Tag Archives: donuts inc

Tue 9th April 2013
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Donuts raises some-more supports during double a valuation - Donuts raises more dough to pursue new top level domains. Donuts Inc., which applied for 307 top level domain names, has raised new funding. The company did not disclose the amount of funding in the new round, but the valuation doubled compared to the series A round. Donuts had previously raised about $100 million. The company says the oversubscribed round “nearly doubles our capacity to compete”, although I wouldn’t read into that that it raised another $100 ... read more ...
Wed 13th June 2012
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Donuts also relates for .sucks — here’s the list of 307 applications - A fight breaks out over .sucks top level domain. Donuts, Inc. is the biggest applicant for new top level domains. But it’s a little difficult to parse that information from ICANN’s release of applications since every one has a different corporation attached to it. (The list of registry company names looks a lot like SnapNames list of registrars.) So I’ve gone ahead and printed its list below. Perhaps most interesting is that Donuts applied for .sucks amongst ... read more ...
Mon 11th June 2012
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Demand Media releases some-more sum about the gTLD skeleton and understanding with Donuts - Demand Media applies for 26 TLDs outright and has rights to up to 107 applied for by partner Donuts, Inc. Demand Media announced today that it has applied for 26 top level domains on its own, and also can obtain rights to 107 gTLDs being applied for by Donuts, Inc. In May it announced that it had invested $18 million in new top level domains, which led many to suspect that the company had applied for close to 100 new top level domains. (At $185,000 a piece for the ... read more ...
Tue 5th June 2012
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Donuts raises $100 million, relates for 307 new TLDs - Flush with cash, new TLD applicant applies for 307 top level domains. Every week I check the SEC filings to see if Paul Stahura’s new TLD startup, Donuts, has raised more money. But every time I check there’s still just a filing about the $1 million it raised. And that number seemed just about right, since Stahura has gone on the record saying the company planned to apply for 10 top level domains. But today it dropped a shocker. The Wall Street Journal reports ... read more ...
Mon 7th May 2012
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Donuts and Minds + Machines updates on TAS and new TLDs - Interesting posts from the perspective of new TLD applicants. The new TLD delay continues and ICANN just released the total number of applications received so far (over 2,000). So what does this mean for new TLD applicants? Two of the largest recently published blog posts that shed some light on it. First, eNom founder Paul Stahura (now with new TLD applicant Donuts Inc) wrote about the application glitch and how it could affect applications. Donuts saw one other ... read more ...
Thu 5th May 2011
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Confirmed: New Paul Stahura Venture “Donuts” is for Domain Names - Stealth venture files trademark application indicating new domain name venture. This past weekend we learned that four domain name industry vets, including eNom founder Paul Stahura, were forming a new company called Donuts Inc. The company raised about a million dollars of investment. Although the company is in stealth mode, the players involved make me think the four are starting a venture related to new top level domain names. A trademark application with the ... read more ...