Virginia-based UbiquitiLink has increased its total funding to $12m after raising $5.2m from Revolution's "Rise of the Rest" Seed Fund and Blazar Ventures. The company is developing a system that will allow people with disabilities or other conditions to use their smartphones as an input device for computer programs such as Photoshop, video games and 3D modelling software. The firm is scheduled to launch a cell tower on a SpaceX rocket in the coming days, to test connectivity across 22 mobile operators.
Virginia-based UbiquitiLink has increased its total funding to $12m after raising $5.2m from Revolution's "Rise of the Rest" Seed Fund and Blazar Ventures. UbiquitiLink aims to offer a satellite-powered, roughly 2G internet service, with signals sent directly to customers' phones. The firm is scheduled to launch a cell tower on a SpaceX rocket in the coming days, to test connectivity across 22 mobile operators.