The latest news, blogs, and press from Northwood.
Jun 11, 2025Bridgit Mendler's Northwood Space Is on a Mission to Revolutionize the Ground Segment
The space industry has a ground bottleneck, and the problem is going to get worse.
May 15, 2025Bridgit Mendler: We're Aiming to Build a Global Network
Bridgit Mendler, Northwood Co-Founder and CEO speaks with Romaine Bostick about their recent $30M funding round for creating infrastructure for the space era.
May 15, 2025How Bridgit Mendler's startup is revolutionizing the space industry
Bridgit Mendler is CEO and co-founder of Northwood Space, a tech startup looking to improve the way people communicate with satellites. NBC’s Gadi Schwartz reports for TODAY.
Apr 22, 2025Bridgit Mendler’s Space Startup Raises $30M
Bridgit Mendler, CEO and co-founder of Northwood, discusses the startup's latest funding round and manufacturing in the US. Mendler joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Technology.
Oct 9, 2024Our first phased array ground station is up and running — in record time
Northwood brought a fully operational phased array online—designed, built, and connected to orbit in just four months, with successful live ops conducted with Planet.
Oct 9, 2024Bridgit Mendler’s space startup Northwood passes first test, connecting prototype antenna to Planet satellites
Northwood Space, the startup led by former television star and singer Bridgit Mendler, passed its first major development test by connecting with Planet imagery satellites in orbit.
Oct 9, 2024Bridgit Mendler’s Northwood makes ground station connection with Planet Labs in key test
Northwood Space, the startup founded by former Disney star Bridgit Mendler, nailed a key test last week when its ground station unit successfully connected with orbiting Planet Labs satellites.
- Aug 15, 2024
Bridgit Mendler will talk about building the data highway between Earth and space at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
Earlier this year, Bridgit Mendler surprised her fans when she announced that she was heading a new space data startup called Northwood Space.
Feb 21, 2024Meet Northwood Space, a Former Disney Child Star’s Commercial Space Startup
Bridgit Mendler went from Disney movies and a recording career to launching a space business startup with $6.3 million in funding from marquee VC firms.
Feb 20, 2024Former Disney Star Bridgit Mendler Emerges as CEO of Satellite Ground Tech Startup Northwood
Singer, songwriter, actress, and MIT and Harvard graduate, Bridgit Mendler is now CEO of a new satellite ground tech startup Northwood.
- Feb 19, 2024
CEO Bridgit Mendler’s Northwood Space Aims to Revolutionize Earth-space Communication
Northwood Space is focused on on mass-producing ground stations, essential for connecting with satellites in orbit.
Feb 19, 2024Disney Channel Actress Bridgit Mendler Launching Space Data Startup
Bridgit Mendler, an actress and singer best known for her roles in Disney Channel’s “Good Luck Charlie” and “Lemonade Mouth,” is adding a CEO title to her resume with her satellite data startup Northwood Space.
- Feb 19, 2024
Disney star turned space CEO: Bridgit Mendler launches satellite data startup backed by major VCs
Former Disney Channel star and singer Bridgit Mendler is launching a startup called Northwood Space, backed by venture investors including Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, and Also Capital.