Red Ventures
Red Ventures is an American marketing company incorporated in the State of South Carolina. The company acquires customers for brands in the home services, financial services, and healthcare industries.
Red Ventures’ corporate headquarters is located in Indian Land, South Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina. International offices are located in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and London, UK. In 2017, Red Ventures acquired Bankrate for $1.24B and Atlanta-based Allconnect, a marketing partner for utilities and energy companies.
The company had additional locations in Charlotte, Miramar, Florida and San Antonio, Texas.Brief history
- 1999: Red F, the precursor to Red Ventures, was founded by Ric Elias and Dan Feldstein
- 2003: Red Ventures is launched, beginning with DIRECTV.
- 2008: Red Ventures acquires Modern Consumer
- 2010: General Atlantic announces investment in Red Ventures, and Managing Director Anton Levy joins the board of directors.
- 2012: Red Ventures acquires www.homeinsurance.com and with it a satellite office in Wilmington, NC.
- 2015: Silver Lake announces $250M strategic investment in Red Ventures.
- 2015: May - Red Ventures acquires from Pitney Bowes for $310M.
- 2016: Red Ventures acquires Soda.com
- 2017: Red Ventures acquires Choose Energy
- 2017: Red Ventures acquires Allconnect
- 2017: Red Ventures acquires BankRate, Inc.
- 2019: Red Ventures acquires HigherEducation.com
- 2019: Red Ventures acquires Healthline
