TOM Group Limited

Since everyone, including Dick and Harry, have Internet firms, TOM Group has moved beyond the Web. The company began with portal Web sites targeting audiences in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan; but after the dot-com bust it expanded to also include publishing ("Business Weekly" and "PC Home"), outdoor advertising (billboards, street-level signs, bus bodies), and television (through Chinese satellite channel China Entertainment Television, CETV). The company operates its Web holdings through subsidiary TOM Online. Previously active in sports marketing, TOM Group exited that business in 2007 in order to focus its resources on its four other business groups.

365 Media Group plc

365 Media Group, formerly ukbetting, offers online sports wagering and other sports-related content through Sport365.com. The collection of websites includes sportinglife.com, TEAMtalk.com, and sportal.com. In addition to sport sites, the company also offers casino games online (Sky Poker and Sky Bingo) and shopping sites (Sports.co.uk and TShirts365.com). Founded in 2001 as a collection of betting sites, the company has diversified into advertising, affiliate, and content syndication revenue streams. Banking powerhouses Goldman Sachs and UBS previously owned more than a third of 365 Media Group, which was acquired by British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) in 2007.

Local.com Corporation

Local.com Corporation provides local search services on the Internet. It operates Local.com, a local business directory site that provides information on approximately 14 million local businesses. Local.com Corporation also provides local search services on its local syndication network of regional media sites for which it offers business directories and associated services, as well as provides sales and advertiser services. Local.com Corporation offers proprietary search results using its patented technologies, as well as monetizes those search results by placing sponsored listings on the search results page. Its sponsored listings comprise subscription, cost-per-click, cost-per-call, and display ads from its own direct advertisers and third-party advertiser sources. Local.com Corporation was formerly known as Interchange Corporation and changed its name to Local.com Corporation in November 2006. Local.com Corporation was founded in 1999 and is based in Irvine, California.

Internet Capital Group, Inc.

Internet Capital Group Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in mid and late venture public and private companies. The firm prefers to invest in businesses involves in SaaS, automating a complex workflow process, provide business process outsourcing capabilities to customers, delivering comprehensive solution, on-demand Internet software and services, online marketing or e-commerce, and service businesses including Web-enabled software platform. It invests in business to business segment of the Internet industry. The firm typically invests between $10 million and $30 million in companies with revenues between $5 million and $50 million. It seeks to acquire a controlling stake between 35 percent and 100 percent in its portfolio companies. Internet Capital Group Inc. was founded in March, 1996 and is based in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

MapQuest, Inc.

MapQuest reaches more than 40 million visitors per month. MapQuest is a subsidiary of AOL, which spun off from media giant Time Warner in 2009. Where are we? MapQuest's products and services are geared for people who are going places. MapQuest, Inc. supplies maps and proximity information to consumers through its Web site, and also offers services to businesses and to travel guides and map publishers. It also publishes road atlases, books, and laminated street maps. MapQuest's content can be downloaded to wireless devices made by such providers as Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T.

Gore Group, LLC

The Gores Group, founded by Alec E. Gores in 1987, is a private equity firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses which can benefit from the firm’s operating experience and flexible capital. Since its inception, Gores has acquired 60 companies worldwide with combined revenues in excess of 15 billion dollars. Currently, Gores has 2.7 billion dollars in equity under active management. Gores’ offices in North America and Europe serve its active investment programs in these regions.

Classmates Online, Inc.

The website, which operates in the US and Canada, was founded in 1995. Classmates Online is a subsidiary of Classmates Media Corporation, which is controlled by Internet service provider United Online (UOL). Maybe you didn't care much for your classmates while you were in school, but now that you've long since graduated, aren't you curious? Classmates Online hopes so. Classmates Online operates Classmates.com, a website that reunites classmates, friends and family, teachers, co-workers, and military personnel. Its database contains some 60 million people from schools, places of work, and the military.

FullNet Communications, Inc.

FullNet Communications, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides integrated communications, Internet connectivity, and data storage solutions to individuals, businesses, organizations, educational institutions, and governmental agencies. Its services include dial-up and direct high-speed connectivity to the Internet through the FullNet brand name; backbone services to private label Internet services providers and businesses; carrier-neutral telecommunications premise co-location; Web page hosting; equipment co-location; and traditional telephone services. The company also provides Internet access services to individual and small business subscribers located in Oklahoma on a retail and wholesale basis, private label retail and business direct dial-up connectivity to the Internet, and secure private networks through its backbone network. In addition, it provides leased line Internet connections; and sells Internet access to other Internet service providers. The company provides branded and private label Internet access services in 232 communities in Oklahoma. It markets its carrier neutral co-location solutions in its network operations center to other competitive local exchange carriers, Internet service providers, and Web-hosting companies. As of December 31, 2009, the company had approximately 1,200 subscribers. It was formerly known as CEN-COM of Oklahoma, Inc. and changed its name to FullNet Communications, Inc. in December 1995. FullNet Communications, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

PeoplePC, Inc.

PeoplePC might want to consider changing names to PeopleISP. PeoplePC first made a name for itself giving PCs away for "free" with the purchase of a multiyear membership to its Internet access service. In 2004 PeoplePC changed tack and began to focus on providing straightforward ISP service. It has dropped the PCs and now provides value-priced, narrowband Internet access to more than 1 million subscribers as a subsidiary of Internet service provider EarthLink. PeoplePC also offers a fee-based acceleration service to augment its dial-up speeds and a fee-based spam-blocking service.

DailyMe, Inc.

DailyMe, Inc. was founded in 2005 by CEO Eduardo Hauser and is based in Florida. Paperboys everywhere can sleep in late today -- DailyMe.com has already delivered the news electronically. The online news source compiles news from about 500 sources, including local and national newspapers, trade journals, and wire services, and allows registered users to decide how and when they will receive their news. Users can also customize the selection of news (business, technology, world news, etc.), leave comments for other DailyMe users, and share stories via e-mail and social networking sites including Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter.