Let’s talk about antennas, satellites, and some serious garage-band hustle that turned into a $30 million Series A. Northwood didn’t just come to play, they came to rewire how data flows between earth and the final frontier. Born out of COVID lockdown boredom and Home Depot runs, these folks started bending metal and dreaming big. Now? They’re building a “data highway between earth and space” that makes yesterday’s satellite comms feel like dial-up.
Bridgit Mendler, CEO and yes, that Bridgit Mendler, traded Disney stardom for an Massachusetts Institute of Technology PhD and a JD from Harvard University, because why not? Griffin Cleverly, CTO, brought engineering chops from Lockheed, Mitre, and Space Vector. And Shaurya Luthra, Head of Software, came armed with experience from Capella Space. Together, they’re pushing past the usual space suspects, turning Northwood into the kind of outfit that doesn’t ask permission to innovate, they just do it.
Northwood just locked in $30 million led by Alpine Space Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz, with a full constellation of believers: Also Capital, Founders Fund, StepStone Group, BoxGroup, Humba Ventures, Balerion Space Ventures, Banter Capital, Long Journey, and angels like Aabid Razvi, Evan Loomis, and Adrian Aoun. That brings total funding to $36.3 million. Not bad for a crew that once built antennas with what they could carry out of a hardware store.
Their tech isn’t just cool, it’s disruptive with a capital D. Phased array ground stations that scale to 100 Gbps backhaul, cut deployment time by 5x, and slash costs by 10x compared to traditional setups. No single points of failure, no excuses. And they’ve already run ops with Planet Labs and teamed up with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Space Development Agency, and the Air Force. They’re not just building systems, they’re building trust with the big players.
This isn’t about chasing satellites, it’s about leading the charge in industrialized space infrastructure. A ground network that scales as fast as the missions it supports, with multilink sites coming online across six continents by 2026. First deployments hit in 2025, and with a 35,000 sq ft facility in Torrance ready to light up, Northwood’s about to take the term “groundbreaking” literally.
The takeaway? Sometimes the biggest leaps come from the smallest sparks. Northwood’s proof that when you blend raw ingenuity with serious execution, even the sky isn’t the limit, it’s just the next waypoint.
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