Donuts (company) explained

Donuts Inc.
Successor:Identity Digital
Location:Bellevue, Washington, U.S.
Type:Private
Industry:Internet
Key People:Akram Atallah, President and CEO
Homepage:https://donuts.domains/

Donuts Inc. was a domain name registrar and registry providing paid domain names under 270 new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), as made possible by ICANN's gTLD expansion program, as well as 173 other TLDs including .au (ccTLD) and .org (gTLD managed by the Public Interest Registry), through its own registry status (for example, managing the .social gTLD) and contracts between its subsidiaries and other registries.[1]

It was co-founded in 2010 by Paul Stahura, Jonathon Nevett, Richard Tindal, and Daniel Schindler.[1] The company's headquarters are located in Bellevue, Washington.[2]

In July 2017, Donuts acquired Rightside, along with domain registrar Name.com.[3] [4] [5] [6]

On August 11, 2018, Donuts entered into an agreement to be acquired by private equity firm Abry Partners.[7] [5] [8] [9]

In December 2020, Donuts acquired the registry division of Afilias, Inc.,[10] [11] a registry, registrar and mobile software developer[12] headquartered outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In January 2021, Ethos Capital acquired Donuts after their failed bid to gain control over the .org internet domain.[13] [14]

In 2022, Afilias and Donuts Inc were merged under Identity Digital.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Donuts Inc.'s major play for new Web domain names raises eyebrows . washingtonpost.com . 24 September 2012.
  2. Web site: Home. 2021-02-03. Donuts Inc.. en-US.
  3. Web site: The Cybersecurity 202: Internet domain names are ripe for scam during coronavirus crisis . washingtonpost.com . 8 September 2020.
  4. Web site: Donuts raises $110M in financing to buy Rightside . geekwire.com . June 14, 2017 . 14 June 2017.
  5. Web site: Domain name company Donuts Inc. is gobbled up by private equity firm . bizjournals.com . 6 September 2018.
  6. Web site: Donuts raises $110M in financing to buy Rightside. 10 August 2017. bizjournals.com.
  7. Web site: Anguilla, with its domain name, cashes in on a quirky trend . chicagotribune.com . 4 February 2020.
  8. Abry Partners Enters Into Agreement to Invest Majority Stake in Donuts Inc. . www.prnewswire.com . en . 2019-08-08.
  9. News: Tropical Breezes, Pristine Beaches and a Domain Name to Die For . The New York Times . February 4, 2020 . 4 February 2020. Lohr . Steve .
  10. Web site: Donuts Acquires Afilias . afilias.info . 29 December 2020.
  11. Web site: Donuts Inc.'s Acquisition Of Afilias, Inc. . globallegalchronicle.com . 25 November 2020.
  12. Web site: Donuts Inc. to Acquire Afilias, Inc. - Donuts News . https://web.archive.org/web/20201119193201/https://donuts.news/donuts-inc-to-acquire-afilias-inc . 2020-11-19 . 2021-02-03 . donuts.news.
  13. Web site: Ethos Capital to Acquire Controlling Interest of Donuts Inc. - Donuts News . https://web.archive.org/web/20210227153330/https://donuts.news/ethos-capital-to-acquire-controlling-interest-of-donuts-inc . 2021-02-27 . 2021-02-03 . donuts.news.
  14. Web site: Ethos Capital To Acquire Controlling Interest of Donuts Inc. . ethoscapital.com . 22 January 2021 . March 30, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210330030747/https://www.ethoscapital.com/news/ethos-capital-to-acquire-controlling-interest-in-donuts . dead .
  15. Web site: Allemann . Andrew . 2022-06-22 . Donuts rebrands to Identity Digital . 2022-07-12 . Domain Name Wire Domain Name News . en-US.

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