new gtlds Data.World raises $14 million in funding

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Some people might not like the Data.World domain name, but it doesn’t look like having a domain name with a new gTLD extension caused fundraising issues for an Austin-based startup.

According to an article this morning in the Austin Business Journal, “Data.World Inc., a data analytics and collaboration platform maker, has raised a $14 million series A round of funding from a syndicate of more than 24 investors.”

As you can see, the company operates on Data.World. The .World new gTLD domain name extension is operated by Donuts, and there are currently just shy of 31,000 .World domain names in existence, according to nTLDStats.com. It is currently the 71st best selling new gTLD extension based on registered domain names.


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Who wouldn't like:

data.world

Cool as hell.

Took a look at their site, seems very legit and all. Then I went to their Contact page and there were a couple of email adresses, e.g.:

help @ data.world

I bet the amount of people who screw up that kind email address is way bigger than the amount of people who mistype their URL. I just did (typed @dataworld.com) even though I checked it one second before typing it. If I were a business owner that would be my biggest issue with a new TLD. Especially if you're talking about security and you're dealing with people's personal data sets and communications around it. Well, it's not gonna take forever for them to figure that out I think and they just have to buy the firm using dataworld.com.