Panther Express
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Panther Express is a content delivery network
Content Delivery Network
A content delivery network or content distribution network is a system of computers containing copies of data placed at various nodes of a network....

 or "CDN" based in New York City. The company was founded in August 2005 by Dwight Merriman
Dwight Merriman
Dwight Merriman is an Internet executive and entrepreneur in New York City's Silicon Alley. Best known for having co-founding DoubleClick together with Kevin O'Connor and serving as its CTO for 10 years, Merriman currently serves as the Founder and CEO of 10gen .DoubleClick was sold in 2005 for...

, Kevin P. Ryan
Kevin P. Ryan
Kevin P. Ryan is an Internet executive and entrepreneur in New York City's Silicon Alley. He serves as the Founder and CEO of Gilt Groupe and prior to November 2010, he was the company's Executive Chairman....

, Ryan Nitz and Pablo Mayrgundter. All the founders came from DoubleClick
DoubleClick
DoubleClick is a subsidiary of Google that develops and provides Internet ad serving services. Its clients include agencies, marketers and publishers who serve customers like Microsoft, General Motors, Coca-Cola, Motorola, L'Oréal, Palm, Inc., Apple Inc., Visa USA, Nike, Carlsberg among others...

, a company co-founded by Dwight and headed by Kevin.

On February 25, 2009 Panther Express and CDNetworks
CDNetworks
CDNetworks founded in 2000, is a full service content delivery network , with increasing business in the United States.-Content delivery services:...

 merged.

Panther Express has been tampering with the nameserver records of LiveJournal
LiveJournal
LiveJournal is a virtual community where Internet users can keep a blog, journal or diary. LiveJournal is also the name of the free and open source server software that was designed to run the LiveJournal virtual community....

 in a manner that often causes journals to display incorrectly, or not at all.

Investors

  • 2005 — Angel: Dwight Merriman
    Dwight Merriman
    Dwight Merriman is an Internet executive and entrepreneur in New York City's Silicon Alley. Best known for having co-founding DoubleClick together with Kevin O'Connor and serving as its CTO for 10 years, Merriman currently serves as the Founder and CEO of 10gen .DoubleClick was sold in 2005 for...

     and Kevin P. Ryan
    Kevin P. Ryan
    Kevin P. Ryan is an Internet executive and entrepreneur in New York City's Silicon Alley. He serves as the Founder and CEO of Gilt Groupe and prior to November 2010, he was the company's Executive Chairman....

     provide the undisclosed seed capital.
  • 2006 — Series A: Greylock Partners  invests $6M.
  • 2008 — Series B: Index Ventures
    Index Ventures
    Index Ventures is a venture capital investment firm based in Geneva, Switzerland, with offices in London, Jersey, and starting in 2011, Silcon Valley. The firm was founded in 1996 by Neil Rimer and Giuseppe Zocco. Since its inception, the firm has raised four main venture funds and a growth...

    , Gold Hill Capital and Grelock Partners invest $15.75M.
  • 2009 — Merger with CDNetworks
    CDNetworks
    CDNetworks founded in 2000, is a full service content delivery network , with increasing business in the United States.-Content delivery services:...


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