Imaginova

Imaginova Corporation is a U.S. digital media and commerce company based in New York City. The company, which was started in 1999 as "Space.com" by CNN business anchor Lou Dobbs , later became known as Space Holdings Corp. Dan Stone became President, Chief Executive Officer and a board member in 2002 and renamed the company to Imaginova in 2004 .

Imaginova promotes itself as the preeminent destination for the “intellectually curious.”

It is comprised of the following media properties and E-Commerce retailers:

• LiveScience LiveScience.com
• Space.com Space.com
• Newsarama Newsarama.com
• Aviation.com Aviation.com
• Space News SpaceNews.com
• LiveScienceStore.com LiveScienceStore.com
• Orion Telescopes & Binoculars OrionTelescopes.com
• Starry Night Store StarryNightStore.com

Imaginova is a news provider, via the Imaginova Network of media properties, and syndicates its original content to the following news portals: Yahoo!, MSNBC, AOL and FoxNews.com.

Imaginova is also the developer of Starry Night software and widgets for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, BlackBerry, iPhone and iPod touch.

The company is headquartered in New York City with offices and news bureaus in California, Virginia, Toronto and Paris.

Imaginova is backed by investors: Blue Chip Venture Capital; Gannett Co., Inc.; RedShift Ventures; Steelpoint Capital Partners and Venrock Associates. In August 2006, the company raised $15M in growth equity financing .

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External links

http://www.imaginova.com