Intellectual Ventures spinout Kymeta has raised its largest investment round to fuel development of the company's satellite antenna technology.

Five years after its founding, the Intellectual Ventures' Kymeta antenna venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is releasing its first commercial product – and partnering with satellite operator Intelsat on a new broadband data service dubbed Kalo.

Wireless power transmission has been a dream since the days of Nikola Tesl, but Intellectual Ventures is adding a twist to make it so, and make it profitable.

Metamaterials are a new frontier, one the New York Times said “the waves of the future may bend around,” and we are investing a lot of time in their success.

Intellectual Ventures spinout Echodyne's drone-sized radar system has received a vote of confidence – and a $118,721 award – from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.