Virgin Galactic

company

About

Virgin Galactic is a commercial spaceline that develops commercial spacecrafts.

Details

Last Funding Type
Post-IPO Equity
Industries
Aerospace,Commercial,Space Travel
Founded date
Jan 1, 2004
Number Of Employee
501 - 1000
Operating Status
Active
Stock Symbol
nyse:SPCE
Legal Name
Virgin Galactic LLC

Virgin Galactic is a commercial spaceline that creates commercial spacecraft. It provides suborbital spaceflights to space tourists, suborbital launches for space science missions, and orbital human spaceflights. It democratizes access to space for the benefit of life on Earth. The astronaut experience will include weightlessness and stunning views of Earth from space onboard SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo, spacecrafts designed by aerospace pioneer Scaled Composites. LauncherOne, Virgin Galactic's orbital launch vehicle can carry satellites as large as 500 pounds into Earth orbit for historically low prices.

Founded in 2004 and it is headquartered in Mojave, California.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
4
$445M
Virgin Galactic has raised a total of $445M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jan 14, 2022 from a Post-IPO Equity round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Jan 14, 2022 Post-IPO Equity $425M 1 Detail
Dec 4, 2019 Post-IPO Equity 1 Detail
Oct 28, 2019 IPO Detail
Oct 8, 2019 Post-IPO Equity $20M 1 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
3
Virgin Galactic is funded by 3 investors. Jugal Kathrecha and Rahim Thawer are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Jugal Kathrecha Post-IPO Equity
Rahim Thawer Post-IPO Equity
Boeing HorizonX Ventures Post-IPO Equity

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
17
Virgin Galactic has 17 current employee profiles, including Employee Jane Kinney

Acquisition

Virgin Galactic has acquired 1 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was The Spaceship Company on Oct 5, 2012. They acquired The Spaceship Company for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Aerospace Detail