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Bridgit Mendler goes from Disney Channel to CEO as the head of a new start-up company Northwood Space... which just got $6.3M in seed funding: 'Expect the unexpected!'


Nearly 20 years after starting her career as a child actress, Bridgit Mendler is now heading to the board room as the CEO of a new start-up company.

Mendler co-founded the company with her husband Griffin Cleverly, who will serve as Chief Technology Officer, and Head of Software Shaurya Luthra Mendler co-founded the company with her husband Griffin Cleverly, who will serve as Chief Technology Officer, and Head of Software Shaurya Luthra. 'While everybody else was making their sourdough starters, we were building antennas out of random crap we could find at Home Depot … and receiving data from [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration] satellites,' Mendler said.

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