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Donuts or Donuts Inc. is a start-up company that was created to apply and run new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) as made possible by ICANN's gTLD expansion program; it was co-founded by Paul Stahura, Jonathon Nevett, Richard Tindal, and Daniel Schindler. In April 2011, the company was in stealth mode and raising capital; based on the company's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Donuts raised $1 million equity financing.〔(Former Demand Media exec Paul Stahura emerges at stealthy Donuts Inc. ), Geekwire.com. Published 30 April 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2012.〕 Since then it has submitted 307 gTLD applications and secured an initial investment of $100 million in financing, and a subsequent round of an undisclosed amount though apparently it "almost doubles" its reserves. The second round of funding was earmarked specifically for gTLD auctions to resolve its 158 contention sets.〔(Donuts Gets Another 100million Funding, DomainIncite.com ) Published & Retrieved April 9 2013〕 The company's headquarters is located in Bellevue, Washington. In September 2012, Donuts was ranked #14 in The Wall Street Journal's Top 50 Start-Ups for 2012. It was also the newest start-up on the list.〔(Looking for the 'Next Big Thing'? Ranking the Top 50 Start-Ups ), Online.WSJ.com. Published September 2012.〕 ==New gTLD applications== On June 5, 2012, Donuts announced that it submitted applications for 307 gTLDs, including IDN TLDs, and secured $100 million in capital from multi-billion dollar private equity and venture funds.〔(Donuts raises $100 million, applies for 307 new TLDs ), DomainNameWire.com. Published 5 June 2012.〕 According to Daniel Schindler, one of Donuts' four co-founders, the company originally came up with a list of 3,000 prospective domain names. He said, "We made a long list of dictionary terms, in multiple languages and character sets. We created our own proprietary way of valuing the gTLDs, and that helped us narrow it down. But 307 is still a lot, obviously."〔('Donuts' startup lands $100 million for dot-brand domains ), CNN.com. Published 5 June 2012.〕 At one point, an article from Bloomberg reported that the company plans to apply for 10 gTLDs.〔(Go Daddy Bets on Windfall From Web-Address Expansion Beyond .Com ), Bloomberg. Published 10 January 2012.〕 Mason Cole, the company's Vice President of Communications and industry relations explained that the reporter from Bloomberg misunderstood or had miscommunication with Stahura. He said that at the time of the interview, the exact number of the gTLD's to be applied for hadn't been finalized. Mr. Cole also said that the company is well prepared to operate all the 307 gTLDs.〔(A tasty conversation with Donuts, which just applied for 307 TLDs ), DomainNameWire.com. Published 5 June 2012.〕 In terms of intellectual property rights protection, the company said that it created rights protection mechanisms for new gTLDs and it will implement an open Internet philosophy. According to Stahura, "The Internet is an engine of information, ideas and commerce, and one that’s not restrictive unnecessarily. Donuts intends to preserve that openness for all users, not operate a ‘by invitation only’ section of the Internet."〔(Donuts applies for 307 (yes, 307) gTLDs ), DomainIncite.com. Published 5 June 2012.〕 This statement can be seen to reference the plans of other large portfolio applicants such as Google and Amazon, that are not only applying for brand TLDs for exclusive corporate use, but are also applying for generic terms with no plans to offer public registration. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Donuts (corporation)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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