Kacific’s funding progress is highlighting growing Family Office appetite for connectivity | Q&A

Kacific CEO Christian Patouraux
24 January, 2019

Singapore startup Kacific is ramping up towards the launch in Q3 2019 of its first satellite Kacific-1, a condosat being shared with Japan’s Sky Perfect JSAT to deploy high-speed broadband across South East Asia and the Pacific. Jason Rainbow, Finance Information Group Editor-in-Chief, speaks with Kacific CEO Christian Patouraux about the venture’s funding journey, and how it is shining a spotlight on the Family Office investment opportunity for connectivity...

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Increasingly dynamic cloud partnerships could follow US$550m IBM-Vodafone joint venture

23 January, 2019

IBM and Vodafone’s US$550m European cloud joint venture could be the start of an important connectivity trend, signalling more significant partnerships to tackle increasingly complex digital environments.

The proliferation of digital services for businesses in recent years means more than two-thirds of organisations are now using at least 2-15 hybrid clouds, according to IBM, which forecasts 98%...

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Incoming Kacific financing underlines Family Office opportunity for satellite broadband

17 January, 2019

Singapore broadband startup Kacific is close to raising about US$20m in an equity round that highlights the growing importance of Family Offices for newspace, SatelliteFinance has learnt.

As the number of these private companies soars in a world increasingly populated by billionaires, they look set to become an increasingly significant source of capital for...

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