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On June 27, 2008, Finland’s Tietoviikko published a news story <ref>http://www.tivi.fi/kaikki_uutiset/jokaiselle+oma+domain+ensi+vuonna/a135972</ref> announcing ICANN’s new Internationalized Domain Names program. Finnish angel investors from the [[Vision+ Fund]], a venture capital investment group in the high tech industry, saw this news clipping and pursued the opportunity to invest in the company with the TLD Registry founders.<ref name="website" />
On June 27, 2008, Finland’s Tietoviikko published a news story <ref>http://www.tivi.fi/kaikki_uutiset/jokaiselle+oma+domain+ensi+vuonna/a135972</ref> announcing ICANN’s new Internationalized Domain Names program. Finnish angel investors from the [[Vision+ Fund]], a venture capital investment group in the high tech industry, saw this news clipping and pursued the opportunity to invest in the company with the TLD Registry founders.<ref name="website" />
On April 12, 2012, TLD Registry officially sent its application to ICANN for the Dot Chinese Online (prioritization number 82)<ref>https://gtldresult.icann.org/applicationstatus/applicationchangehistory/175</ref> and Dot Chinese Website<ref>https://gtldresult.icann.org/applicationstatus/applicationchangehistory/176 (prioritization number 35 granted)</ref> strings, and was also one of three companies that applied for the [[.city]] string <ref>https://gtldresult.icann.org/applicationstatus/applicationchangehistory/177 (prioritization number 551 granted)</ref>. TLD Registry withdrew their bid for .city after an April 2014 [[private auction]] in which [[Donuts]] won.<ref name="fb" /><ref>[http://domainincite.com/16566-millions-spent-on-new-gtlds-as-11-contention-sets-settled Millions spent on New gTLDs as 11 contention sets settled, DomainIncite] Retrieved 01 May 2014</ref>
On April 12, 2012, TLD Registry officially sent its application to ICANN for the Dot Chinese Online (prioritization number 82)<ref>https://gtldresult.icann.org/applicationstatus/applicationchangehistory/175</ref> and Dot Chinese Website (prioritization number 35 granted<ref>https://gtldresult.icann.org/applicationstatus/applicationchangehistory/176</ref> strings, and was also one of three companies that applied for the [[.city]] (prioritization number 551 granted) string <ref>https://gtldresult.icann.org/applicationstatus/applicationchangehistory/177</ref>. TLD Registry withdrew their bid for .city after an April 2014 [[private auction]] in which [[Donuts]] won.<ref name="fb" /><ref>[http://domainincite.com/16566-millions-spent-on-new-gtlds-as-11-contention-sets-settled Millions spent on New gTLDs as 11 contention sets settled, DomainIncite] Retrieved 01 May 2014</ref>
Dot Chinese Online and Dot Chinese Website were both uncontested and approved by ICANN in early 2013. On April 7, 2013, TLD Registry publicly launched Dot Chinese Online and Dot Chinese Website at the [[ICANN 46]] meeting in Beijing. On June 14, 2013, TLD Registry made public announcements of progress toward the Go-Live of Dot Chinese Online and Dot Chinese Website at the [[ICANN 47]] meeting in Durban.
Dot Chinese Online and Dot Chinese Website were both uncontested and approved by ICANN in early 2013. On April 7, 2013, TLD Registry publicly launched Dot Chinese Online and Dot Chinese Website at the [[ICANN 46]] meeting in Beijing. On June 14, 2013, TLD Registry made public announcements of progress toward the Go-Live of Dot Chinese Online and Dot Chinese Website at the [[ICANN 47]] meeting in Durban.