Donuts (company)
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Type of site | Private |
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| Founded | November 22, 2010 |
| Dissolved | June 22, 2022 |
| Successor(s) | Identity Digital |
| Headquarters | Bellevue,Washington,U.S. |
| Key people | Akram Atallah, President and CEO |
| Industry | Internet |
| URL | https://donuts.domains/ |
Donuts Inc.was adomain name registrarandregistryproviding paid domain names under 270 newgeneric top-level domains(gTLDs), as made possible byICANN'sgTLD expansion program,as well as 173 other TLDs including.au(ccTLD) and.org(gTLDmanaged by thePublic Interest Registry), through its own registry status (for example, managing the.socialgTLD) and contracts between its subsidiaries and other registries.[1]
It was co-founded in 2010 by Paul Stahura, Jonathon Nevett, Richard Tindal, and Daniel Schindler.[1]The company's headquarters are located in Bellevue, Washington.[2]
In July 2017, Donuts acquired Rightside, along with domain registrarName.[3][4][5][6]
On August 11, 2018, Donuts entered into an agreement to be acquired byprivate equity firmAbry Partners.[7][5][8][9]
In December 2020, Donuts acquired the registry division ofAfilias,Inc.,[10][11]a registry, registrar and mobile software developer[12]headquartered outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In January 2021,Ethos Capitalacquired Donuts after their failed bid to gain control over the.org internet domain.[13][14]
In 2022, Afilias and Donuts Inc were merged underIdentity Digital.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Donuts Inc.'s major play for new Web domain names raises eyebrows".washingtonpost.RetrievedSeptember 24,2012.
- ^"Home".Donuts Inc.RetrievedFebruary 3,2021.
- ^"The Cybersecurity 202: Internet domain names are ripe for scam during coronavirus crisis".washingtonpost.RetrievedSeptember 8,2020.
- ^"Donuts raises $110M in financing to buy Rightside".geekwire.June 14, 2017.RetrievedJune 14,2017.
- ^ab"Domain name company Donuts Inc. is gobbled up by private equity firm".bizjournals.RetrievedSeptember 6,2018.
- ^"Donuts raises $110M in financing to buy Rightside".bizjournals.RetrievedAugust 10,2017.
- ^"Anguilla, with its domain name, cashes in on a quirky trend".chicagotribune.RetrievedFebruary 4,2020.
- ^"Abry Partners Enters Into Agreement to Invest Majority Stake in Donuts Inc".prnewswire(Press release).RetrievedAugust 8,2019.
- ^Lohr, Steve (February 4, 2020)."Tropical Breezes, Pristine Beaches and a Domain Name to Die For".The New York Times.RetrievedFebruary 4,2020.
- ^"Donuts Acquires Afilias".afilias.info.RetrievedDecember 29,2020.
- ^"Donuts Inc.'s Acquisition Of Afilias, Inc".globallegalchronicle.RetrievedNovember 25,2020.
- ^"Donuts Inc. to Acquire Afilias, Inc. - Donuts News".donuts.news.Archived fromthe originalon November 19, 2020.RetrievedFebruary 3,2021.
- ^"Ethos Capital to Acquire Controlling Interest of Donuts Inc. - Donuts News".donuts.news.Archived fromthe originalon February 27, 2021.RetrievedFebruary 3,2021.
- ^"Ethos Capital To Acquire Controlling Interest of Donuts Inc".ethoscapital.Archived fromthe originalon March 30, 2021.RetrievedJanuary 22,2021.
- ^Allemann, Andrew (June 22, 2022)."Donuts rebrands to Identity Digital".Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News.RetrievedJuly 12,2022.
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