Minds + Machines Group Limited
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| Type: | Public |
| Industry: | Internet, TLD Consulting |
| Founded: | 2007 |
| Founder(s): | Frederick Krueger Clark Landry |
| Headquarters: | Craigmuir Chambers, Road Town, Tortola |
| Country: | British Virgin Islands |
| Businesses: | Minds + Machines DotEco LLC dotNYC LLC |
| Website: | www.tldh.org |
| Key People | |
| Peter Dengate Thrush, Executive Chairman Antony Van Couvering, CEO/Director | |
Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd. (TLDH) is the parent company of Minds + Machines. The company is dedicated in acquiring and operating as well as providing consultancy services and back-end registry solutions for entities interested in operating new gTLDs. The company is public traded in the London Stock Exchange (AIM:TLDH.L).[1]
TLDH originally known as Hecta Media Inc. was established by Frederick Krueger and Clark Landry in 2007. The company went public on November 12, 2007.[2] In 2009, the company changed its name from Hecta Media Inc. to Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd. after acquiring Minds + Machines, dotNYC LLC and DotEco LLC in 2009.[3] Following the acquisition, Antony Van Couvering was appointed CEO of the company.[4] On July 2011, former ICANN Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush joined the company as Executive Chairman.[5]
During the opening day of the application for ICANN's New gTLD Program on January 12, 2012, TLDH purchased 20 application slots and announced that it was chosen by Dot Kiwi Limited, a New Zealand based company to provide registry solutions for the proposed .kiwi string.[6] On February 21, 2012, the company announced that it will purchase 20 additional application slots for gTLDs.[7]