# viaPhoton: Data Center, Naperville, United States

> viaPhoton: viaPhoton provides fiber solutions for all data center environments. Based in Naperville, United States. Founded 2020.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/startup/viaphoton (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Data Center startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# viaPhoton

viaPhoton provides fiber solutions for all data center environments.

Funding reported Last round: Debt financing

Data Center Naperville, United States

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2020 6 years old
- **Team:** 11 11 to 50 people
- **Funding reported:** $106M in dollars
- **Last round:** Debt financing May 2022

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for viaPhoton has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## What company datasets say viaPhoton raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **$106M** in dollars

Rounds **3**

Last round **Debt financing**

Last round date **May 2022**

Investors listed **2**

## Founders and team

From viaPhoton's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 22 on the team.

- **Syed Babar Abbas** Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of Issuer i
- **Baber Abbas** CEO
- **Iris Jiang** Chief of Staff
- **Jay Sinder** CFO
- **Mark Hendrix** CTO
- **Wasif T Khan** CFO & Squash Player
- **Jim Nolan** VP of Operations
- **Keith Hyde** VP of Sales, 5G
- **Mike Fabbri** VP of Product Management
- **Nahid Islam** VP of Business Development
- **Nathan Benton** VP of Sales, Data Center
- **Alma Gomez** Director of Human Resources
- **Anam Toseef** Director of Communications
- **Christi Culpepper** Controller
- **David Nolan** Business Unit Manager
- **Josh Grewal** Director of Corporate Development
- **Junaid Zafar** Director of ERP
- **Mark Smrha** Director of Engineering

And 4 more on the team.

## On 3 portfolio pages

Investors who name them

- [Story Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/story-ventures)
- [Bare Metal Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bare-metal-ventures)
- [Level Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/level-ventures-2)

Each firm lists viaPhoton on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## Data Center in United States

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