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Media Temple
Provides web hosting and cloud services in the United States and internationally
About Media Temple
Media Temple established itself as a premium web and cloud hosting provider, specifically targeting a clientele of web designers, developers, and creative agencies. Founded in 1998 by Demian Sellfors, Thomas Anthony, and John Carey, the company was born from Sellfors's initial venture, Intergress Technologies. A year later, Intergress merged with one of its clients, a web design studio, and adopted the Media Temple name, sharpening its focus on delivering reliable and sophisticated internet services.
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The company's business model was centered on providing high-performance hosting solutions combined with a premium level of customer support. This approach attracted a robust client base, ranging from individual designers and popular blogs to major global brands like Sony, Starbucks, and Volkswagen. Revenue was generated through the sale of various hosting plans, including shared hosting, managed Virtual Private Servers (VPS), and dedicated servers. The company also offered reseller programs, enabling clients to sell their server space.
A significant milestone in Media Temple's history was the 2006 launch of "the Grid," a public cloud service that managed websites across multiple clustered servers instead of a single one, a notable development at the time. The company continued to build on its service offerings, launching CloudTech, a 24/7 premium support service, and enhancing its managed VPS hosting platforms in 2013. Further expansion saw the introduction of a managed WordPress hosting product in 2014 and managed cloud hosting services for Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2015.
In October 2013, GoDaddy acquired Media Temple in a strategic move to tap into a more technical and developer-focused market segment. A key condition of the acquisition was that Media Temple would continue to operate as an independent and autonomous brand, a stipulation important to co-founder Demian Sellfors. This arrangement persisted for nearly a decade. However, in December 2022, it was announced that the Media Temple brand would be retired. By February 2023, all customer accounts were migrated to GoDaddy's infrastructure, marking the end of Media Temple's 24-year run as a distinct entity in the hosting industry. Keywords: web hosting, cloud hosting, creative agency hosting, developer hosting, managed WordPress hosting, VPS hosting, dedicated servers, GoDaddy acquisition, Demian Sellfors, the Grid hosting, premium support, web professional services, Los Angeles tech, AWS managed hosting, hosting for designers, scalable hosting, website management, cloud infrastructure, internet services, digital agency solutions
At a glance
- Founded
- 1998
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles, United States
- Sector
- Other B2B Software
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Investors
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Series B and later2 investors entered at this stage
GMB Mezzanine
Triangle Capital Corporation
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