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'''TLD Registry Limited''' is a new [[Registry]] founded to apply for a number of [[TLD]]s under [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]].<ref name="website">[http://internetregistry.info/ InternetRegistry.info] Retrieved 28 April 2014</ref><ref name="fb">[https://www.facebook.com/tldregistry Facebook - TLDRegistry] Retrieved 28 April 2014</ref>

‘’’TLD Registry Limited’’’ is a pan-European [[registry]] serving the global marketplace in the high tech and domain name sectors. TLD Registry serves as the registry for two top-level domain name [[IDN]]s, “Dot Chinese Online” ([[.在线]] - meaning “online”), and “Dot Chinese Website” ([[.中文网]] - meaning “website in Chinese”), which were approved and implemented under [[ICANN]]’s [[New gTLD Program]].<ref name="website">[http://internetregistry.info/ InternetRegistry.info] Retrieved 28 April 2014</ref><ref name="fb">[https://www.facebook.com/tldregistry Facebook - TLDRegistry] Retrieved 28 April 2014</ref>

The company was the only applicant for the two strings above, and was also one of three companies applying for [[.city]]. They 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>

The company was the only applicant for the two strings above, and was also one of three companies applying for [[.city]]. They 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>

==History==

==History==

TLD Registry was founded by 3 industry professionals from Finland and is headquartered in Ireland. The company received financial backing from the [[Vision+ Fund]], a Finnish venture capital investment group, and other business and angel investors.<ref name="website" />

 

TLD Registry was founded in 2008 by 3 investment and high tech industry professionals from Finland, co-founder and CEO [[Arto Isokoski]], co-founder and Chairman of the Board [[Taneli Tikka]], and co-founder and Director [[Jarno Majamäki]]. TLD Registry is headquartered in Ireland, but has offices globally in Beijing, Hong Kong, Helsinki, New York City, Oslo, and Austin.

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