Satellite IoT/D2D startup OQ Technology: $29M European Investment Bank funding gets us 20 satellites, goal is 100+

by Peter B. de Selding

LUXEMBOURG — Satellite IoT and direct-to-device (D2D) startup OQ Technology’s long trek toward operational status was accelerated in late February with the European Investment Bank (EIB) venture-debt investment of 25 million euros ($29 million).

The funding, which includes a small equity investment coupled with a loan, is enough to finance the construction and launch of 20 OQ IoT/D2D satellites, OQ Chief Executive Omar Qaise said.

With the two satellites it already has scheduled to launch this spring, and another five by . . .

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