{"id":53336,"date":"2023-06-06T00:51:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T16:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/actor-leonardo-dicaprio-invests-in-nuviews-lidar-satellite-constellation\/"},"modified":"2023-06-06T00:51:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T16:51:09","slug":"actor-leonardo-dicaprio-invests-in-nuviews-lidar-satellite-constellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/actor-leonardo-dicaprio-invests-in-nuviews-lidar-satellite-constellation\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Leonardo DiCaprio Invests in NUVIEW\u2019s LiDAR Satellite Constellation"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio joined a consortium of investors participating in Florida-based Earth observation company <strong>NUVIEW\u2019s<\/strong> latest financing round, the company announced Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The consortium, which includes DiCaprio, MaC Venture Capital, Broom Ventures, Cortado, Florida Funders, Industrious, Liquid2, and Veto Capital, is financing NUVIEW\u2019s effort to build the world\u2019s first commercial LiDAR light detection and ranging satellite constellation. Once launched, the system aims to map the Earth\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNUVIEW\u2019s cutting-edge technology will set itself apart by generating high-resolution, 3D images of the Earth\u2019s surface, intending to improve our ability to monitor and protect the planet with much more accuracy,\u201d DiCaprio said in a statement. \u201cThis unprecedented dataset will help enable scientists, policymakers, and conservationists to make more informed decisions and uncover valuable new insights in climate science.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NUVIEW\u2019s LiDAR systems are designed to generate centimeter-level accurate representations of the Earth, allowing for applications to support national mapping initiatives, NGOs, commercial enterprises, researchers, governments, and organizations focused on addressing natural disasters, climate change and promoting sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to have Mr. DiCaprio\u2019s support and other environmental advocates onboard that share our NUVIEW values to address global environmental challenges,\u201d said Clint Graumann, CEO and Co-Founder of NUVIEW. \u201cOur space-based LiDAR technology can revolutionize how we monitor Earth\u2019s resources and ecosystems, providing us with the data necessary to make informed decisions and implement effective solutions. NUVIEW is committed to ensuring that our premier technology contributes to a more sustainable future for our planet.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio joined a consortium of investors participating in Florida-based Earth observation company NUVIEW\u2019s 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\u2019s effort to build the world\u2019s first commercial LiDAR light detection [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53336"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}