

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 NewsEditorantarctica, articles, Boeing, Canada, Internet of Things, Norway, Panama, satellite, Singapore, singtel, SingTel Innov8, Technology, United States

Internet of things satellite connectivity startup Myriota has raises a $19.3 million Series B funding round, led by Hostplus and Main Sequence Ventures, with additional funding from Boeing, former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull, Singtel Innov8 and others. The company has now raised $37 million in Funding, and has four satellites on orbit already, with a plan to expand that to 25 by 2022 with the help of this new funding. Myriota provides low-cost, power efficient direct satellite connectivity for IoT uses, including industrial applications like equipment monitoring and measurement of…

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Pre-school edtech startup Lingumi raises 4m, adds some free services during COVID-19

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 NewsEditorAlibaba, articles, artificial intelligence, China, coronavirus, COVID-19, Education, Entrepreneur, Europe, France, General Partner, Germany, Italy, lingumi, Taiwan, teacher, United Kingdom

At these difficult times, parents are concerned for their children’s education, especially given so much of it has had to go online during the COVID-19 pandemic. But what about pre-schoolers who are missing out? Pre-school children are sponges for information but don’t get formal training on reading and writing until they enter the classroom when they are less sponge-like and surrounded by 30 other children. Things are tougher for non-English speaking children who’s parents want them to learn English. Lingumi, a platform aimed at toddlers learning critical skills, has now…