EDventure Holdings, Inc
EDventure Holdings, Inc is a New York based company, which was owned by Esther Dyson until 2004, after which it was sold over to an international, interactive content company, CNET Networks, Inc.. Esther Dyson is a catalyst of IT start-ups in several global marketets; CNET Networks, Inc. took control of the company on March 19th, 2004, in a cash and stock based transaction. Edventure Ventures is the venture capital investment wing of EDventure Holdings, Inc.[1]
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| Type: | Private |
| Industry: | Information Services |
| Founded: | USA, 1978 |
| Founder(s): | Esther Dyson |
| Headquarters: | New York |
| Country: | USA |
| Website: | edventure.com |
History
EDventure Holdings, Inc was established by Esther Dyson in 1978. The company functioned as an independent entity on handling technological issues via its PC Forum executive conferences and the Release 1.0 publications. EDventure Holdings was represented by the New York based Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. in this transaction.
The company headed by Esther Dyson along with Daphne Kis has had the reputation of building fee-based content brands like the annual technology PC (Platforms for Communication) Forum for IT executives, investors and entrepreneurs and the monthly technology report called Release 1.0.
The acquisition resulted in the further growth of CNET Networks which benefitted from the analytical and thought leadership prowess of Esther Dyson as well as the award winning editorial team of the company. This helped in the growth of the various business technology brands of CNET Networks such as TechRepublic, ZDNet and CNET News.com. [2]
Present
Currently, the brands TechRepublic, ZDNet and CNET News.com reach out to approximately six million influencers of business technology on a monthly basis in the United States. The award winning journalism team of EDventure, its strategic insight, resources and communities helps in the company’s decision making and speeding up of projects. The same factors are believed to solve several global issues of the company. The long established and well maintained global network of EDventure with Wall Street and Washington, DC leaders, has helped CNET Networks in deepening ties IT executive and C Level audiences to do further development in the technology start up, financial and political arenas.
Future Plans
CNET Networks is planning to leverage its reach of audience as well as international infrastructure for expanding and enhancing the successful PC Forum event and Release 1.0 newsletter businesses of EDventure. [3]