EASME is a union executive agency that supports small and medium-sized enterprises, promotes innovation, and fosters growth across Europe. EASME is in charge of managing SME, environment, energy, and maritime projects funded under COSME, Horizon 2020, LIFE, and EMFF. EASME also organizes the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW).

EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs

INCapital Ventures primarily seeks investment in early-stage technology companies. They are a team of experienced VCs and tech entrepreneurs that joined forces to connect North American investors with Israeli companies.

INCapital Ventures

Magma is Israel's leading venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in communication, semiconductors, internet and media. They seek bright ideas, infuse them with experience and foresight, and facilitate their rise as industry leaders that redefine the global communications sector.   They use their experience and sector specialization in cooperating with entrepreneurs, industry experts, and other investors to define the future of the communication, semiconductors, internet and media arenas. Their goal is to foster and enable the flow of innovation from an idea's early stages and through a company's emergence as a leader within its dynamic market. They understand the local market and help to influence the global one.

Magma Venture Partners

Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups.  Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain has managed a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.

Global Brain Corporation

Pente Networks

Pente was founded in 2017 by industry innovator, Jonathan Schwartz, who has revolutionized the way cellular networking is orchestrated and managed. Since then Pente has transformed private LTE & 5G wireless into a true IT solution with the patented HyperCore Cloud platform. The Pente HyperCore Cloud solution works with any radio and includes over 700 APIs for fast IT integration - simplifying private wireless deployment and management for everyone. Pente has strategic customers and partnerships with leading enterprises, device manufacturers, managed service providers and system integrators. Headquartered in Hackensack, NJ, Pente has 28 global employees including an international support team located in the US, Israel, and Latin America. Pente is funded by INcapital, Global Brain, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, Magma, and other private investors.

Pente Networks, founded in 2015, provides cloud-based private cellular network orchestration and management solutions for LTE and 5G networks. The company's flagship product, the HyperCore Cloud platform, enables rapid deployment and management of private wireless networks for enterprises across various industries. Pente's solution works with any radio access network (RAN) infrastructure and includes over 600 APIs for seamless IT integration, simplifying deployment, monitoring, reporting, and scaling of private networks.

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A new generation for mobile connectivity with 5G and beyond

Next-gen Mobile Networks

Pente Networks, founded in 2015, provides cloud-based private cellular network orchestration and management solutions for LTE and 5G networks. The company's flagship product, the HyperCore Cloud platform, enables rapid deployment and management of private wireless networks for enterprises across various industries. Pente's solution works with any radio access network (RAN) infrastructure and includes over 600 APIs for seamless IT integration, simplifying deployment, monitoring, reporting, and scaling of private networks.
The HyperCore Cloud combines a plug-and-play mobile core with network orchestration and a cloud-based management platform. This IT-driven approach allows businesses to implement private cellular networks without the need for extensive telecom infrastructure or expertise. Pente's platform manages millions of IT-grade SIMs in devices globally, serving corporate enterprises, industrial IoT, healthcare, government, and other sectors.
In September 2022, Pente Networks raised USD 10 million in Series A funding, bringing its total investment to USD 15 million. The company has established its North American headquarters in Hackensack, New Jersey, while expanding its original headquarters in Israel. Pente's technology aims to augment and replace traditional enterprise networks with simplified, ultra-fast, and ultra-secure wireless broadband solutions, including CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service).

Astranis is a San Francisco-based company that designs and manufactures small, low-cost telecommunications satellites to provide broadband internet access in remote and underserved areas. The company's unique approach involves building compact geostationary orbit (GEO) satellites weighing around 400-600 kilograms, significantly smaller than traditional GEO satellites that can be the size of a school bus.
Astranis' satellites utilize a proprietary software-defined radio payload technology, allowing for frequency and coverage flexibility, as well as efficient spectrum utilization. The company's first commercial satellite, Arcturus, launched in April 2023, was designed to provide over 7.5 gigabits per second (Gbps) of throughput in the Ka-band to triple satellite internet capacity across Alaska through a partnership with Pacific Dataport Inc. However, Arcturus experienced solar power issues post-launch, limiting its capabilities.
To address this, Astranis deployed a multi-mission satellite called UtilitySat in 2023 as an interim solution. UtilitySat can provide connectivity across Ku, Ka, and Q/V bands and has the ability to reposition multiple times within the GEO belt, thanks to its dual chemical and electric propulsion system.
Astranis' satellites have a designed lifespan of around 8-10 years, roughly half that of conventional GEO satellites. The company operates the satellites it builds and leases the capacity to customers, including telcos, Fortune 500 companies, and governments. In 2024, Astranis unveiled plans for its next-generation Omega satellites, designed to provide over 50 Gbps of throughput, five times more than the current generation. The Omega satellites will feature solid-state power amplifiers instead of traditional vacuum tubes, improving efficiency and reducing weight.
By the end of 2024, Astranis aims to have contracts worth over USD 1.2 billion in revenue from satellites sold, with customers in countries like Mexico, Argentina, Thailand, and the Philippines. The company has also expressed interest in competing for the Protected Tactical SATCOM - Global (PTS-G) program, a US government initiative for a proliferated GEO telecoms constellation.

Astranis

Baicells Technologies is a provider of disruptive 4G LTE and 5G cellular solutions that connect more than 50 countries globally. The company's innovative solutions leverage the shared Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum, enabling enterprises, service providers, and various industries to access premium mid-band spectrum for private cellular networks. Baicells' end-to-end solutions are designed to be cost-effective and operationally simple, making it easier to provide wireless broadband connectivity to underserved areas.
Baicells' solutions include LTE and 5G access points, customer premises equipment (CPE), mobile core, and management platforms. The company's Nova-233 eNodeB, for instance, can deliver up to 112 Mbps downlink and 20 Mbps uplink, serving up to 96 concurrent users per LTE base station. Baicells' offerings cater to a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, sports venues, wireless internet service providers (WISPs), education, airports, outdoor events, and multi-dwelling units.
In February 2023, Baicells, along with partners CELLocity, ALEF Edge, and LittleBird, deployed a private LTE solution for a residential rental community in Phoenix, Arizona. This deployment, recognized by the OnGo Alliance, demonstrates the growing adoption of Baicells' solutions across various sectors. Additionally, in January 2020, Baicells partnered with Streakwave Wireless, a global distributor, to expand its market reach.

BaiCells Technologies

Business Mobility Systems is a technology company focused on developing solutions for mobile workforce management. The company offers a range of products and services to help organizations optimize the productivity and efficiency of their mobile employees.

Business Mobility Systems

Aispire specializes in providing advanced data analytics solutions for industries with demanding data requirements. The company's platform enables businesses to collect, process, retain, and analyze massive amounts of data where it resides, offering insights at extreme scale, speed, and efficiency. Aispire's technology allows seamless analysis across all data sources, with the ability to drill down to granular levels without the need for redesigning, reloading, or restructuring data. The platform supports the deployment and training of machine learning models without requiring businesses to build their own MLOps infrastructure. Aispire emphasizes data security by retaining data close to its point of creation, thereby maintaining data sovereignty. The company claims to deliver solutions from concept to production in a matter of days, providing fast time to value for its clients.Aispire's offerings include Network Intelligence for communication service providers, Smart Manufacturing solutions to enhance efficiency in industrial settings, and Embedded and White Label options for businesses looking to incorporate data insights into their products. The company's technology is built on patented innovations that unify data source integrations, ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes, and in-stream AI/ML capabilities with a data mesh storage architecture. This architecture is designed to optimize the analysis of geographically distributed data sources, whether on-premise, in the cloud, or at the edge. Aispire's product lineup includes Aispire Pipelines, which offers production-ready operational pipelines with integrated MLOps, and AispireDB, a geo-distributed analytical database.

Aispire

Illuminate Technologies is a cybersecurity company specializing in solutions for mobile and carrier IP networks. The company's products cover security requirements across 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G mobile infrastructure, as well as virtualized network infrastructure. Illuminate combines three decades of experience in telecommunication networks, remote sensing, and enterprise-scale data analytics with innovations in cloud computing, IoT, edge computing, and artificial intelligence to address complex customer challenges. The company's offerings include a Roaming Visibility capability, which was selected by a key customer in a European country. Illuminate also provides security solutions that address the adoption of P5G networks, which are increasingly being used to enhance national security and military performance. The company has offices in Los Angeles, California; Columbia, Maryland; and Edinburgh, Scotland.
Key customers and partnerships
Illuminate serves customers in the telecommunications sector, including mobile network operators. The company has provided its Roaming Visibility capability to a key customer in a European country.

Illuminate Technologies

Companies that offer 5G/6G connectivity solutions for enterprises to use in private telecommunications, using cell towers, base stations and other terrestrial infrastructure

Companies that offer 5G/6G connectivity solutions for enterprises for use in private telecommunications, using satellites and other space-based equipment

Companies that develop hardware and equipment for mobile service providers and enterprises to build, maintain and optimize private 5G/6G networks, including switches, antennas, microchips, and routers

Companies that develop next-generation software solutions for mobile service providers and enterprises to manage and optimize cloud infrastructure and network services

Provides 5G/6G telecom technologies to offer lower latency and increased capacity and coverage

Earth-based hardware and telecom software companies adopt AI/ML for design and RAN automation

Some network optimization companies offer a single network to connect users and IoT devices globally

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