The World’s Not Half As Connected As You Think. Until Now.

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The World’s Not Half As Connected As You Think. Until Now.

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It’s easy to think of the world as connected.
Humans only occupy 10 percent of the earth — leaving 90 percent inaccessible to the wireless connectivity we take for granted.
Virtually the entirety of the globe is so difficult to connect, so austere, that — in a real sense — much of the world isn’t fully known to us.
And that’s a meaningful loss — of scientific exploration, economic opportunity, and beneficial advances in safety and security.
Today, our portfolio company — Skylo Technologies — emerges from stealth mode to connect the world, and we’re beyond excited to celebrate its launch.
Skylo is an affordable, ubiquitous satellite-based network that can connect any machine and sensor.
If cell networks were built for people, Skylo was built for machines, to connect the estimated one billion unconnected devices at work in the world’s unconnected places.
Just like AWS is a powerful behind-the-scenes enabler for Twitter, Netflix, and countless other business, Skylo has the potential to expand opportunities for existing industry and spark the creation of transformative new companies.
Sensors placed in cargo containers of sensitive materials — like vaccines which require temperature consistency — could provide real-time insights into the shipment’s condition.
More than 4.6 million fishing boats around the world have no way to signal for help if needed; satellite-supported sensors can increase safety and open the door to better business operations.
We’ve been very lucky to be involved with the company in a changing capacity since the very early days when Parth — Skylo’s Founder and CEO — used his Stanford faculty-sponsored research project to focus on the future of machine-to-machine communications.
Satellite communications was also not new — and it was expensive

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