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Donuts Inc. was founded in 2010 and acquired Afilias, a leading top-level domain (TLD) registry operator and service provider, in 2020. United under one brand, Identity Digital cements its status ...
Afilias was advised by Moelis & Company LLC and Sidley Austin LLP while Donuts was advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP. The acquisition price remains undisclosed. Key Employee Contact:
In 2010, as the mobile web gained traction, DeviceAtlas joined Afilias, Inc., becoming the flagship product of its mobile & web technology division called Afilias Technology Limited. In 2020, during an acquisition of Afilias, Inc., Afilias Technology Limited was renamed DeviceAtlas Limited to better reflect the scope of device intelligence ...
Donuts Inc. announced that it has completed its acquisition of Afilias, Inc. The announcement came after ICANN approved the change of control of Afilias. “Now under one corporate structure, the two companies will continue to operate securely and reliably with no significant changes for either registrars or registry services clients.”.
Afilias Moves to the US. HORSHAM, Pa., Aug. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Afilias, a leading domain registry operator, announced today that it has formally established a new corporate parent entity ...
Afilias Moves to the US. HORSHAM, Pa., Aug. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Afilias, a leading domain registry operator, announced today that it has formally established a new corporate parent entity ...
Afilias is the world’s second largest Internet domain name registry, with more than 20 million names under management. Afilias powers a wide variety of top-level domains, and will soon support hundreds of new TLDs (top level domains) now preparing for launch, including TLDs for cities, brands, communities and generic terms.
Afilias then took Australia’s .au contract from Neustar in 2017, and Neustar retaliated by winning India’s .in contract in 2018 from Afilias. The battle for Colombia’s .co registry – which holds 2.3 million domains that cost double the registration price for most other top-level domains, making it extremely lucrative – was just one ...
In 2017, Afilias saw revenue grow from $106.7 million to $113.6 million. Profit before tax was down slightly, from $38.6 million to $36 million. Again, that was due largely to ICB, which contributed $1.4 million of red ink to the bottom line. Afilias is a private company, by the way, which is why these numbers all refer to 2017.
While Afilias spent its press release focusing on trashing ICANN, Verisign instead focused its blog post on trashing Afilias. According to Verisign, Afilias is no longer competent to run a registry (having sold those assets to Donuts) and is just looking for a payday by losing a private auction.