About this episode

Bridgit Mendler discusses Northwood Space's new headquarters and its impact on the space economy.

Bridgit Mendler, Co-founder & CEO of Northwood Space, gives Sourcery a first look inside the company’s new 185,000 sqft headquarters and factory in Torrance, California . Northwood has raised over $136M since 2022, including a $100M Series B in January 2026 led by Washington Harbour Partners and co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Alpine Space Ventures, Balerion and Fulcrum participating. The company also signed a $49.8M contract with the US Space Force to support the Satellite Control Network. The new facility will more than 5x Northwood’s manufacturing footprint , support production of hundreds of antennas per year , and add 400 jobs over the next three years as the company works to solve one of the biggest bottlenecks in the space economy: getting data between satellites and Earth. We tour the future manufacturing floor, antenna production lines, machining and PCB assembly areas, anechoic testing chambers, and a former movie theater that Northwood plans to turn into mission operations. The new facility will include dedicated production for Northwood’s Portal phased-array and Prism parabolic systems, while bringing more critical manufacturing…

People in this episode

Host: Molly O'Shea

Guest: Bridgit Mendler

Topics covered

• space manufacturing
• satellite technology
• ground infrastructure
• national security
• leadership in tech

Keywords

• Northwood Space
• satellite connectivity
• manufacturing
• US Space Force
• Bridgit Mendler
• Torrance
• Series B funding
• ground network
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Northwood Space, Washington Harbour Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Alpine Space Ventures, Balerion, Fulcrum, US Space Force

Places: Torrance, California

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