Dotdash Overview

  • Founded
  • 1996
Founded
  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged
  • Employees
  • 400
Employees
  • Latest Deal Type
  • M&A
  • Latest Deal Amount
  • $300M
Latest Deal Amount
  • Investors
  • 1

Dotdash General Information

Description

Provider of an online content website which provides information on a range of topics. The company covers various topics ranging from health care and parenting to travel, cooking, technology and hobbies, movies, music, kids, dogs, internet for beginners, personal computers, literature, makeup and spreadsheets and diet and fitness to career advice and language guides. It also offers Lab Test Interpreter, an interactive tool that enables users to analyze their lab results, including blood glucose tests, LDL cholesterol levels and C-reactive proteins.

Contact Information

Website
www.dotdash.com
Formerly Known As
MiningCo.com Inc, About.com, The Mining Company
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
Financing Status
Formerly VC-backed
Primary Industry
Information Services (B2C)
Acquirer
IAC
Primary Office
  • 1500 Broadway
  • 6th Floor
  • New York, NY 10036
  • United States
+1 (212) 000-0000
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Dotdash Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
8. Merger/Acquisition 24-Sep-2012 $300M 00000 Completed Profitable
7. Merger/Acquisition 18-Feb-2005 00000 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
6. Merger/Acquisition 01-Mar-2001 00000 00000 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
5. 2PO 29-Oct-1999 00000 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
4. IPO 06-Mar-1999 0000 000.00 Completed Generating Revenue
3. Later Stage VC (Series C) 13-Nov-1998 000.00 000.00 Completed Generating Revenue
2. Early Stage VC (Series B) 01-Feb-1998 $2.8M $7.75M Completed Generating Revenue
1. Early Stage VC (Series A) 01-Jan-1998 $4.95M $4.95M Completed Product Development
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Dotdash Patents

  • 41

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 2

    Granted

  • 000

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

Dotdash Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
CA-2674682-A1 Method and system for managing content submission and publication of content Granted 12-Jan-2007 0000000000
AU-2007343643-B2 Method and system for managing content submission and publication of content Active 12-Jan-2007 0000000000
AU-2007343643-A1 Method and system for managing content submission and publication of content Granted 12-Jan-2007 0000000000
US-8032528-B2 Method and system for managing content submission and publication of content Active 12-Jan-2007 0000000000 0
US-20080172446-A1 Method and system for managing content submission and publication of content Granted 12-Jan-2007 H04N21/443 00
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Dotdash Executive Team (15)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Neil Vogel Chief Executive Officer
Tim Quinn Chief Financial Officer & Head, Strategy
Karen Messineo Chief Financial Officer
Alex Ellerson JD Chief Operating Officer
Jonathan Alt Chief Revenue Officer, Lifestyle Brands
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Dotdash Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %ile
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Dotdash Former Investors (10)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info
C-Max Capital Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Crystal Venture Funds Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
DCM Ventures Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Lauder Partners Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
OpenText Corporation Minority 000 0000 000000 0
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Dotdash Investments & Acquisitions (13)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
00000000 01-Dec-2021 0000000000 00.00 Publishing 0000 0000
000000 000000 21-Sep-2020 0000000000 Information Services (B2C)
0000000 0000 20-Sep-2020 0000000000 Social Content 0000 0000
000000 000000 03-Feb-2020 0000000000 Publishing 0000 0000
Liquor.com 30-Sep-2019 Merger/Acquisition Information Services (B2C) 0000 0000
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Dotdash Subsidiaries (4)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
Simply Recipes Information Services (B2C) Mercer Island, WA 2003
00000000000000 Information Services (B2C) Oakland, CA 0000
000000 Publishing New York, NY 0000
00000000 Publishing Des Moines, IA 0000
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Dotdash Exits (1)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
000000000000000000 27-Mar-2007 000000000000000000 00.00 Completed
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