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Frank Body co-founders Bree Johnson, Steve Rowley, Jess Hatziz and Alexander Boffa. Source: supplied. It’s been a week of big headlines and huge dollar-figures in the startup funding world. SafetyCulture became a unicorn twice over, with founder Luke Anear predicting much more growth to come. Elsewhere, Main Sequence plugged $12 million into new space-tech startup Quasar Satellite Technology, launched in partnership with the Office of the NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer and various Aussie industry experts, and proved it is intending not only to back startups, but build whole new ones. But t...

Quasar’s ground station service will communicate with hundreds of satellites simultaneously. Source: CSIRO CSIRO and the Office of the NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer have launched a new startup that hopes to enable satellite ground stations to communicate with hundreds of space satellites at once. On Tuesday CSIRO announced that startup Quasar Satellite Technologies would build space communications technology using an Australian-based team, with expertise and research support from CSIRO. “CSIRO’s technology breakthrough enabled the world to connect without wires using fast WiFi, and now...

iTWire Wednesday, 05 May 2021 01:31 Space startup Quasar takes off with CSIRO tech Shares New Australian space startup Quasar Satellite Technologies is set to revolutionise space communication, allowing ground stations to talk to hundreds of satellites at once using technology developed by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency. Over the next decade, more than 57,000 satellites will be launched worldwide to support a surge in demand for space-derived data, from environmental monitoring such as bushfires and floods, to connecting to sensors on ‘Internet of Things’ netw...

CSIRO New Australian space startup Quasar Satellite Technologies is set to revolutionise space communication, allowing ground stations to talk to hundreds of satellites at once using technology developed by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency. Over the next decade, more than 57,000 satellites will be launched worldwide to support a surge in demand for space-derived data, from environmental monitoring such as bushfires and floods, to connecting to sensors on ‘Internet of Things’ networks. However, with present-day ground stations typically tracking one satellite at a time, heavy c...

As VC Soars, Main Sequence Attracts Temasek, Hostplus for Second Fund The oversubscribed fund, which has raised $250 million AUD, is emblematic of the new popularity of venture capital. Main Sequence, a deep technology venture capital (VC) firm based in Australia, has raised $250 million AUD (US$193.6 million) for its oversubscribed second investment fund. It has attracted a series of returning asset owners and investors.  Investors Hostplus, Horizons Ventures, Lockheed Martin, and Temasek, as well as other family offices and private investors in Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and Mutual T...