Translations:Donuts/1/en
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| ICANNWiki Member | |
| Type: | Privately held |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | 2010 |
| Founder(s): | Paul Stahura Jonathon Nevett |
| Headquarters: | 10500 NE 8th Street Suite 350 Bellevue, WA 98004 |
| Country: | USA |
| Website: | donuts.co |
| Key People | |
| Paul Stahura, CEO Jonathon Nevett, EVP Daniel Schindler, EVP Richard Tindal COO Kevin Wilson, CFO Mason Cole, VP of Communications Chris Cowherd, CTO | |
Donuts is a start-up company that was created to apply and run new gTLDs as made possible by ICANN's gTLD expansion program; it was co-founded by Paul Stahura, Jonathon Nevett, Richard Tindal, and Daniel Schindler. In April 2011, the company was in stealth mode and raising capital; based on the company's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Donuts raised $1 million equity financing.[1] Since then it has submitted 307 gTLD Applications and secured an initial investment of $100 million in financing, and a subsequent round of an undisclosed amount though apparently it "almost doubles" its reserves. The second round of funding was earmarked specifically for gTLD Auctions to resolve its 158 contention sets.[2] The company's headquarters is located in Bellevue, Washington.
- ↑ Former Demand Media exec Paul Stahura emerges at stealthy Donuts Inc., Geekwire.com. Published 30 April 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
- ↑ Donuts Gets Another 100million Funding, DomainIncite.com Published & Retrieved April 9 2013