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CNET Networks

Founders Fred Davis Halsey Minor Kevin Wendle Shelby Bonnie

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Total investments 13
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$19M
Portfolio companies 13
Rounds per year 0.48
Lead investments 1
Exits 7
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Internet
  • Information Technology
  • Software
  • E-Commerce
  • Advertising
Summary

CNET Networks is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1994. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the San Francisco.

The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2013. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. When the investment is from CNET Networks the average startup value is more than 1 billion dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2000. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 5 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. This CNET Networks works on 17 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations.

This organization was formed by Halsey Minor, Kevin Wendle, Shelby Bonnie.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 6-7 partakers. Despite the CNET Networks, startups are often financed by Weston Presidio Capital, WR Hambrecht, Trinity Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Merrill Lynch, ZDNet, TransCosmos. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), True Ventures, Canaan Partners.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Automattic, Ingenio, AsiaContent. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Search Engine, Internet. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 2 or 4 of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Automattic

Blogging Platforms
Content
Web Design
Web Development
$1M12 Oct 2005 San Francisco, California, United States

dooyoo

Communities
Digital Media
E-Commerce
E-Commerce Platforms
Fashion
Market Research
Retail
$12M16 May 2001 Bavaria

Ingenio

Apps
E-Commerce
E-Commerce Platforms
Information Technology
Internet
Lead Generation
Messaging
Mobile
Software
$42M11 Oct 2000 San Francisco, California, United States

OneChannel

E-Commerce
Information Services
Web Hosting
$15M11 Aug 2000 Mountain View, California, United States

ON24

Developer Tools
Lead Generation
Marketing
Video Streaming
$25M11 Apr 2000 San Francisco, California, United States

Android
Telecommunications
Wireless
$27M24 Mar 2000 Virginia, United States

Attenza

Customer Service
Enterprise Software
Internet
Software
$18M16 Mar 2000 Dallas, Texas, United States

AsiaContent

Advertising
Consumer
Internet
ISP
$30M08 Mar 2000 Singapore, Central, Singapore

techies.com

Career Planning
Information Technology
Web Hosting
$22M01 Feb 2000 Costa Mesa, California, United States

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Total investments 13
Average round size 19M
Rounds per year 0.48
Peak activity year 2000
Lead investments 1
Exits 7
Group Appearance index 0.92

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Automattic

Blogging Platforms
Content
Web Design
Web Development
$1M12 Oct 2005 San Francisco, California, United States

dooyoo

Communities
Digital Media
E-Commerce
E-Commerce Platforms
Fashion
Market Research
Retail
$12M16 May 2001 Bavaria

Ingenio

Apps
E-Commerce
E-Commerce Platforms
Information Technology
Internet
Lead Generation
Messaging
Mobile
Software
$42M11 Oct 2000 San Francisco, California, United States

OneChannel

E-Commerce
Information Services
Web Hosting
$15M11 Aug 2000 Mountain View, California, United States

ON24

Developer Tools
Lead Generation
Marketing
Video Streaming
$25M11 Apr 2000 San Francisco, California, United States

Android
Telecommunications
Wireless
$27M24 Mar 2000 Virginia, United States

Attenza

Customer Service
Enterprise Software
Internet
Software
$18M16 Mar 2000 Dallas, Texas, United States

AsiaContent

Advertising
Consumer
Internet
ISP
$30M08 Mar 2000 Singapore, Central, Singapore

techies.com

Career Planning
Information Technology
Web Hosting
$22M01 Feb 2000 Costa Mesa, California, United States
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