Here’s Transcelestial! This Singapore-headquartered startup deploys reliable high-speed connectivity faster and cheaper. And they just raised fresh $$$. 

• This brings their total investment to date to $30.7M! They last raised $10M in a Series A extension.

Investor check. NTT Finance and Paspalis Capital co-led the round. Golden Egg Ventures, In-Q-Tel, David G. Wilson, Beyond Earth Technologies, and Non Public also joined in! 

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⚡ Light it up

You’ve heard of fiber internet, now get ready for laser!

Transcelestial delivers secure last-mile connectivity with fiber-like speeds through their commercially available product, CENTAURI. 

But unlike fiber, CENTAURI’s deployment is faster and more cost effective. After all, there’s no need for infrastructure-intensive fiber-optic cables, which can delay time-to-market and increase costs.

• CENTAURI’s solution can be used in a variety of industries such as ISPs, mobile operators, ports and logistics, and education. 
• It can also be used in post-disaster situations for a more efficient disaster recovery plan. 

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🛜 New countries, unlocked

They’ll use the $$$ to deploy their laser communications tech across critical telecom, defense, and space infrastructure in Japan and Australia. 

• Their tech in Japan. Their CENTAURI system is a resilient and rapidly deployable solution to address the unique challenges posed by frequent natural disasters in the country. 
• And in Australia? They’ll break the remote connectivity barrier with lasers, upgrade defense assets with ground-to-drone laser capabilities, and pioneer Australia’s first gateway to space communications. 

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⭐ To infinity and beyond

But their vision doesn’t stop there. Their primary goal is to develop a constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites to potentially connect continents globally.