Former Disney star Bridgit Mendler has launched a satellite data startup called Northwood Space, aiming to mass produce ground stations for space communication. The startup is backed by major VCs like a16z and Founders Fund, with a focus on modernizing ground station infrastructure to enable continuous communication with satellites.
Former $DIS Disney Star Bridgit Mendler has studied engineering at MIT and Harvard and is now raising a $6mn seed round (backed by Andreesen Horowitz apparently) to build ground station communication hubs to speak with satellites... Nice retirement gig for her! https://t.co/96m1dbt7JF
Former Disney Star Bridget Mendler Is The Next Elon Musk, Launching Her Own Startup 'Northwood Space' https://t.co/sz4kilyc5U https://t.co/5scuy1gLpF
1/ Bridgit Mendler just announced her own space startup, Northwood Space, with $6.3 million in seed funding. But that's far from the only impressive line on her resume. Here's how she went from Disney star to space CEO. https://t.co/FCWV1vZztR
Disney star Bridgit Mendler launches satellite data startup with $6.3M in funding https://t.co/s7stLMaQDK
Disney star Bridgit Mendler is launching a satellite data startup with $6.3M in funding. https://t.co/DXW47erTZ9
Former Disney Channel star Bridgit Mendler is now the CEO of a space startup! 🚀🛰️ She recently co-founded Northwood Space based in El Segundo. https://t.co/QMkhcTDo0s Disney is the parent company of this ABC station. https://t.co/fd9hwjxuwd
From TV star to space company CEO! ⭐🚀 Bridgit Mendler, who played Teddy on the Disney Channel series “Good Luck Charlie,” recently co-founded a space startup in El Segundo. https://t.co/QMkhcTDo0s https://t.co/aiVsaEtrUw
Bridgit Mendler, Disney Channel’s forgotten daughter, is now a space entrepreneur https://t.co/bzuAuYwkBv https://t.co/CD2c2GJGx5
Ready or not, Bridgit Mendler is skyrocketing into the space industry. https://t.co/EvEiXjI36H
Thrilled to back @bridgitmendler and the @NorthwoodSpace team! https://t.co/WEikWDDHMe
Not every little girl wants to grow up to become a princess.👑 Some aim to launch their own company that changes the future. "@Disney star turned space CEO: Bridgit Mendler launches satellite data startup backed by major VCs" https://t.co/4l3TyJ5Pjy
Former Disney star Bridgit Mendler reveals she adopted a son after announcing space startup https://t.co/2BF8fsf8zi https://t.co/0X8PuJP1lU
Bridgit Mendler's resume just got even more insane She's launching a space satellite startup that's already raised $6 million from VCs like a16z • Disney Channel • Hollywood Records • USC/MIT/Harvard Law • Northwood Space CEO Just built different. https://t.co/aTtutyf9lo
Former Disney star @bridgitmendler is now the CEO of the space start-up @NorthwoodSpace https://t.co/VElp0Pt5nc
'She's Breaking Barriers': Actress Bridgit Mendler Impresses Fans by Announcing She Adopted a Son and Is Launching a Space Program https://t.co/IpKErCuy4B Click the image for details:
Bridgit Mendler’s space company: From Disney Channel star to CEO. https://t.co/oGxDIdBrf1 Click the image to read more:
Bridgit Mendler’s space company: From Disney Channel star to CEO https://t.co/vb2DG7DFCy
Former Disney star Bridgit Mendler launches space startup with over $6M in funding: ‘Expect the unexpected’ https://t.co/LzmQ8Uq6sa https://t.co/gpMdtaw3kS
Bridgit Mendler is now a proud mom to a 4-year-old boy whom she adopted after fostering since 2021. https://t.co/Oy3tAb69jA
Disney star Bridgit Mendler reveals she has adopted a four-year-old boy as she breaks her Twitter silence and posts for the first time since 2022 https://t.co/2SCt1lfNXy https://t.co/7cCQNkt2Gy
Bridgit Mendler goes from Disney Channel to CEO as the head of a new start-up company Northwood Space... which just got $6.3M in seed funding: 'Expect the unexpected!' https://t.co/CF4yJJDd3H https://t.co/4QCM7PPC6i
Bridgit Mendler announces she is a mother to a 4-year-old boy who she adopted in 2022. https://t.co/qQfDJCgYmA
Bridgit Mendler reveals she is now a mother to a 4-year-old boy she adopted in 2022. https://t.co/yFQ5kI6264
Bridgit Mendler announces she has adopted and is now mother to a 4-year-old boy. https://t.co/ymP5wUa8j9
Former Disney Star Bridgit Mendler Launches Outer Space Communications Startup https://t.co/saU8CSbLvm
From Disney Channel To Space: 'Good Luck Charlie' Star Bridgit Mendler Launching Satellite Data Startup https://t.co/3Fk2ss6cia
Bridgit Mendler has become a CEO of her own startup, Northwood Space. The company’s goal is to create satellite ground stations designed with mass production & customer flexibility at the forefront. (Source: https://t.co/uiQgmarU3U) https://t.co/eoMr9fxHwf
Bridgit Mendler is officially the CEO of a startup called Northwood Space. The aim of Northwood Space is to produce grounded satellite stations that act as a highway of data communications between Earth and outer space. https://t.co/OeOFsSgiOy
Bridgit Mendler is officially a CEO as she launches her startup, Northwood Space. Northwood aims to create satellite ground stations that are designed with mass production and customer flexibility first in mind. https://t.co/l5K6C2pDab
not enough people are talking about how disney star bridgit mendler launched a satellite data startup and graduated from harvard law and mit phd. bridgit is THE female founder showing us you can reinvent yourself and build cool things along the way. https://t.co/tR1pX1LTB9
Bridgit Mendler just keeps doing great things: • was a Disney Channel star on Good Luck Charlie • has a Master's and PhD from MIT • received a JD from Harvard Law And now she's founding a satellite data startup backed by a16z, Founders Fund, and Also Capital! https://t.co/pYc1jigYpL
Disney Channel Actress Bridgit Mendler Launching Space Data Startup https://t.co/nwDpfUOgzy https://t.co/HJN7ihpAWD
Disney star turned space CEO: Bridgit Mendler launches satellite data startup backed by major VCs. https://t.co/pC4EwLc8Wc
Excited to back @bridgitmendler and the @NorthwoodSpace team as they build out the next generation of ground infrastructure to power the accelerating Space Age! https://t.co/m8oE4ThWG0
Bridgit Mendler is getting into the space race. https://t.co/eAAgrpDMmj
Excited to be partnering with @bridgitmendler and @NorthwoodSpace to make modern and scalable ground stations for the growing space economy 📡🛰️🚀🇺🇸 https://t.co/Jy6n0VcNPk
Pumped to finally announce our investment in @bridgitmendler and @NorthwoodSpace! Excited to team up with @zebulgar @KTmBoyle and more to build the data highway for the coming explosion of space data. Oh, and they’re in El Segundo. Let’s go! https://t.co/RamDOmD5LJ
Excited to back @bridgitmendler's startup, Northwood. She's had quite the career before space!! Today's ground station infrastructure is so archaic. Currently, we are able to communicate with W-1 for ~15 mins every hour and a half. With Northwood we'd be connected to W-1 24/7! https://t.co/O5d54sFcI8
Disney star turned space CEO: Bridgit Mendler launches satellite data startup backed by major VCs https://t.co/zxE6dL1222
Exclusive: @bridgitmendler is adding space CEO to her list of actress, singer, and songwriter. Introducing Northwood Space, which aims to mass produce ground stations and is backed by @a16z, @FoundersFund and more: https://t.co/sSFVRiu2Ey