How Colin Campbell Raised $7 Million for .Club

The .Club registry was arguably one of the strongest performing new domain name extensions out of the gate. The registry has always been fairly open about its business, especially about the company’s initial $7 million round of fundraising in advance of the auction that won it the right to sell .Club domain names.

In 2015, .Club registry CEO Colin Campbell shared some insight and thoughts about the .Club registry fundraising that was necessary to afford the purchase of the rights to the .Club extension. It was here that I viewed the video of the .Club team winning the 2013 auction, which was shared by CMO Jeff Sass:

This morning, Colin shared a link to a new Upside podcast, where he shared details about the fundraising efforts on behalf of the .Club registry. I have not listened to it yet, but here it is for those who want the scoop:

Elliot Silver
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