STARTING DOT
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| Type: | Privately held |
| Industry: | Registry |
| Founded: | 2011 |
| Headquarters: | Paris |
| Country: | France |
| Website: | startingdot.com |
| Key People | |
| Godefroy Jordan, CEO Guillaume Buffet, General Manager | |
Starting Dot is a start-up registry service provider based in France, which was established in 2011. The company confirmed its applications for five new top level domain names (TLDs) representing major industries: .archi {architecture industry); .bio (organic food and agricultural industry); .design (design industry); .immo (real estate industry); and .ski (ski sports industry). Godefroy Jordan and Guillaume Buffet serve as CEO and General Manager of the company.[1]
In April 2012, the company announced that Alven Capital, 123 Venture, and a group of other Internet and media veterans from France and Germany provided a total of €1.5 million in capital funds to support the applications and operations of the five TLDs.[2]
Partnerships edit
Starting Dot partnered with Adrenaline TLD in applying for the .ski TLD. Robert Rozicki, founder of Adrenaline TLD, will be responsible in developing Dot Ski, North America. In a statement, Godefroy Jordan said, "Rob has been the .ski pioneer with Adrenaline TLD and we are very proud to have him bringing .ski to the ski and domain registrar community in North America."[3]