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SPACE PERSPECTIVE UNVEILS THE FUTURE OF HUMAN SPACE TRAVEL

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Space Perspective, the world's first carbon-neutral spaceflight experience company, released images of its completed test capsule today. With its first SpaceBalloon finished and its launch vessel, Marine Spaceport Voyager, in its final stage of preparation, Space Perspective is beginning to eye its test flights window.

Key Points: 
  • "The space capsule is like nothing the world has ever seen," said MacCallum, who is also Space Perspective's CTO, noting the capsule's massive windows, iconic design, and spacious interior.
  • We are redefining the category and paving the way for accessible space travel for years to come."
  • Space Perspective also long considered repeated vertical windows, which allow for contiguous panoramic views (vs. horizontal windows, which would bifurcate the view to the human eye – a phenomenon resulting from stereoscopic vision).
  • Space Perspective is on a mission to bring more humans to space than ever before.

SnoFox Launches from Stealth Mode with $4.5M in Seed Funding to Transform the Cold Supply Chain

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023
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NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SnoFox, the leading business intelligence tool that provides data analytics for the global cold chain, today announced its $4.5M Seed round led by Voyager Ventures, bringing total funding to date to $5.7M. The round also includes participation from Pale Blue Dot, Ponderosa Ventures, and Mudcake. SnoFox will use the funds to reach new customers in more markets across the US, as well as hire new talent as demand for energy efficiency grows within the global cold chain. The company is officially launching from stealth mode and already has a strong track record of delivering value to customers.

Key Points: 
  • The company is officially launching from stealth mode and already has a strong track record of delivering value to customers.
  • The cold supply chain plays a vital role in combating food insecurity, medication storage, reducing energy waste, and bolstering agricultural livelihoods and economies.
  • "Every consumer in America relies on the cold supply chain, whether they realize it or not.
  • "With its unique capabilities, SnoFox is addressing critical pain points and unlocking tremendous value for stakeholders across the supply chain.

Blue dot & KPMG Germany form Strategic Alliance on offering jointly Taxable Employee Benefits Technology

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Monday, December 12, 2022
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AMSTERDAM, Dec. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue dot, a leading tax platform for employee-driven spend for Taxable Employee Benefits analysis and VAT recovery, announced today a strategic alliance with KPMG Germany. Through this alliance, KPMG Germany can now offer the Blue dot Taxable Employee Benefits (TEB) solution directly to their clients, with KPMG supporting the clients on its implementation, configuration options of submitted transactions by employees for reimbursement for VAT and Employment Tax purposes and where necessary provide professional support as a managed services to comply documentation and effective control mechanisms.

Key Points: 
  • KPMG is one of the leading advisory firms in Germany providing audit, tax, consulting, and deal advisory services to its clients.
  • KPMG sees an increasing need for tax technology, from finance, tax and payroll departments in order to keep control over this data.
  • This strategic alliance will allow KPMG Germany to have their clients enjoy the capabilities and features the global Blue dot platform offers.
  • The Blue dot tax compliance platform harnesses digitization, tax compliance and automation to process and analyze a company's employee spend data for value-added tax and taxable employee benefits.

Blue dot & KPMG Germany form Strategic Alliance on offering jointly Taxable Employee Benefits Technology

Retrieved on: 
Monday, December 12, 2022
Remco, Trust, SAP Concur, ROI, Selective Employment Tax, Automation, Employment, IDW, KPMG, Pale Blue Dot, Record, TEB, Documentation, VAT, Health insurance, Accounting, Blue, Blue dot

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue dot, a leading tax platform for employee-driven spend for Taxable Employee Benefits analysis and VAT recovery, announced today a strategic alliance with KPMG Germany. Through this alliance, KPMG Germany can now offer the Blue dot Taxable Employee Benefits (TEB) solution directly to their clients, with KPMG supporting the clients on its implementation, configuration options of submitted transactions by employees for reimbursement for VAT and Employment Tax purposes and where necessary provide professional support as a managed services to comply documentation and effective control mechanisms.

Key Points: 
  • KPMG is one of the leading advisory firms in Germany providing audit, tax, consulting, and deal advisory services to its clients.
  • KPMG sees an increasing need for tax technology, from finance, tax and payroll departments in order to keep control over this data.
  • This strategic alliance will allow KPMG Germany to have their clients enjoy the capabilities and features the global Blue dot platform offers.
  • The Blue dot tax compliance platform harnesses digitization, tax compliance and automation to process and analyze a company's employee spend data for value-added tax and taxable employee benefits.

Space Perspective Becomes First Global Space Travel Experience Company

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
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Now with the capacity to launch from marine-based sites around the world, in addition to launching from land on Floridas Space Coast, Space Perspective becomes the first global space travel experience company, offering safe and sustainable journeys to the edge of space from where Explorers live and play.

Key Points: 
  • Now with the capacity to launch from marine-based sites around the world, in addition to launching from land on Floridas Space Coast, Space Perspective becomes the first global space travel experience company, offering safe and sustainable journeys to the edge of space from where Explorers live and play.
  • Space Perspective will change your relationship with our planet by providing the quintessential astronaut experience of viewing Earth from the blackness of space, said Jane Poynter, Space Perspectives Founder and Co-CEO.
  • MS Voyager and future Space Perspective Marine Spaceports give the company the operational flexibility needed to grow its business more quickly to reach a supply-constrained global market for commercial space travel that analysts recently estimated could reach over $8 billion by 2030 [1] .
  • Building on that experience, the Space Perspective crew has innovated and patented the safest spaceflight experience in the world.

CineSpace 2021 Short Film Competition Finalists announced

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA and the Houston Cinema Arts Society are announcing the finalists of the 7thAnnual CineSpace International Short Film Competition.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA and the Houston Cinema Arts Society are announcing the finalists of the 7thAnnual CineSpace International Short Film Competition.
  • The short film competition is a collaboration between the two organizations that provides filmmakers around the world the opportunity to share works inspired by actual NASA imagery.
  • On Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, the Houston Cinema Arts Festival program launched with clips of the CineSpace finalist films screened as a preview.
  • Winners will be announced at the premier, starting at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 17, 2021, at Buffalo Bayou Park in downtown Houston.