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===$38 million Minority Investment===
===$38 million Minority Investment===
In October, 2012, it was announced that Dyn had received a $38 million Series A minority investment from North Bridge. The investment deal also expanded the Board of Directors for the company, adding 3 more positions, two from North Bridge; the board was originally staffed by only Dyn's two founders.<ref>[http://allthingsd.com/20121002/dyn-raises-38-million-from-north-bridge-and-jason-calacanis-joins-its-board/ Dyn Raises 38 million from North Bridge and Jason Calacanis Joins Its Board, AllThingsD.com]</ref> In an open letter to his employees and others, CEO [[Jeremy Hitchcock]] stressed that his company had been courted by other investors for some time, and that his decision to go ahead was North Bridge was the opportunity to keep doing what was best for the company, but with more resources, including greater contacts in related portfolio companies and a well-staffed board, to do so.<ref>[http://dyn.com/open-letter-to-dyn-employees-clients-partners-prospects-friends-family-fans/ Open Letter to Dyn employees Clients Partners Prospects Friends Family Fans, Dyn.com]</ref>
In October, 2012, it was announced that Dyn had received a $38 million Series A minority investment from North Bridge. The investment deal also expanded the Board of Directors for the company, adding 3 more positions, two from North Bridge; the board was originally staffed by only Dyn's two founders.<ref>[http://allthingsd.com/20121002/dyn-raises-38-million-from-north-bridge-and-jason-calacanis-joins-its-board/ Dyn Raises 38 million from North Bridge and Jason Calacanis Joins Its Board, AllThingsD.com]</ref> In an open letter to his employees and others, CEO [[Jeremy Hitchcock]] stressed that his company had been courted by other investors for some time, and that his decision to go ahead was North Bridge was the opportunity to keep doing what was best for the company, but with more resources, including greater contacts in related portfolio companies and a well-staffed board, to do so.<ref>[http://dyn.com/open-letter-to-dyn-employees-clients-partners-prospects-friends-family-fans/ Open Letter to Dyn employees Clients Partners Prospects Friends Family Fans, Dyn.com]</ref>
===ReadyStatus Acquisition===
On December 23, 2013, Dyn announced it had acquired ReadyStatus, a tool that notifies customers of planned and unplanned service interruptions, thereby creating improved communication between end users and companies. The company has many plans for this new service, one of which includes integrating ReadyStatus with Dyn Managed DNS advanced feature Traffic Director, so if a company’s site goes down, their homepage can automatically failover to a status update page and end users won’t be left in the dark. Dyn customers should expect general availability and complete integration into the future product suite in the next year.<ref>[http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/12/23/dyn-acquires-service-status-update-tool-readystatus-integrate-internet-performance-offerings/?fromcat=all#!wuW9q Dyn acquires service status tool ReadyStatus to integrate into its Internet performance offerings]</ref>
===Trendslide Acquisition===
On May 13, 2013, Dyn announced it had acquired Trendslide, a mobile dashboard app startup. The acquisition expands Dyn’s services to now include mobile data and analytics offerings for online businesses. While this mobile app was traditionally intended to be a sales/marketing tool, Dyn will now position it as a DevOps tool for its customers. This move, combined with the acquisition of Verelo in late 2012 and the hiring of Pete Cheslock as Dyn Director of Dev Tools and the promotion of Carl Levine to DevOps Evangelist, is proof that Dyn is committed to being an important voice and part of the DevOps community.<ref>[http://pando.com/2013/05/13/infrastructure-as-a-service-company-dyn-acquires-trendslide-for-mobile-monitoring/ “Infrastructure as a service” company Dyn acquires Trendslide for mobile monitoring]</ref>
===Verelo Acquisition===
===Verelo Acquisition===
On January 2 2013, Dyn announced that it had acquired Verelo, a Toronto-based website monitoring start-up. Just a few weeks prior, Verelo announced to the public that it would be closing down six months after its launch as it did not have the resources to gain traction and take the company to the next level. Dyn subsequently approached the company and made an undisclosed offer that provided for a return to Verelo's initial investors. The company offers website uptime and performance analytics as well as malware detection and site health monitoring services, and given that Dyn's mantra is "Uptime is the Bottom Line", the acquisition will be used to offer a number of new services to its customers at no extra charge.<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/02/verelo-dyn-acquisition/ Verelo Dyn Acquisition, TechCrunch.com]</ref>
On January 2 2013, Dyn announced that it had acquired Verelo, a Toronto-based website monitoring start-up. Just a few weeks prior, Verelo announced to the public that it would be closing down six months after its launch as it did not have the resources to gain traction and take the company to the next level. Dyn subsequently approached the company and made an undisclosed offer that provided for a return to Verelo's initial investors. The company offers website uptime and performance analytics as well as malware detection and site health monitoring services, and given that Dyn's mantra is "Uptime is the Bottom Line", the acquisition will be used to offer a number of new services to its customers at no extra charge.<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/02/verelo-dyn-acquisition/ Verelo Dyn Acquisition, TechCrunch.com]</ref>