CEO, Co-founder @northwoodspace
Los Angeles, CA
Joined May 2009
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Bridgit Mendler retweeted
Co-led Northwood's seed just 3 years ago, partly just hoping they'd build a better ground station network for Varda.
Deeply impressed by how fast @bridgitmendler and crew have moved and how much their ambition has grown.
Congrats to them on their $375M Series C today!!
Today, Northwood is announcing a $375M Series C.
In February of 2024, less than three years ago, we announced Northwood as a small six-person team.
We’ve grown a lot, but the goal stays the same – solve connectivity between Earth and space to take missions further faster.
The world is hungry for more data movement through space, and that is what we're building for, with scalable network capacity for the most challenging use cases.
We are proud to add new partners to our cap table and continue the journey with existing ones as we enter this new chapter.
Thanks to @a16z @DFJvc @WashingHarbour Alpine Space Ventures @stepstone and many others.
Read more: northwoodspace.io/blog/north…
Bridgit Mendler retweeted
Excited to co-lead @NorthwoodSpace Series C! @bridgitmendler and team are building essential infrastructure for the space economy, and we’re thrilled to be on the rocket ship 🚀
We're co-leading @NorthwoodSpace $375M Series C.
satellites & launch get a lot of attention, but the space segment is meaningless without ground networks on earth, and those are simply not prepared for what's coming.
Northwood is reinventing the ground segment. the tech, the timelines, the economics, and we think they'll create a defining space infrastructure company in the process
we're honored to join the team @bridgitmendler @ILIVETWICE @ZakticalComms Griffin
Bridgit Mendler retweeted
When we first invested in SpaceX back in 2009, the space industry looked very different. It’s been amazing to watch how far things have come, with launch costs falling, satellite deployments accelerating, and an entirely new space economy taking shape.
But the ground infrastructure needed to support all of this hasn’t kept up. That’s where @NorthwoodSpace comes in. They’re rethinking a critical piece of space infrastructure that’s been very overdue for innovation.
@dfjgrowth is excited to co-lead Northwood’s $375M Series C and partner with @bridgitmendler and team as they bring a new generation of ground infrastructure online!
We're co-leading @NorthwoodSpace $375M Series C.
satellites & launch get a lot of attention, but the space segment is meaningless without ground networks on earth, and those are simply not prepared for what's coming.
Northwood is reinventing the ground segment. the tech, the timelines, the economics, and we think they'll create a defining space infrastructure company in the process
we're honored to join the team @bridgitmendler @ILIVETWICE @ZakticalComms Griffin
Bridgit Mendler retweeted
We’ve backed Northwood since the seed, when they were a six-person team with an idea. Now they’re on multiple continents.
Thrilled to continue backing the Northwood team as they solve connectivity between Earth and space, taking missions further faster. 🇺🇸🚀💪
This year has been a busy one for Northwood! We’ve announced and deployed two product lines across multiple continents, we’ve tripled in headcount, we’ve contracted with new customers and deepened engagements with existing ones.
There is so much to do and we are just getting started.
Grateful for the partnership of @a16z and @DFJvc and substantial follow-on investment from
@washingharbour Alpine Space Ventures @stepstone and others in our 300M equity raise and @HSBCInnovation for joining with us for a 75M debt financing.
Let’s go build!
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Bridgit Mendler retweeted
@NorthwoodSpace & @bridgitmendler continue to show that deployment pace and production scale are how you serve the future of the space ground station market.
This round represents our continued conviction in Bridgit and the team at Northwood, as well as the exploding demand in the broader space market.
This year has been a busy one for Northwood! We’ve announced and deployed two product lines across multiple continents, we’ve tripled in headcount, we’ve contracted with new customers and deepened engagements with existing ones.
There is so much to do and we are just getting started.
Grateful for the partnership of @a16z and @DFJvc and substantial follow-on investment from
@washingharbour Alpine Space Ventures @stepstone and others in our 300M equity raise and @HSBCInnovation for joining with us for a 75M debt financing.
Let’s go build!
There's a new version of this post
Bridgit Mendler retweeted
We're co-leading @NorthwoodSpace $375M Series C.
satellites & launch get a lot of attention, but the space segment is meaningless without ground networks on earth, and those are simply not prepared for what's coming.
Northwood is reinventing the ground segment. the tech, the timelines, the economics, and we think they'll create a defining space infrastructure company in the process
we're honored to join the team @bridgitmendler @ILIVETWICE @ZakticalComms Griffin
Today, Northwood is announcing a $375M Series C.
In February of 2024, less than three years ago, we announced Northwood as a small six-person team.
We’ve grown a lot, but the goal stays the same – solve connectivity between Earth and space to take missions further faster.
The world is hungry for more data movement through space, and that is what we're building for, with scalable network capacity for the most challenging use cases.
We are proud to add new partners to our cap table and continue the journey with existing ones as we enter this new chapter.
Thanks to @a16z @DFJvc @WashingHarbour Alpine Space Ventures @stepstone and many others.
Read more: northwoodspace.io/blog/north…
Bridgit Mendler retweeted
Spacecraft are generating more data than ever.
The infrastructure receiving it was built for a different era.
On Valley of Depth, Northwood CEO @bridgitmendler spoke with @itsmoislam about how
Northwood is building the network for the next generation of space missions.
Full episode 👇
YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=an6xBj9H…
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3GW…
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Bridgit Mendler retweeted
Bridgit Mendler on why the space economy is like the early internet:
"I get really inspired by the analogy especially thinking about, you know, for folks that were early with the internet."
"There's no way they would've foreseen what the internet is today."
"But they were betting on a direction and they were setting up a model that would basically unlock a lot of innovation."
"A year ago today, would we think that everybody would be talking about orbital data centers? No way."
@bridgitmendler of @NorthwoodSpace with @eriktorenberg
The space economy has a ground infrastructure problem.
You can build a satellite and launch it faster than you can connect with it from Earth.
Bridgit Mendler is building Northwood to fix that — deploying ground infrastructure in 3 months instead of 3 years.
She joins a16'z Erik Torenberg to talk about vertical integration, the $50M Space Force contract, and why space is like the early internet:
00:00 Introduction
6:10 The ground segment bottleneck
10:06 Pandemic antenna origins
13:18 Three months, not three years
18:19 Starlink is not a threat
23:48 The space economy market map
29:45 The Space Force contract
36:03 Culture and values
@bridgitmendler @eriktorenberg @NorthwoodSpace
Bridgit Mendler retweeted
.@NorthwoodSpace, a maker of critical ground infrastructure for space satellites, raised $100 million in a new funding round. CEO @bridgitmendler joined @EdLudlow to discuss plans for the funding and a $49.8 million contract with the US Space Force bloom.bg/4a0UJRK
Bridgit Mendler retweeted
Story (gift link): bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Bridgit Mendler retweeted
Live footage of me watching the team celebrate on the factory floor over facetime while I'm in DC (@bridgitmendler @ILIVETWICE can one of you turn the camera?)
Bridgit Mendler retweeted
Northwood Space takes a significant step toward commercial operations of its phased array antennas, with the intent of increasing downlink capacity from satellites in orbit.
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0…
Bridgit Mendler retweeted
Satellites can’t deliver data without ground stations — and today’s ground tech can’t keep up. We’re building a faster, cheaper way to scale that critical infrastructure.
Thanks @SpaceSciGuy for digging in with the team.
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0…
Bridgit Mendler retweeted
.@BridgitMendler gave TODAY an exclusive look at the @NorthwoodSpace facilities. @gadinbc reports. today.com/video/how-bridgit-…
Bridgit Mendler retweeted
Thrilled to continue backing @bridgitmendler and the entire @NorthwoodSpace team as they build the global ground network for the industrialized space economy. Read more about our investment. 🇺🇸🚀💪
Another one – Northwood has raised a $30M Series A, led by Alpine Space Ventures and @a16z, with Also Capital, Founders Fund, and Stepstone joining as major investors to build the ground network for the industrialized space economy. We will use this funding to expand into a 35,000 sqft manufacturing facility and deploy the first operational version of our global network of Northwood ground sites. Thanks for covering us
@EdLudlow
Bridgit Mendler retweeted
To industrialize space, we must also industrialize the ground.
If you want to shape the future of the space economy from the ground up, Northwood is hiring 🚀
Another one – Northwood has raised a $30M Series A, led by Alpine Space Ventures and @a16z, with Also Capital, Founders Fund, and Stepstone joining as major investors to build the ground network for the industrialized space economy. We will use this funding to expand into a 35,000 sqft manufacturing facility and deploy the first operational version of our global network of Northwood ground sites. Thanks for covering us
@EdLudlow
Bridgit Mendler retweeted
We @a16z are thrilled to be deepening the partnership with @bridgitmendler and the @NorthwoodSpace team by co-leading their Series A!
Honored to continue supporting Bridgit, Griffin, and Shaur as they build the next generation of ground infrastructure for the space economy.
Another one – Northwood has raised a $30M Series A, led by Alpine Space Ventures and @a16z, with Also Capital, Founders Fund, and Stepstone joining as major investors to build the ground network for the industrialized space economy. We will use this funding to expand into a 35,000 sqft manufacturing facility and deploy the first operational version of our global network of Northwood ground sites. Thanks for covering us
@EdLudlow
Bridgit Mendler retweeted
We are investing in @NorthwoodSpace.
To maximally industrialize satellites in space, we must revamp infrastructure on the ground. And that’s what Northwood Space is doing.
It’s building one of the most overlooked yet essential components of the space data pipeline: a next-generation, scalable ground-station network for the modern space age.
Northwood cofounders @bridgitmendler, Griffin Cleverly, and Shaurya Luthra bring a rare blend of technical acuity and operational intensity, and we’re proud to back them in their Series A — our second investment in this team.
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