Bridgit Mendler

@bridgitmendler

CEO, Co-founder @northwoodspace

Los Angeles, CA

northwoodspace.io

Joined May 2009

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3M Followers

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Bridgit Mendler
@bridgitmendler
Jan 27
Today Northwood has raised $100M in Series B funding led by @WashingHarbour and co-led by @a16z to support a simple objective – take space missions further faster. This financing follows millions in signed contracts including a $49.8 million contract with the Space Force to
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Bridgit Mendler
@bridgitmendler
Oct 30
Fresh from the @NorthwoodSpace slack channel today — our Portal glue bot
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Bridgit Mendler
@bridgitmendler
Aug 31
Making galactic scale ambitions a reality is notoriously hard. Hence the famous, "the best way to become a millionaire in the space industry is to start as a billionaire" quote. But I find the strategic sequencing one of the most fun challenges. When you have a big vision for
Molly O’Shea
@MollySOShea
Aug 31
“There's enthusiasm around compute use cases & IoT & other future industries moving to space. But the reality is—that's not space today.” @bridgitmendler says SpaceX’s IPO has created a ton of momentum & new ideas in the space industry, but companies like @NorthwoodSpace still
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Bridgit Mendler
@bridgitmendler
Jun 26
Thanks for the chat @itsmoislam !
Mo Islam
@itsmoislam
Jun 26
.@NorthwoodSpace recently announced Prism, a new satellite ground antenna to significantly increase its ground station network capacity. @bridgitmendler: "Today, what that looks like is addressing the use cases of today. That's something we fundamentally believe in — let's start
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Bridgit Mendler
@bridgitmendler
Jun 26
Why does networking for space matter? How you send data between earth and space determines the use cases you can unlock, the market you can capture, and how you maximize your return on investment. We want to see more space missions introduced and become viable on economic
Mo Islam
@itsmoislam
Jun 24
.@bridgitmendler on the founding thesis of @NorthwoodSpace. "We really were recognizing the same problem, that networking for the space economy is really what drives its value. And there's a significant bottleneck, and that bottleneck actually is not in space. It's actually on
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