Corporate Office

Classmates.Com Corporate Office

Classmates.Com was founded in 1995 by Randy Conrads, originally under the name Classmates Online.

The company helps clients find classmates from elementary school, Junior High, High School, colleges, the US military, and even some workplaces.

The company was acquired in 2015 by H.I.G. Capital, a private investment firm, for $30 million.

As of 2015, Classmates members used the website to plan over 350,000 class reunions. Over 5 million members were invited to a reunion that year.

Classmates.com had sent a significant number of emails that told recipients their old friends from school wished to reconnect with them and that, of course, the recipients would need to buy Classmates.com memberships to receive their old friends’ contact information.

A class-action lawsuit was brought against Classmates.com in 2008. The lead plaintiffs in the case were David Catapano and Anthony Michaels. The company agreed to pay $2.5 million to its users to settle the lawsuit.

As of 2015, the company stated that it had more than 70 million paying customers.

Classmates.Com maintains a corporate office in Seattle, Washington.

Classmates.Com

Classmates.Com was founded in 1995 by Randy Conrads, originally under the name Classmates Online.

The company helps clients find classmates from elementary school, Junior High, High School, colleges, the US military, and even some workplaces.

The company was acquired in 2015 by H.I.G. Capital, a private investment firm, for $30 million.

History

As of 2015, Classmates members used the website to plan over 350,000 class reunions. Over 5 million members were invited to a reunion that year.

As of 2015, the company stated that it had more than 70 million paying customers.

Classmates.Com maintains a corporate office in Seattle, Washington.

Redfin Corporate Office

Redfin, a real estate brokerage, was founded in 2004 by David Eraker, Michael Dougherty, and David Selinger. Eraker was inspired by his own real estate misadventures and founded Redfin with hopes of upending the traditional brokerage model and capitalizing on technology that was newly available at the time.

Redfin is a full-service real estate brokerage firm. The company went public on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol RDFN in August 2017.

Redfin’s business model to undercut competition is based on sellers paying Redfin a discounted fee, either 1.0 or 1.5% to list the seller’s home.

In May 2010, the company received the Best Startup award from Seattle 2.0.

In October 2012, Redfin was named one of The DIGITAL 100: World’s Most Valuable Private Tech Companies by Business Insider.

In December 2021, the company announced the 10 housing markets that set records in 2020.

Redfin maintains a corporate office in Seattle, Washington.

Redfin

Redfin is a full-service real estate brokerage firm. The company went public on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol RDFN in August 2017.

Redfin’s business model to undercut competition is based on sellers paying Redfin a discounted fee, either 1.0 or 1.5% to list the seller’s home.

History

In May 2010, the company received the Best Startup award from Seattle 2.0.

In October 2012, Redfin was named one of The DIGITAL 100: World’s Most Valuable Private Tech Companies by Business Insider.

In December 2021, the company announced the 10 housing markets that set records in 2020.

Redfin maintains a corporate office in Seattle, Washington.

Canva Corporate Office

Canva was founded in 2013 by Melanie Perkins, Cliff Obrecht, and Cameron Adams. Canva is a graphic design platform that is used to create posters, documents, flyers, and social media graphics.

In its first year in business, Canva had more than 750,000 users. By 2016, the company was profitable and had almost 300,000 paying clients.

In 2018, the company raised $40 million in funding via Sequoia Capital.

In 2019, they raised $70 million via General Catalyst.

Also in December 2019, Canva announced a new program called Canva for Education, a free product for public schools and other educational institutions intended to facilitate collaboration between students and teachers.

In May 2019, Canva experienced a data breach in which the data of roughly 139 million users were hacked. The exposed data included real names of users, usernames, addresses and geographical information, and password hashes for some users.

In June 2020, Canva announced a partnership with Office Depot and FedEx.

As of 2022, the company valuation is over $40 billion.

Canva CEO Melanie Perkins states that she intends to give away most of her $16.5 billion fortune.

Canva maintains a corporate office in New South Wales, Australia.

Canva

Canva was founded in 2013 by Melanie Perkins, Cliff Obrecht, and Cameron Adams. Canva is a graphic design platform that is used to create posters, documents, flyers, and social media graphics.

In its first year in business, Canva had more than 750,000 users. By 2016, the company was profitable and had almost 300,000 paying clients.

In 2018, the company raised $40 million in funding via Sequoia Capital.

History

In 2019, they raised $70 million via General Catalyst.

In June 2020, Canva announced a partnership with Office Depot and FedEx.

As of 2022, the company valuation is over $40 billion.

Canva CEO Melanie Perkins states that she intends to give away most of her $16.5 billion fortune.

Canva maintains a corporate office in New South Wales, Australia.

Zoosk Corporate Office

While attending the University of Maryland, Iranian immigrants, Shayan Zadeh and Alex Mehr wished that they had an easier way of meeting women.

Zoosk was founded in 2007. The company operates an online dating service.

In 2014, the company decided to go public. In their S-1 statement, the company reported 2013 revenues of $178.2 million, a 63% increase over the previous year, and that it had cut losses 87% to $2.6 million.

It had 27 million members, of which 650,000 were paying subscribers, and its membership was growing 44% year-over-year. Zoosk had reached the position of no. 1 grossing dating app and a top 25 grossing app on the Apple IOS App Store.

Despite over $200 million in revenue, Zoosk lost money due to over-hiring. Zoosk canceled its IPO in December 2014 and laid off 20 percent of its staff.

In late 2014, Zoosk introduced a photo verification system. Clients must upload both a photo and a live video. Employees review the video to ensure that it matches the photo so clients know that they aren’t being catfished.

In July 2019, Sparks Network acquired Zoosk for an undisclosed amount.

In late 2021, Zoosk introduced virtual first dates, where potential matches can meet online first.

Zoosk maintains a corporate office in San Francisco, California.

Zoosk

While attending the University of Maryland, Iranian immigrants, Shayan Zadeh and Alex Mehr wished that they had an easier way of meeting women.

Zoosk was founded in 2007. The company operates an online dating service.

History

Despite over $200 million in revenue, Zoosk lost money due to over-hiring. Zoosk canceled its IPO in December 2014 and laid off 20 percent of its staff.

In July 2019, Sparks Network acquired Zoosk for an undisclosed amount.

In late 2021, Zoosk introduced virtual first dates, where potential matches can meet online first.

Zoosk maintains a corporate office in San Francisco, California.

Realtor.Com Corporate Office

Realtor.com can trace its roots back to 1995 when it first launched as the Realtor Information Network (RIN), which at that time was a closed network providing proprietary information to members of NAR.

By 1997, the company was accepting exclusive online real estate listings from companies such as USA Today, NBC, and America Online (AOL).

Realtor.Com is a real estate listings website operated by the News Corp subsidiary Move, Inc. It is the second most visited real estate listings website in the United States as of 2021, with over 100 million monthly active users.