Image credit: SpaceX Last week, our client Spaceflight Inc., the leading global launch services provider, debuted its new Sherpa-AC, the latest variation in the company’s Sherpa orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) portfolio. The Transporter 5 rideshare mission onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral on May 25 and headed to a Sun Synchronous orbit, 525km. Several hours after [...]
Reducing emissions is an essential component of reaching global climate goals. The pandemic may have reduced carbon emissions briefly, but as consumer demands for immediacy increase, emissions are likely to rise. Without making industrial equipment and manufacturing processes more sustainable, we risk falling short of climate objectives in an already imminent climate emergency. Delta-Q Technologies (Delta-Q) has always been committed [...]
In the spring of 2021, our client Carbon Robotics, an agriculture robotics company, became a sensation when it revealed a “laser-shooting” robot to eliminate weeds. This innovative and organic approach to weeding would help farmers solve one of the most challenging, time consuming and costly parts of farming. So, when the Carbon Robotics shared the company was planning to release [...]
Throughout the year, the infrastructure construction industry took center stage. Attention on the sector was primarily due to the negotiations for a bill that would dedicate trillions in funding to improve our nation’s infrastructure. So, when we kicked off our partnership with HeadLight, a visual-based inspection technology, at the beginning of 2021, we knew there would be exciting opportunities to [...]
As 2021 winds to a close, it is fitting to look back on the previous year and take stock of the work we were able to accomplish. While the circumstances of the past two years have been difficult, there still has been much to celebrate in the last year in terms of results successfully secured for our clients. BitTitan, the [...]
Communiqué PR has had the opportunity to work with Flowroute, now part of Intrado, for nearly seven years. Throughout this time, we have worked with the company's team to support various communications projects, including announcing company news, developing blog content, and conducting media outreach around industry trade shows. In 2021, we began working with Intrado's UCaaS group to develop blog content [...]
One of our newest clients, owl.co, an insurance claims monitoring platform, recently announced securing $30 million in Series-B funding. The funding round was led by Cota Capital and joined by Sorenson Ventures, FUSE, Impression Ventures, Luge Capital, and Plug and Play Ventures. owl.co will utilize the funding to scale its insurance claims monitoring platform and expand its team. The company plans [...]
Earlier this year, I came across a report by Propel that analyzed 1 million pitches sent to journalists to better understand if email pitches result in media coverage. That report found that of more than 726,000 emails sent, only 29% were opened, 3% got a response and 8% resulted in media coverage. Yet, a new report from Agility PR Solutions found that [...]
2021 has been an exciting year for Delta-Q Technologies (Delta-Q). This year alone, the company launched a new partner program, Charged by Delta-Q, a new three-in-one battery charger, the XV3300, and celebrated a milestone with one of its longstanding partners. We have collaborated with Delta-Q for several years now and have had the opportunity to support these announcements and increase [...]
A rendering of Spaceflight’s Sherpa-ES vehicle. Image courtesy of Spaceflight Inc. Last month, our client Spaceflight Inc. announced a breakthrough rideshare mission, “GEO Pathfinder,” which it plans to launch no earlier than Q4 2022. The mission will debut the company’s newest propulsive orbital transfer vehicle (OTV), Sherpa Escape (Sherpa-ES), which will use a creative flyby trajectory to slingshot around the moon and [...]
Image credit: BlackSky Technology Inc. BlackSky Technology Inc. (“BlackSky”), a leading technology platform providing real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring, recently announced the completion of its merger with Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp. and is now a publicly traded company (NYSE: “BKSY”). To memorialize the completion of the business combination, BlackSky had the distinct pleasure of ringing the opening bell at [...]
Image credit: Carbon Robotics On Sept. 1, 2021, our client Carbon Robotics, an agriculture robotics company, revealed that it had secured $27 million in Series B funding to accelerate the company's growth. The funding will be used to scale production of the company’s products, grow its engineering team, establish regional sales and support for customers across the U.S., and invest [...]
Astronaut Orientation may sound futuristic, but the reality is, it will be available this year. Our client, Orbite, the premier space training company for ultimate adventurers, recently unveiled the details of its first offering: Astronaut Orientation. It’s important to note that this isn’t space camp for adults. This is an authentic, thoughtful and experiential program that focuses on putting guests [...]
The end of April was a busy month for BitTitan, the Seattle-based cloud-enablement company and global leader in migrations and managed services automation. BitTitan announced its acquisition of Perspectium, a San Diego-based tech company that specializes in packaged integration processes for ServiceNow® customers. Perspectium’s data synchronization software enables the seamless adoption of ServiceNow functionalities by eliminating information and data silos. [...]
Given all the unique circumstances of the past year, the media were often focused on critical updates about the state of the pandemic, the national protests around social injustices, or the presidential election. With the media’s attention largely focused on the events over the course of the year, it was more challenging than ever to grasp their attention. As such, [...]
We’re excited to share results from our work with one of our newest clients, ABC Legal Services. ABC Legal is the nation’s leading provider of process and court filing services and is the official process server to the U.S. Department of Justice. The company also owns Docketly, an appearance counsel provider that has created an efficient, cloud-based platform to connect [...]
Today we’re witnessing what is undoubtedly one of our country's most watched presidential elections. The culmination of the current president’s first term and surrounding global health, societal, economic and political events have surged a massive response from both parties about the severity of this election and its result. A week ago, more than 70 million people had already cast their [...]
Each spring Cision releases its State of the Media Report, analyzing trends in the media, uncovering insights into journalists’ view on the state of the industry, and describing preferences on how they prefer to work with PR professionals. I keep an eye out for it each year, knowing that it will provide information that will be highly useful when pitching [...]
Dan Price, co-founder and CEO of Gravity Payments, recently announced that the minimum wage salary for the company would be raised to $70,000. The payment processing company made the drastic and unprecedented announcement on April 14, and it continues to garner coverage and remain a conversation topic over a week later. We commend Dan on his revolutionary idea and the bold [...]
This past week we had the opportunity to help our client Point Inside, the provider of a mobile shopper engagement platform for Top 100 retailers, announce a partnership with major retailer Target. Point Inside now powers new in-store mobile app features for guests at all 1,801 Target stores nationwide, including store-specific product search and location, shopping list creation and interactive [...]