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Spark Networks Corporate Office

Spark Networks was founded in 1997 by Joe Y. Shapira. Originally named Matchnet Pic, the company changed their name in January of 2005 to Spark Networks as the company felt it was more appropriate.

Spark Networks own many specialty, sometimes called niche, personals or online dating services including ChristianMingle.com, SilverSingles.com, JDate.com, BlackSingles.com, CathloicMingle.com,  and LDSSingles.com. The company is also the owner of the general interest site Spark.com.

ChristianMingle is, by far, the company’s largest website with more than 10 million registered users. Approximately 10,000 people sign up every day on this website.

Spark Networks is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol: LOV

Spark Network

Spark Networks was founded in 1997 by Joe Y. Shapira. Originally named Matchnet Pic, the company changed their name in January of 2005 to Spark Networks as the company felt it was more appropriate.

Spark Networks own many specialty, sometimes called niche, personals or online dating services including ChristianMingle.com, SilverSingles.com, JDate.com, BlackSingles.com, CathloicMingle.com,  and LDSSingles.com. The company is also the owner of the general interest site Spark.com.

ChristianMingle is, by far, the company’s largest website with more than 10 million registered users. Approximately 10,000 people sign up every day on this website.

History

Spark Networks is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol: LOV

NewFrog Corporate Office

Founded in 2009, NewFrog.Com, often referred to as simply NewFrog, is an E-commerce webiste with more than 20,000 items for the consumer including video games, consumer electronics, computer accessories, audio equipment, jewelry, iPod and iPhone accessories, Android phone accessories, communication products and car alarm systems.

NewFrog is based in China but has an office in Dallas, Texas. The company has 400 employees, more than 19,000 page views each day, ranks as #2 on Google’s top 10 page list and an annual revenue of $5 million.

The company accepts PayPal only and is listed as a McAfee Secure Website.

NewFrog

Founded in 2009, NewFrog.Com, often referred to as simply NewFrog, is an E-commerce webiste with more than 20,000 items for the consumer including video games, consumer electronics, computer accessories, audio equipment, jewelry, iPod and iPhone accessories, Android phone accessories, communication products and car alarm systems.

NewFrog is based in China but has an office in Dallas, Texas. The company has 400 employees, more than 19,000 page views each day, ranks as #2 on Google’s top 10 page list and an annual revenue of $5 million.

The company accepts PayPal only and is listed as a McAfee Secure Website.

History

AOL Corporate Office

AOL was originally founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation. The company has changed names several times over the years including being called Quantum Computer Services in 1985, America Online in 1991, and now AOL, Inc. as of 2009.

It was in 1991 that AOL became incredibly popular as one of the biggest dial-up internet service providers in the U.S.  Free AOL software could be found in almost every store in the country along with discs also being mailed to households on a massive scale.

However, when broadband began to take over in place of dial-up around 2003, AOL suffered tremendous losses by not keeping up with technology. The company lost millions of customers and laid off thousands of employees.

Today, the company works as a multi-media news provider offering shopping, search engine services, news, and email.

AOL was purchased by Verizon in June of 2015 for $4.4 billion.

AOL Inc.

AOL was originally founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation. The company has changed names several times over the years including being called Quantum Computer Services in 1985, America Online in 1991, and now AOL, Inc. as of 2009.

It was in 1991 that AOL became incredibly popular as one of the biggest dial-up internet service providers in the U.S.  Free AOL software could be found in almost every store in the country along with discs also being mailed to households on a massive scale.

However, when broadband began to take over in place of dial-up around 2003, AOL suffered tremendous losses by not keeping up with technology. The company lost millions of customers and laid off thousands of employees.

History

Today, the company works as a multi-media news provider offering shopping, search engine services, news, and email.

AOL was purchased by Verizon in June of 2015 for $4.4 billion.

eSnipe Corporate Office

eSnipe is an online auction “sniping” website which allows users to place a bid on an eBay auction during the last 2 or 3 seconds  of bid. If a user does not win the auction, there is no charge. The company website also allows users to cancel a bid up to one minute before the auction ends. This in contrast to eBay’s policy which forces bidders to request cancellation from the seller.

eSnip has more than 10,000 bids placed each day and has an average revenue of $16 million each month. The company has more than 50,000 registered users. In December of 2000, eSnipe was put on auction on eBay. Tom Campbell, former Microsoft Program Manager and current eSnipe CEO won the auction via eSnipe.

eSnipe

eSnipe is an online auction “sniping” website which allows users to place a bid on an eBay auction during the last 2 or 3 seconds  of bid. If a user does not win the auction, there is no charge. The company website also allows users to cancel a bid up to one minute before the auction ends. This in contrast to eBay’s policy which forces bidders to request cancellation from the seller.

eSnip has more than 10,000 bids placed each day and has an average revenue of $16 million each month. The company has more than 50,000 registered users. In December of 2000, eSnipe was put on auction on eBay. Tom Campbell, former Microsoft Program Manager and current eSnipe CEO won the auction via eSnipe.

History

FanDuel Corporate Office

FanDuel, also known as FanDuel.com, was founded in 2009 by Hubdub, a prediction market game company.   FanDuel is a daily fantasy sports company where players can wager on daily fantasy sports competitions as opposed to the traditional weekly competitions.

Daily fantasy sports is possible legally due to a 2006 law which banned internet gambling.  This law included an exclusion for “skill based games” which allows sites such as FanDuel and DraftKings to operate.

FanDuel received $1.2 million in seed investment from Pentech Ventures and Scottish Enterprise.

In early 2013, the company raised $11 million in funding in a Series C round.  The round was led by Comcast Ventures, Piton Capital, Pentech Ventures, Bullpen Capital and Richard Koch.

In September 2014, the company raised an additional $70 million in Series D funding from Shamrock Capital Advisors, NBC Sports Ventures and KKR.

In November 2014, the company announced a partnership with the NBA.  As part of the agreement, the NBA received an equity stake in the company in exchange for promoting them as their “Official One Day Fantasy Basketball Game”.

In July 2015, the company raised another $275 million in a Series E round which valued the company at over $1 billion dollars.  The company used part of these funds to acquire analytics company numberFire.

On October 4, 2015, DraftKings employee Ethan Haskell won $350,000 on FanDuel.  This came 1 week after Haskell had leaked sensitive information that would give players a competitive advantage.  The FBI and US DOJ both open cases while DraftKings and FanDuel temporarily ban employees from wagering.  FanDuel hires a DC lobbying firm on Oct 14th.

On October 15, 2015, Nevada bans all daily fantasy sports sites from being used by Nevada residents.

Today, FanDuel has over 1 million active users and will pay out over $2 billion to players in 2015.  The company has raised $363 million in total funding and has partnered with 16 NFL and 14 NBA teams.

 

FanDuel

FanDuel, also known as FanDuel.com, was founded in 2009 by Hubdub, a prediction market game company.   FanDuel is a daily fantasy sports company where players can wager on daily fantasy sports competitions as opposed to the traditional weekly competitions.

Daily fantasy sports is possible legally due to a 2006 law which banned internet gambling.  This law included an exclusion for “skill based games” which allows sites such as FanDuel and DraftKings to operate.

FanDuel received $1.2 million in seed investment from Pentech Ventures and Scottish Enterprise.

History

In early 2013, the company raised $11 million in funding in a Series C round.  The round was led by Comcast Ventures, Piton Capital, Pentech Ventures, Bullpen Capital and Richard Koch.

In September 2014, the company raised an additional $70 million in Series D funding from Shamrock Capital Advisors, NBC Sports Ventures and KKR.

In November 2014, the company announced a partnership with the NBA.  As part of the agreement, the NBA received an equity stake in the company in exchange for promoting them as their “Official One Day Fantasy Basketball Game”.

In July 2015, the company raised another $275 million in a Series E round which valued the company at over $1 billion dollars.  The company used part of these funds to acquire analytics company numberFire.

On October 4, 2015, DraftKings employee Ethan Haskell won $350,000 on FanDuel.  This came 1 week after Haskell had leaked sensitive information that would give players a competitive advantage.  The FBI and US DOJ both open cases while DraftKings and FanDuel temporarily ban employees from wagering.  FanDuel hires a DC lobbying firm on Oct 14th.

On October 15, 2015, Nevada bans all daily fantasy sports sites from being used by Nevada residents.

Today, FanDuel has over 1 million active users and will pay out over $2 billion to players in 2015.  The company has raised $363 million in total funding and has partnered with 16 NFL and 14 NBA teams.