Red Ventures

Red Ventures is a digital media company founded in 2000 that operates a diverse portfolio of influential brands and digital platforms. With a workforce of approximately 3,000 employees across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Brazil, the company focuses on connecting consumers with expert advice across various sectors, including financial services, health, travel, and more. Red Ventures utilizes premium content and personalized digital experiences to facilitate informed decision-making for individuals regarding important aspects of their lives. It also offers online marketing, lead generation, and sales conversion services, enhancing the effectiveness of its strategic partnerships. Key brands under its umbrella include Healthline, The Points Guy, Bankrate, MYMOVE, and Allconnect.com, which collectively provide valuable resources to millions of users.

Carlos Angrisano

President

Ric Elias

Co-Founder and CEO

18 past transactions

Onze

Series A in 2024
Onze is a fintech company that develops pension and financial health solutions for employees. Onze provides financial health solutions with wealth accumulation to employees, through a different and modern pension plan. Onze encourages people to develop discipline on payroll contributions, encouraging long-term investment through tax breaks, and enabling businesses to effectively motivate employees.

Rephrase.ai

Series A in 2022
Rephrase.ai specializes in an AI-powered video creation technology that transforms text into animated videos featuring realistic facial representations of individuals. This innovative approach employs generative AI to analyze and learn the facial features of specific people in relation to spoken audio, allowing the system to create photorealistic visuals for any new text or audio input. The platform serves a variety of applications, enabling clients to produce training videos, personalize sales presentations, animate characters in augmented and virtual reality, and provide a visual identity for digital assistants. Through its advanced technology, Rephrase.ai enhances the way organizations communicate and engage with their audiences.

Palmetto Clean Technology

Series C in 2022
Just as technology has advanced society and delivered exciting consumer products, like Tesla cars and the iPhone, tech innovation is empowering homeowners across the country to join the New Utility Revolution. Palmetto’s clean energy marketplace and custom software tools help homeowners quickly estimate utility cost-savings and get renewable energy sources up and running, with ongoing data insights and support. For individuals, this innovation means lower utility bills, more transparency, control over energy use, increase in property value, and protection against power outages. When adopted en masse, a clean energy shift is a major step towards combating climate change and achieving American energy independence.

Tilting Point Media

Private Equity Round in 2021
Tilting Point, established in 2012, operates as a marketing and publishing platform dedicated to scaling and supporting live games. With a workforce of over 130 employees across offices in New York, Boston, Barcelona, Kiev, and Seoul, the company collaborates with development studios and publishers in various countries. It has achieved notable success with games such as Star Trek Timelines, Warhammer: Chaos & Conquest, and SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off, the latter reaching the top 10 in 97 countries upon its launch. Tilting Point employs a data-driven approach to game development and user acquisition, allowing independent developers to focus on creativity while minimizing investment risks. The company aims to foster long-term partnerships with developers, enhancing their existing games and exploring new collaborative projects.

Lonely Planet Global

Acquisition in 2020
Lonely Planet is a leading travel guide brand known for its comprehensive travel resources. The company publishes travel guide books and electronic books that provide first-hand insights, up-to-date maps, and essential information for travelers. Its offerings include magazines, television series, and an online community that caters to backpackers and budget-conscious travelers. Through these platforms, Lonely Planet delivers insightful travel advice, tips, recommendations, cartographic maps, language guidance, and health and safety information. Millions of customers worldwide rely on Lonely Planet for their travel planning needs, making it a trusted source in the travel industry.

CNET Networks

Acquisition in 2020
CNET is an online platform that specializes in providing comprehensive information on technology products, including reviews, news, pricing, videos, forums, and podcasts. Founded in 1994 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie, CNET's global team operates around the clock to explore and explain the evolving tech landscape. The platform serves as a valuable resource for consumers, offering insights and guidance on purchasing electronics and utilizing digital technologies. CNET fosters an environment for open discussion and information exchange among its users, while maintaining the discretion to manage user-generated content.

Healthline Media

Acquisition in 2019
Healthline Media, originally founded as YourDoctor.com in 1999 and relaunched in 2005, is a leading provider of health information and technology solutions. It operates as part of Healthline Networks, which includes two main business units: Healthline Media and Healthline HIT Solutions. Healthline Media features its flagship website, Healthline.com, and is recognized as one of the top destinations for health information, reaching approximately 85 million users each month. The company manages HealthWEB, a network of health publishers that includes notable platforms like Yahoo! Health and Drugs.com. In addition to serving consumers, Healthline Media partners with pharmaceutical companies to facilitate content marketing and advertising, while also offering software solutions to healthcare providers and health plans for data analysis. With a focus on expert content and user engagement, Healthline Media aims to empower individuals to make informed healthcare decisions and improve health outcomes.

Higher Education

Acquisition in 2019
Higher Education is a provider of marketing and enrollment services to post-secondary institutions. H-E owns a portfolio of websites that helps more than 150 primarily not-for-profit university partners expand their education offerings and better reach prospective students across the country.

ExpertFlyer

Acquisition in 2018
ExpertFlyer is an online air travel planning platform based in Patchogue, New York, founded in 2004 by frequent flyers and technology professionals. The service caters to frequent fliers, elite tier passengers of airline mileage programs, and professional travel managers. It offers real-time airline data through its proprietary mobile apps and online services, allowing subscribers to access comprehensive and efficient information about worldwide air travel. In 2018, ExpertFlyer was acquired by Red Ventures, further enhancing its capabilities to meet the evolving needs of travelers.

Allconnect

Acquisition in 2017
Allconnect, Inc. is a multi-channel marketplace based in Atlanta, Georgia, that connects consumers with essential home services. Founded in 1998, the company enables customers to compare and establish various household services, including internet, television, phone, and utilities, thereby saving time and money. Its proprietary sales and marketing platform integrates smart technology to facilitate the evaluation and selection of service plans and providers for home technology, including home security and energy solutions. Allconnect's services are accessible online through utility and energy companies and various affiliates, allowing consumers to make informed decisions about their home service options. The company also has sales and customer care centers in Houston, Lexington, and St. George, and operates as a subsidiary of Red Ventures, LLC.

Bankrate

Acquisition in 2017
Bankrate is a prominent publisher and distributor of personal finance content based in New York. It specializes in providing consumers with independent and comprehensive editorial content across various financial categories, including mortgages, credit cards, insurance, personal loans, and more. The company's flagship website, Bankrate.com, along with its network of sites such as CreditCards.com and Interest.com, aggregates financial rate information from over 4,800 institutions, covering nearly 600 local markets in all 50 U.S. states. Bankrate generates extensive data, producing over 172,000 distinct rate tables weekly. Additionally, the company offers web services to more than 100 co-branded websites and licenses its editorial content to major newspapers, ensuring widespread access to financial information and tools that assist consumers in making informed financial decisions.

Choose Energy

Acquisition in 2017
Choose Energy, Inc. operates an online platform that enables customers to compare energy rates for electricity, natural gas, and solar energy. Founded in 1998 and based in Plano, Texas, the company serves customers across several states, including Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Its website allows users to review their utility bills and compare different energy suppliers, helping them find more affordable rates tailored to their needs. By leveraging data and energy expertise, Choose Energy has managed over a billion dollars in energy bills, offering a service that aims to simplify the process of selecting energy plans while promoting cost savings for both residential and commercial customers. As of June 2017, Choose Energy operates as a subsidiary of Red Ventures, LLC.

Upside

Venture Round in 2017
Upside, established in 2015 and headquartered in Washington D.C., operates a retail technology platform that benefits both consumers and local businesses. The platform offers users personalized cashback promotions on everyday purchases at gas stations, groceries, and restaurants, helping them save on regular spending. Simultaneously, it provides local businesses with improved visibility and reach, enabling them to earn more profit without altering their business models. Additionally, Upside commits 1% of its revenue to support sustainability initiatives in its areas of operation, creating a positive impact on the community.

Soda.com

Acquisition in 2016
Everyday, consumers are becoming more mindful of how money is spent, while consumer brands are looking for help to understand new consumer needs. We aim to sit between those two worlds. For consumers, we're establishing standards to make quality measurable and ease decision-making by curating the best possible experience. For brands, we're helping them understand how to make better, not more.

CourseHorse

Series B in 2016
CourseHorse, Inc. operates an online platform that simplifies the process of finding and enrolling in a diverse range of classes. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, the platform offers opportunities in subjects such as art, cooking, health and fitness, languages, performing arts, professional development, technology, and children's education. By partnering with various class providers, CourseHorse serves as a centralized destination for individuals seeking personal enrichment and skill development. The platform enhances the learning experience by enabling users to compare options and easily enroll in courses that align with their interests and goals.

Ampush Media

Venture Round in 2015
Ampush Media is a company based in San Francisco, with an additional office in New York City, that specializes in helping performance marketers acquire new users, generate sales, and re-engage customers on mobile platforms. Through its AMP platform, Ampush facilitates best-in-class ad buying, management, and insights, enabling advertisers to reach targeted audiences with effective in-feed ads on popular social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest. The company leverages customer data from various sources, combining proprietary technology, creative design, web development, and business strategy to help brands identify and engage the right customers.

Imagitas

Acquisition in 2015
Imagitas, Inc. is a marketing solutions provider based in Waltham, Massachusetts, founded in 1992. The company specializes in connecting marketers with consumers who are in the process of moving by utilizing government communication channels, particularly through its collaboration with the United States Postal Service (USPS). Imagitas offers a range of products, including the USPS Welcome Kit, which confirms new addresses, and various tools for remarketing and email campaigns tailored to movers. Their services also encompass the USPS Mover's Guide and online change of address options. Additionally, Imagitas provides research, analytics, creative, mobile, and geolocation services to enhance marketing effectiveness. Formerly known as Targeted Marketing Solutions, Inc., the company rebranded in 2000 and has operated as a subsidiary of Red Ventures, LLC since 2015.

HomeInsurance.com

Acquisition in 2012
HomeInsurance.com is an insurance company based in Charlotte, North Carolina, specializing in home insurance quotes and services. The company provides valuable industry information, including shopping trends, state-specific rates, and insurance news. This comprehensive approach enables clients to find tailored coverage options that meet their individual needs while ensuring competitive pricing.
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