ViaSat
Company

Last deal

$733.4M

Amount

Debt Financing

Stage

13.09.2023

Date

3

all rounds

$1.18B

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Viasat is a global communications company providing internet and connectivity solutions worldwide.

Industry

Sector :

Subsector :

Also Known As

Viasat Broadcasting

founded date

01.01.1986

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Debt Financing

IPO status

Private
Contacts

Contact Email

Phone number

Social url

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3

Number of Funding Rounds

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Money Raised

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People

Founders
1
Mark Dankberg
Mark Dankberg

Mark Dankberg

Mark co-founded ViaSat Inc. in 1986 and has been Chairman of the Board and CEO since its inception. Mark was recognized as an Entrepreneur of the Year in San Diego in 2000, as the Satellite Industry Executive of the Year in 2003, and received the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aerospace International Communications Award in 2008. An acknowledged industry expert in aerospace, defense and satellite communications, Mark has co-authored several military standards on satellite networking. He holds a number of patents in communications and satellite networking technologies. A participant on Department of Defense advisory panels, Mark was also invited to testify before a congressional committee on high technology growth companies and IPOs. Universities including Rice, NYU, and UC San Diego have invited Mark to speak about communications technology, entrepreneurship, and executive management. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rice University and is a member of the Rice University Electrical and Computer Engineering Hall of Fame.

current job

ViaSat
ViaSat

organization founded

1

Mark Dankberg

Employee Profiles
1006

Heather Vaughn

Internal communications manager

Jason Yocum

Satellite communications design manager

Carol Dunn

Senior director - customer experience and operations

Denley Wong

Cyber security engineer

Andrew Acalinovich

Product designer

Julia Oldham

Product quality engineer

David Abrahamian

Vice president, satellite systems

Kirk Davis

Global project manager, satellite earth station deployment

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