domains The startups who raised the most money in 2019 8 out of 11 own matching .com

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Denise Stephan published a piece on the crunchbase blog of the startups that raised the most money in 2019. Number 1 was Flexport Last Equity Funding: $1B Series D Notable Investors: Softbank Vision Fund, DST Global, Founders Fund Flexport is a licensed customs brokerage and freight forwarder built around a modern web application. Its service includes a dashboard for businesses … [Read more...]

 

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Interesting...at least they have the fund available to acquire matching domains even if it a premium domain

 

[equity78]

Interesting...at least they have the fund available to acquire matching domains even if it a premium domain

Nuro.com is owned by Catchy.com so maybe they get a sale one day.

 

[Not a robot]

If you are an ambitious startup looking to raise 100 million or more, you should find a kick-ass name with an available (not-developed) dot-com domain. Having a good name shows your understanding of the value of a good brand name and helps you attract investors’ attention.

For most companies, though, a more realistic approach is attaching suffix such as “co” or “tech” to their domain, or buy a dot-co or dot-io, or filter through BrandBucket for usable names.

 

[oskaaay]

If you are an ambitious startup looking to raise 100 million or more, you should find a kick-ass name with an available (not-developed) dot-com domain. Having a good name shows your understanding of the value of a good brand name and helps you attract investors’ attention.

For most companies, though, a more realistic approach is attaching suffix such as “co” or “tech” to their domain, or buy a dot-co or dot-io, or filter through BrandBucket for usable names.

This is true, if you want huge funds, you got to prove you know what you doing