Actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio joined a consortium of investors participating in Florida-based Earth observation company NUVIEW’s latest financing round, the company announced Monday.
The consortium, which includes DiCaprio, MaC Venture Capital, Broom Ventures, Cortado, Florida Funders, Industrious, Liquid2, and Veto Capital, is financing NUVIEW’s effort to build the world’s first commercial LiDAR light detection and ranging satellite constellation. Once launched, the system aims to map the Earth’s entire land surface in real 3D on an annual basis. NUVIEW said it has already secured $1.2 billion in early adopter agreements from commercial companies and government entities.
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