
Ziff Davis
Investments
2Portfolio Exits
7Partners & Customers
6Service Providers
3About Ziff Davis
Ziff Davis (Nasdaq: ZD), formerly J2 Global, is a digital media and internet company. The company provides a portfolio that includes brands in technology, entertainment, shopping, health, cybersecurity, and martech. Ziff Davis serves customers worldwide. It was founded in 1995 and is based in New York, New York.

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Latest Ziff Davis News
Mar 13, 2023
Lifehacker, Enthusiasts’ Guide to Everything, to Be Sold to Ziff Davis Lifehacker, the online how-to guide for exercise, cooking, technology, parenting — and just about everything else — is being sold to the digital-media giant Ziff Davis, according to two people with knowledge of the deal. The site is being sold by G/O Media, which owns Lifehacker and several other remnants of Gawker Media, including the tech site Gizmodo and the automotive site Jalopnik. Those sites were bought out of bankruptcy by Great Hill Partners, a private-equity company, which renamed the collection of sites G/O Media. The price of Lifehacker could not be learned. The sale is expected to be announced later this week, the people said. G/O Media and Ziff Davis had no immediate comment. Ziff Davis approached G/O Media in recent months seeking to purchase the site to complement its existing portfolio of publications, which include Mashable, PC Magazine and IGN, according to one of the people. (Ziff Davis had been an interested bidder in the former Gawker sites when they were up for sale.) In the highly competitive world of digital publishing, so-called service journalism publications like Lifehacker are valuable properties because they attract readers who are interested in advertiser-friendly categories. Many readers who visit from search engines like Google are interested in buying a product that solves a problem, allowing sites like Lifehacker to earn a commission by referring visitors to a product sold at e-commerce destinations like Amazon. Nick Denton, Gawker’s founder, was particularly fond of Lifehacker. In a 2014 memo announcing a new leadership team for the company, Mr. Denton called the blog — a reliable driver of web traffic and ad revenue — “oh, beloved Lifehacker.”
Ziff Davis Investments
2 Investments
Ziff Davis has made 2 investments. Their latest investment was in SpatialBuzz as part of their Corporate Minority on October 10, 2020.

Ziff Davis Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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10/6/2020 | Corporate Minority | SpatialBuzz | Yes | 1 | ||
10/16/2018 | Corporate Minority |
Date | 10/6/2020 | 10/16/2018 |
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Round | Corporate Minority | Corporate Minority |
Company | SpatialBuzz | |
Amount | ||
New? | Yes | |
Co-Investors | ||
Sources | 1 |
Ziff Davis Portfolio Exits
7 Portfolio Exits
Ziff Davis has 7 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was KeepItSafe on September 22, 2021.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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9/22/2021 | Acquired - II | 1 | |||
Date | 9/22/2021 | ||||
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Exit | Acquired - II | ||||
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Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 1 |
Ziff Davis Acquisitions
100 Acquisitions
Ziff Davis acquired 100 companies. Their latest acquisition was CellRebel on October 04, 2022.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
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10/4/2022 | Acquired - II | 2 | ||||
10/4/2022 | Acquired | 3 | ||||
6/30/2022 | Series A | $5.5M | Acquired | 2 | ||
4/6/2022 | ||||||
4/6/2022 |
Date | 10/4/2022 | 10/4/2022 | 6/30/2022 | 4/6/2022 | 4/6/2022 |
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Investment Stage | Series A | ||||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Total Funding | $5.5M | ||||
Note | Acquired - II | Acquired | Acquired | ||
Sources | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Ziff Davis Partners & Customers
6 Partners and customers
Ziff Davis has 6 strategic partners and customers. Ziff Davis recently partnered with Starry on March 3, 2022.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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3/21/2022 | Partner | United States | BOSTON -- -- Starry , Inc. , a next generation licensed fixed wireless technology developer and internet service provider , today announced it is partnering with Ziff Davis , a digital media and internet company whose portfolio includes leading brands in technology , entertainment , shopping , health , cybersecurity , and martech , and Human-I-T , a national nonprofit organization focused on creating equitable access to digital opportunities , to expand access to affordable computing devices for Starry , Inc. Connect communities . | 2 | |
3/31/2020 | Licensor | ||||
9/25/2018 | Partner | ||||
1/1/2018 | Partner | ||||
1/1/2018 | Partner |
Date | 3/21/2022 | 3/31/2020 | 9/25/2018 | 1/1/2018 | 1/1/2018 |
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Type | Partner | Licensor | Partner | Partner | Partner |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | United States | ||||
News Snippet | BOSTON -- -- Starry , Inc. , a next generation licensed fixed wireless technology developer and internet service provider , today announced it is partnering with Ziff Davis , a digital media and internet company whose portfolio includes leading brands in technology , entertainment , shopping , health , cybersecurity , and martech , and Human-I-T , a national nonprofit organization focused on creating equitable access to digital opportunities , to expand access to affordable computing devices for Starry , Inc. Connect communities . | ||||
Sources | 2 |
Ziff Davis Service Providers
3 Service Providers
Ziff Davis has 3 service provider relationships
Service Provider | Associated Rounds | Provider Type | Service Type |
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Acquired | Investment Bank | Financial Advisor | |
Service Provider | |||
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Associated Rounds | Acquired | ||
Provider Type | Investment Bank | ||
Service Type | Financial Advisor |
Partnership data by VentureSource
Ziff Davis Team
21 Team Members
Ziff Davis has 21 team members, including , .
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Michael Kolowich | OpenExchange, KnowledgeVision Systems, Individual, AT&T, Lotus, Bain & Company, and WGBH | Founder | Current |
Name | Michael Kolowich | ||||
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Work History | OpenExchange, KnowledgeVision Systems, Individual, AT&T, Lotus, Bain & Company, and WGBH | ||||
Title | Founder | ||||
Status | Current |
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