Pivotal Commware
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Pivotal Commware is a privately held company based in Kirkland, Washington that provides holographic beamforming products using metamaterial technology and novel physics.
History[edit]
Pivotal Commware was founded in 2016 as a start-up within Intellectual Ventures, an American private-equity firm that develops and licenses intellectual property.[1] In June 2017, Pivotal Commware was spun out from Intellectual Ventures and the company closed a series A funding round for $17 million with lead investments from The Thermo Companies and DIG Investment, and additional investment from Bill Gates, Lux Capital, and the family office of Barry Sternlicht.[2][3]
In June 2020, Pivotal began testing its 5G mmWave network repeaters in Michigan with a carrier.[4][5] Pivotal Commware is a member of the Open RAN Policy Coalition,[6] and the O-RAN Alliance. In September 2020, Pivotal Commware filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to conduct tests of its holographic beamforming antenna technology in the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Services (CBRS) band to address power limitations of CBRS.[7][8]
In February 2021, Pivotal Commware closed a series C funding round led by an affiliate of Tracker Capital Management, LLC.[9] Other investors included Devonshire Investors and Pivotal’s existing investors including DIG Investment, Thermo, Lux Capital and Bill Gates.[10][11]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Bill Gates Backs Fourth Metamaterials Spinout, Pivotal Commware". Xconomy. 16 June 2017.
- ↑ "Holographic beam-forming antenna startup Pivotal Commware raises $17M from Bill Gates and others". GeekWire. 16 June 2017.
- ↑ Seals, Tara (25 August 2017). "Pivotal, a startup with Bill Gates' support, lights up holographic beamforming". Fierce Wireless.
- ↑ "Pivotal Commware launches mmWave repeater for windows". Telecompaper.
- ↑ Fletcher, Bevin (31 August 2021). "Best way to deploy 5G mmWave? Use repeater tech, says Mobile Experts". Fierce Wireless.
- ↑ "Startups cheer open RAN for opening the door". Light Reading.
- ↑ Alleven, Monica (25 September 2020). "Pivotal Commware tackles CBRS power limitations". Fierce Wireless.
- ↑ "With Its Small, Cheap Repeaters, Pivotal Is the Partner Verizon Needs for Citywide 5G". PCMag.
- ↑ Walko, John (15 February 2021). "Pivotal Commware Raises $50M in C Round". EE Times.
- ↑ "Pivotal Commware raises $50 million". RCR Wireless News. 12 February 2021.
- ↑ "With backing from Bill Gates, Pivotal Commware raises $50M for 5G products". GeekWire. 11 February 2021.
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