DIGITALADVISOR RAISES FUNDING FROM NEW INVESTORS; SPINS OFF FROM EXPEDIA/TRIPADVISOR
Cambridge, MA June 19, 2007 – DigitalAdvisor LLC announced today that it has officially spun off from its prior owner, TripAdvisor LLC, (a subsidiary of Expedia, Inc). The company has raised a round of growth capital from venture firms including Riga Ventures and Spinnaker Capital LLC as well as private investors.
DigitalAdvisor has also moved its headquarters to 14 Arrow St. in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA, to accommodate its anticipated growth.
“We are excited about this new stage of our company’s development,” said David Parker, Founder and CEO of DigitalAdvisor LLC. “We’ve assembled an impressive team of board members and investors with expertise in online communities and Internet-based businesses. We’ve also just relaunched our DigitalAdvisor.com site to focus on TVs, and our DigitalCamera-HQ.com continues to grow as a leading camera research site. With this new funding and investors on board we will continue to build out both sites, with more to come, to provide the best, most unbiased information for consumer electronics shoppers.”
DigitalAdvisor’s new investors and board members bring a unique level of expertise in building successful consumer Internet businesses:
· David Parker, Founder and CEO. Parker most recently was a Co-Founder and VP of Business Development for SoundBite Communications, a leading provider of on-demand automated voice messaging solutions; prior to that he was VP of Business Development for Direct Hit, a search engine company.
· Stephen Kaufer, Co-Founder and CEO of TripAdvisor, currently the third largest online travel site on the web and the leading online travel community site in the world.
· Langley Steinert, Founder and CEO of CarGurus, a leading online auto community. Steinert was formerly Chairman and co-founder of TripAdvisor.
· Steve Woit, the founder of Riga Ventures who has served as EVP Sales and Marketing at Bitpipe, a CommonAngels portfolio company acquired by TechTarget, Inc. for $40 million in Dec., 2004.
“DigitalAdvisor is a trusted source of unbiased information for buyers of consumer electronics products. Their honest approach focuses on what buyers really want and need to know, namely: is this product for me and if I buy it, will I be happy with it?” said Steve Woit of Riga Ventures.
About DigitalAdvisor LLC
Digital Advisor LLC, is a privately-owned company that runs DigitalAdvisor.com and DigitalCamera-HQ.com, two online resources that offer unbiased information and recommendations for consumers making consumer electronics purchases. The sites combine the efforts of editors, owners, and professional reviewers around the web to give buyers a complete, unbiased review of each product. DigitalAdvisor LLC is based in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. More information can be found at www.DigitalAdvisor.com and www.DigitalCamera-HQ.com.
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Kerry Metzdorf
Plum Advisors
Tel +1 (978) 463-2575
Kerry@plumadvisors.com
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