Another week and another whopping half a billion US dollars in venture capital flowed into 90 new companies. More than 71% of these businesses chose to use a .com domain with the ccTLDs taking 15% of the pie. I only cover newly funded companies in this series which means that startups that raised a prior round of capital are not included in this weekly list. A significant portion of the companies you see in this list that gain serious traction later on will re-brand or do a domain name upgrade in the future, especially now they have some cash to burn on branding strategy and a better domain name.
Nonetheless there are (almost) always a few companies that have their domain strategy sorted right from the start. Some names I like on this weeks list are those of Florida based cyber-security company iBoss which uses the matching iBoss.com domain name. iDomains are a bit old-school but I personally think it works quite well in this case considering the nature of their business. Second up is food technology company Innit which raised 25M and uses the Innit.com domain name. Innit means “Isn’t it?” in informal British. Last but not last least my eye was caught by 17 Media, a live video streaming and real-time content sharing mobile application which has chosen to use 17.Media for their website.
Here’s this weeks list:
Name
Funding
Amount
Domain Name
TLD
Forefront Capital Management
Venture
$100,000,000
ForefrontCap.com
.com
Meili Jinrong
Series A
$65,000,000
MeiliJinrong.com
.com
Evelo Therapeutics
Venture
$35,000,000
EveloTx.com
.com
iBoss Cybersecurity
Series A
$35,000,000
iBoss.com
.com
N3
Venture
$35,000,000
N3Results.com
.com
Macat
Venture
$30,000,000
Macat.com
.com
Innit
Venture
$25,000,000
Innit.com
.com
Ultrahaptics
Series A
$15,610,000
Ultrahaptics.com
.com
Vascular Biogenics Ltd.
Venture
$15,000,000
VBLRX.com
.com
YUHI Hospitality
Venture
$15,000,000
YuhiHospitality.com
.com
SnapApp
Series A
$12,000,000
SnapApp.com
.com
GTT
Venture
$10,700,000
GTT.net
.net
17 Media
Series A
$10,000,000
17.media
.media
Xometry
Venture
$8,800,000
Xometry.com
.com
Cyteir Therapeutics
Series A
$5,500,000
Cyteir.com
.com
Fuzzy Logix
Series A
$5,500,000
Fuzzyl.com
.com
LifeSupport Medical
Venture
$5,410,000
LifeSupportMedical.com
.com
Sirqul, Inc
Series A
$5,000,000
Sirqul.com
.com
LifeSite
Venture
$4,500,000
LifeSite.co
.co
Hitbox Entertainment
Series A
$4,000,000
Hitbox.tv
.tv
Red River Resources
Venture
$3,900,000
RedRiverResources.com.au
.com.au
Super
Seed
$3,600,000
HelloSuper.com
.com
Luma
Seed
$3,500,000
GetLuma.com
.com
Premonition
Seed
$3,000,000
Premonition.ai
.ai
Solera Health, Inc.
Series A
$3,000,000
SoleraNetwork.com
.com
Vinaya
Seed
$3,000,000
Vinaya.com
.com
Hivemapper
Seed
$2,900,000
HiveMapper.com
.com
Compeon
Series A
$2,740,000
Compeon.de
.de
Qwire Holdings
Venture
$2,500,000
Qwire.com
.com
Quantescent
Angel
$2,400,000
Quantescent.com
.com
AutoLotto, Inc.
Seed
$2,400,000
AutoLotto.com
.com
IRLYNX
Series A
$2,200,000
irlynx.com
.com
Innoup Farma
Venture
$2,150,000
InnoupFarma.com
.com
Perception Point
Seed
$2,000,000
Perception-point.io
.io
The History Project
Seed
$2,000,000
TheHistoryProject.com
.com
Traxens
Seed
$1,650,000
Traxens.com
.com
Tella Firma
Angel
$1,500,000
TellaFirma.com
.com
XOXCO
Venture
$1,500,000
Xoxco.com
.com
Broomly
Seed
$1,300,000
Broomly.com
.com
Emoticast
Seed
$1,200,000
Emoticast.com
.com
Biolytx Pharmaceuticals
Seed
$1,100,000
BiolytxCorp.com
.com
ByeBuy
Seed
$1,100,000
SayByeBuy.com
.com
BigStylist
Seed
$1,000,000
BigStylist.com
.com
iDAvatars
Venture
$1,000,000
iDAvatars.com
.com
Nerd Skincare
Seed
$1,000,000
NerdSkincare.com
.com
Change Labs
Seed
$800,000
GoChange.co
.co
LeafLink
Seed
$750,000
LeafLink.com
.com
Cityflo
Seed
$750,000
Cityflo.com
.com
Carro
Seed
$716,000
Carro.sg
.sg
WIB Machines
Seed
$671,310
WIBMachines.com
.com
Noccela
Venture
$602,270
Noccela.fi
.fi
Art2M
Seed
$551,800
art2m.com
.com
Boxit
Seed
$500,000
MyBoxit.com
.com
YourDOST
Seed
$400,000
YourDost.com
.com
ZapChain
Seed
$350,000
ZapChain.com
.com
Loanbaba.com
Angel
$320,000
Loanbaba.com
.com
Shirsa
Angel
$250,000
Shirsa.in
.in
Welsh ICE
Seed
$250,000
WelshICE.org
.org
MyIndianStay
Angel
$200,000
MyIndianStay.com
.com
Twigly
Angel
$200,000
Twigly.in
.in
Red Thread Games
Venture
$153,150
RedThreadGames.com
.com
Viral
Seed
$150,000
TheViralApp.org
.org
BookMyBai.com
Angel
$150,000
BookMyBai.com
.com
Boibanit.com
Angel
$150,000
Boibanit.com
.com
Teknopilot AS
Venture
$129,590
Teknopilot.no
.no
Ravn Studio
Venture
$117,810
RavnStudio.no
.no
WeWantToKnow
Venture
$117,810
WeWantToKnow.com
.com
Hyper Games
Venture
$94,240
HyperGames.no
.no
The Arctic
Venture
$94,240
The-Arctic.com
.com
Process
Venture
$58,900
ProcessGames.com
.com
Classic Food
Seed
$54,500
ClassicFoods.co.ke
.co.ke
Renuvix
Venture
$52,000
Renuvix.com
.com
Priceinfo
Seed
$10,000
Priceinfo.com.ng
.com.ng
SafeRyde
Seed
Undisclosed
SafeRyde.com
.com
ProfumeriaWeb
Venture
Undisclosed
ProfumeriaWeb.com
.com
RepUp
Seed
Undisclosed
RepUp.co
.co
SparesHub
Seed
Undisclosed
SparesHub.com
.com
Quad Technologies
Series A
Undisclosed
QuadTechnologies.com
.com
Maideasy
Series A
Undisclosed
Maideasy.my
.my
Bobble App
Series A
Undisclosed
BobbleApp.me
.me
Bairo Corporation
Seed
Undisclosed
Bairo.co
.co
DOVIDEQ
Seed
Undisclosed
DovideqMedical.com
.com
PayTunes
Seed
Undisclosed
PayTunes.in
.in
FunkSac
Venture
Undisclosed
FunkSac.com
.com
Microprogram Information
Venture
Undisclosed
Program.com.tw
.com.tw
Parallel Machines
Venture
Undisclosed
ParallelMachines.com
.com
Perfant Technologies
Venture
Undisclosed
Perfant.com
.com
Scoop
Seed
Undisclosed
TakeScoop.com
.com
The SPOT Experience
Venture
Undisclosed
TheSpotExperience.com
.com
Mon Purse
Seed
Undisclosed
MonPurse.com
.com
Funding data is based on online reporting and DNgeek can not guarantee 100% accuracy. To compile this list we only include companies that raised a first round round of angel, seed, grant, Series A or Venture funding and exclude companies that raised private equity or series B and beyond funding rounds.
If you’re a company looking for naming or domaining advice, drop me a note as i’m always happy to help.