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Hitachi Construction Machinery invests in nextgen LiDAR…

March 29, 2021 Leave a comment

Hitachi Construction Machinery invests in nextgen LiDAR sensor company Baraja to advance autonomous mining Baraja has raised A$40 million in a new funding round to accelerate development of its breakthrough Spectrum–Scan™ LiDAR technology. Baraja’s LiDAR sensors are higher performance and more reliable than legacy LiDAR systems, and enable the safe rollout of autonomous vehicles sooner. The latest capital raising was led by Blackbird Ventures […]

AgTech Company SeeTree Raises $30M in Series B Funding..

December 8, 2020 Leave a comment

AgTech Company SeeTree Raises $30M in Series B Funding Round to Scale Globally and Expand into New Crops SeeTree’s Series B funding round is one of the largest for an Israeli Agtech company, which is already operating in Brazil, the United States, South Africa and Chile FRESNO, Calif. – Dec. 8, 2020 – SeeTree, an AI-powered, end-to-end service that provides growers […]

Lidar startup goes public, makes founder a billionaire

December 6, 2020 Leave a comment

Lidar Startup Goes Public, Makes Founder a Billionaire Luminar used a special purpose acquisition company to avoid a traditional IPO. Luminar founder Austin Russell has become one of the youngest self-made billionaires after his lidar company debuted on public markets on Thursday. Russell, 25, was just 17 when he founded Luminar in 2012. Shares of Luminar rose above $30 a share […]

Drone Automation Company Releases API

November 13, 2020 Leave a comment

Drone Automation Company Releases Hardware-Agnostic APIs for Enterprises to Easily Integrate Drones with Their Custom Workflows California, USA, November 12, 2020 – FlytBase, Inc has announced the release of hardware-agnostic cloud-based drone APIs, enabling enterprises to easily integrate drones with their business applications. Drones are rapidly transitioning into fully-automated commercial tools that are being deployed for a range of applications, […]

Velodyne Lidar is now a public company!

September 30, 2020 Leave a comment

Velodyne Lidar is now a public company! We are thrilled to have achieved the long-time goal of becoming a public company. Velodyne Lidar is now trading on NASDAQ with the ticker VLDR! We would not be here today without the support of our employees, whose dedication and hard work brought Velodyne to this point. We would also like to thank […]

Building a Company with 3D Technology – TerraMark

April 18, 2020 One comment

Building a Company with 3D Technology Kevin Hardy, Vice President – Technology A Brief History TerraMark is a land surveying firm that was founded in 2003 in Marietta, Georgia; a suburb of Atlanta. Over the years they have been involved with some of the landmark projects of this fast-growing urban region including SunTrust Park, the new home of the Atlanta […]

New Company ‘4 Earth Intelligence’ Provides Smart Data for the Planet

January 13, 2020 Leave a comment

New Satellite Services Company 4 Earth Intelligence Provides Smart Data for the Planet Bristol, UK, 13 January 2020 – Advances in technology for observing the earth from space have resulted in the formation of a new company which will bring a range of innovative satellite intelligence and data services to market. 4 Earth Intelligence (4EI) has pioneered the use of […]

Juniper Unmanned Named 2018 Colorado Company to Watch

June 26, 2018 Leave a comment

DENVER, Colo., June 26, 2018 — Juniper Unmanned, Inc., a premier operator of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) with advanced sensing technologies, was named a 2018 Colorado Company to Watch winner Friday at the 10th annual Gala Awards. The Colorado Companies to Watch award honors second-stage companies headquartered in Colorado that develop valuable products and services, create quality jobs, enrich communities, […]