Ethos Capital

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Ethos Capital
TypePrivate
Industry
  • Digital infrastruture
  • financial services
  • healthcare IT
  • information services
  • logistics
Founded2019; 3 years ago (2019)
FounderErik Brooks
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Key people
Websiteethoscapital.com

Ethos Capital is an American private equity investment firm founded in 2019 for the purpose of gaining control of the .ORG internet domain name and capitalizing upon it using a portfolio of data-monetization startups.[1][2] Although that effort failed,[3] company founders Erik Brooks and Fadi Chehadé[4] went on to use the vehicle to buy domain name registrar Donuts and registry services provider Afilias from Abry Partners, where Brooks had been managing partner.[5][6][7]

Most of the press coverage of Ethos has focused on allegations of insider dealing between former ICANN CEO Chehadé (who registered the domain name ethoscapital.org in May 2019, one day after price caps were lifted from the .org domain[8][9]) and current employer Ethos Capital, and the unraveling of a complex web of interlocking control and ownership between domain name registries, registrars, and ICANN, which nominally regulates the domain name industry.[4][5][7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ Orenstein, Natalie (2020-01-16). "A private equity firm wants to buy '.org' for $1 billion. A Berkeley-based cooperative says, 'not so fast'". Berkeleyside. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Ethos Capital: Engineering Growth". 2020-01-02. Archived from the original on 2020-01-02. Investments: Whistle, Adhark, Liquidx, Vidmob
  3. ^ Finley, Klint (2020-05-01). "The Web's .Org Domain Is Still Run by a Nonprofit". WIRED.
  4. ^ a b Alleman, Andrew (2020-07-17). "Fadi Chehadé is now co-CEO of Ethos Capital". Domain Name Wire. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  5. ^ a b Murphy, Kevin (2021-01-22). "Failed .org buyer Ethos Capital buys Donuts". DomainCite.
  6. ^ "Ethos Capital To Acquire Controlling Interest of Donuts". www.thedomains.com. 22 January 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Ethos Capital Acquires Majority Control of Donuts". www.finsmes.com. April 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  8. ^ a b McCarthy, Kieren. "Ex-boss of ICANN shifts from 'advisor' to co-CEO of private equity biz that tried to buy .org for $1bn+". www.theregister.com. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  9. ^ Goldstein, David (2019-11-25). "PIR Addresses Concerns Over Conflicts And Registry Fee Rises Following Takeover". Goldstein Report. Retrieved 2020-10-22.

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