In 1996 ICP began work with LookSmart to build them as a leading provider of Internet search solutions and the global leader in paid search inclusion. In 1997, LookSmart received a strategic investment from Cox Communications prior to the Company going public in 1999 with Goldman Sachs as lead underwriter. Combining award-winning technology, editorial expertise, and community-based initiatives, LookSmart provides users with highly relevant search results, while delivering targeted sales leads to online businesses. LookSmart results reach Internet users worldwide through top portals, ISPs, and search services including Lycos, InfoSpace, RoadRunner, CNET, Inktomi and LookSmart.com. Based in San Francisco, LookSmart also maintains operations in New York, Los Angeles, Detroit, Montreal, London, Tokyo, Melbourne, and Sydney.

 

24/7 Media Inc. is a leading provider of end-to-end interactive technology and marketing solutions and services for Web publishers, online advertisers, advertising agencies, e-marketers and e-commerce merchants. 24/7 Media's solutions include advertising and direct marketing sales, ad serving, promotions, email list management, email list brokerage, data analysis, loyalty marketing, wireless and convergence solutions, all delivered from the Company's industry-leading data and technology platforms.

 

24/7 Europe (formerly InterAd Holdings) specializes in international sales representation for European websites and European representation for global sites. Majority owned by 24/7 Media, 24/7 Europe has its own wholly-owned subsidiaries in 12 major European markets.

 

Control Commerce offered advanced direct marketing eCommerce services based on its proprietary transactional system. Effectively, the Company transformed conventional Internet advertising inventory into "Point of Sale" transactional ads, creating powerful sales channels for merchants both with and without web sites. Control Commerce was acquired by MindArrow.

 

Cyberpix was an early leader in providing eCommerce and content services to the professional event photography market. The Company dramatically improved the economics of event photography and also offered a turnkey marketing services program that leveraged the power of uniquely personal "content" (photos) to drive web traffic and generate targeted customer databases for future marketing initiatives.

In July 2003, ICP led a management buyout of Election Services Corporation (ESC) in conjunction with ADP/IBM/Rolm veteran, Mel Schrieberg and ADP electronic proxy voting veterans Frank Fatone and Greg McGilvray. The buyout was financed by ICP and private investors, and later was capitalized with 3 rounds of institutional venture capital lead by North Atlantic Ventures.

 

Today, ESC is a leading global election software and services company in the private sector. Its suite of election management solutions includes voter registration and database management, polling site and remote electronic voting, advanced security solutions, accurate tabulation, demographic reporting and related membership services. The company, headquartered in New York, has a professional team of election experts who have managed over 5,500 elections involving more than 25 million voters.

Election Services was sold to a Private Equity group in December 2006.

FreeSamples.com uses cost-effective targeted programs, custom online research capabilities, and one-to-one marketing to help client companies build direct connections to the right consumers at a rate exponentially higher than can be achieved through their own web-based or off-line programs. Investors include United Business Media, GE Pension Trust, Roccia Ventures, and Hollinger International.

HighWired.com formed the largest online network of high schools, with over 14,000 schools in the U.S. and abroad. The Company provides web-publishing solutions that allowed schools to integrate technology into the classroom.Investors include Charles River Ventures, Northbridge Venture Partners, Longworth Capital, Pilot House Venture Capital, Haebler Capital, Comdisco Ventures and Arcadia Venture Partners.

HomePortfolio is the leading Internet destination for premium home design products. By creating dynamic relationships between consumers, manufacturers, and design professionals, the company makes possible unprecedented market efficiency, personalization, and customer satisfaction.Investors include Advance Publications, Advent International, Brand Equity Ventures, CondeNet, Home & Garden Television, Labrador Ventures, Oak Investment Partners, and Scripps Ventures.

iGain is a cash-based loyalty and customer retention program for eRetailers and other merchants who need compelling incentives to increase return-on-investment from their existing shoppers. iGain is a client-branded service that becomes a seamless component of the client's site.Investors include Hudson Ventures and 1-to-1 Ventures.

Interzine Productions, represented the largest integrated collection of sites that reached the special interest sports enthusiast. Interzine's properties included iGolf, iSki, iRace, Snowboarding Online, iRace, and golfcourse.com. Investors included America Online, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Massey Burch Investment Group, Prudential Equity Ventures, Tele-Communications (TCI), and Trans National Ventures. Interzine was acquired by Times Mirror Magazines in 1998.

MeansBusiness is a web-based, B2B knowledge services company that is building the world's largest database of ideas and concepts, through content contained in books and journals written by the world's leading authors on business management. Using a "knowledge ASP" model, the company delivers this content directly and in partnership with leading consulting, training, knowledge management and business portals.Knowledge Universe led a strategic investment in the Company in January 2000.

MoreBenefits employs web-enabled technologies to connect employees, employers and insurance providers to integrated online systems for procuring and administrating benefits. The Company was acquired by AON, a world leader in risk management, insurance brokerage, reinsurance, and consulting services.

PLmarket is an eCommerce infrastructure and services company dedicated to growing the private label industry. It offers its members unique web-based tools, information, and services to enable more efficient and effective product selection, category management, and business decisions.Investors include Highland Capital Partners, General Catalyst, Grove Street Advisors, and Audax Management Company.

takegoodcare offers home healthcare equipment and supplies directly to the public, distributing product through its flagship store in New Jersey as well as over the Internet. takegoodcare provides extensive product selection, competitive pricing, online customer service, healthcare information and community to patients and caregivers that are referred by hospitals, insurance companies and other institutions.

URHere provides highly interactive digital mapping solutions designed to function seamlessly across print, online and wireless platforms. The consistent superior quality of the Company's customized maps have attracted national advertisers, such as Conde Nast, Nokia, Hugo Boss, AOL, and AT&T. The Company produces maps for major cities around the world and for numerous special events such as the 2001 NBA All Star Game, the Washington Convention and Visitors Association, and the Presidential Inauguration. Investors include KMS Investors.

Vacation.com is the leading marketing services provider in the retail travel business. Their nationwide network of 9,800 local travel agencies focus on providing customers with the finest values in cruises, vacation packages, tours, and all types of leisure travel services. Amadeus Global Travel led a strategic investment in the Company in 1999 and acquired the Company in 2000.

 

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