group formerly called techmedia network inc. type private company industry content marketing predecessor techmedia network inc. founded 2003 ; 13 years ago 2003 as toptenreviews inc. headquarters new york city new york u.s. key people greg mason ceo products online content websites technology websites brands active junky anandtech business news daily business.com buyerzone consumr herman street laptop mag livescience newsarama shopsavvy space.com tom s guide tom s guide france tom s hardware tom s hardware france tom s hardware germany tom s hardware italy tom s hardware uk tom s it pro top ten reviews number of employees 350 website purch.com purch group inc. formerly known as techmedianetworks inc. is a online media content group . 1 the company based in new york city was founded in 2003 and engages in the online marketing business . 2 the company operates a large number of websites see list of websites below . in 2014 it rebranded itself as purch to better reflect its growing portfolio of brands and products focused on purchasing decisions . 3 contents 1 history 2 list of websites 3 references 4 external links history edit in 2009 purch then known as techmedia network inc. acquired livescience space.com and newsarama from imaginova . 4 two years later techmedia network inc. acquired the print and online assets of laptop magazine now exclusively a web publication known as laptop mag from bedford communications . 5 in july 2013 the company acquired bestofmedia group 6 publisher of tom s hardware tom s guide tom s it pro and a variety of sister publications across europe . techmedia network inc. acquired buyerzone.com llc 7 from reed business information in early 2014 and in doing so added a lead generation platform to its portfolio brands . in april 2014 techmedia network inc. changed its name to purch and simultaneously announced an exclusive partnership with mobile nations 8 a portfolio of mobile focused online communities . in december 2014 purch announced the acquisition of anandtech and in march 2015 the company announced the acquisition of mobile shopping app consumr 9 which was rebranded that following july as purchx . 10 included in the rebrand was the launch of the purch marketplace where shoppers can browse and buy technology products and services online . 11 in september 2015 purch acquired active junky a loyalty program and online shopping site for outdoor gear . 12 this was followed by the december 2015 acquisition of shopsaavy a mobile shopping app . 13 purch s most recent round of funding 135 million was led by canso investment counsel a canadian portfolio manager with extensive digital and media holdings in june 2015 . 14 purch has received additional funding from abs capital partners village ventures and highway 12 ventures . purch is headquartered in new york city where greg mason currently serves as ceo . list of websites edit the company owns and operates the following websites 15 active junky anandtech 16 business news daily business.com 17 buyerzone consumr 18 herman street laptop mag livescience newsarama shopsavvy space.com tom s guide tom s guide france tom s hardware tom s hardware france tom s hardware germany tom s hardware italy tom s hardware uk tom s it pro top ten reviews references edit techmedianetworks inc. october 6 2015 . terms of use and sale . purch . retrieved november 27 2015 . cheredar tom april 30 2014 . techmedia network rebrands as purch nears 100m in revenue . venturebeat . retrieved november 27 2015 . welton caysey april 30 2014 . techmedia network rebrands as purch establishes multi brand partnership . folio . retrieved november 27 2015 . the hot web content company you ve never heard of digiday . digiday . retrieved 2016 03 14 . techmedianetwork acquires laptop magazine and laptop.com folio . folio . retrieved 2016 03 14 . brooke eliza . techmedia network buys bestofmedia group and steps up content commerce integration . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 03 14 . techmedia network acquires buyerzone folio . folio . retrieved 2016 03 14 . introducing purch the definitive buying decision platform . marketwire . retrieved 2016 03 14 . purch acquires comparison shopping app consumr . pevc.dowjones.com . retrieved 2016 03 14 . purch makes shopping easy with new purchx app & purch marketplace purch . purch.com . retrieved 2016 03 14 . purch makes shopping easy with new purchx app & purch marketplace purch . purch.com . retrieved 2016 05 02 . purch acquires active junky an innovative customer loyalty and rewards platform purch . purch.com . retrieved 2016 03 14 . purch acquires shopsavvy one of the world s largest mobile shopping platforms to build mobile app ecosystem & drive user loyalty purch . purch.com . retrieved 2016 03 14 . purch closes 135 million investment to expand commerce driven digital publishing model purch . purch.com . retrieved 2016 03 14 . purch 2014 . advertise with purch . purch . retrieved november 27 2015 . purch december 17 2014 . purch acquires anandtech dominates tech expert and enthusiast market press release . new york ny . retrieved november 27 2015 . ha anthony . purch acquires small business site business.com . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 08 07 . purch march 3 2015 . purch acquires hit comparison shopping app consumr press release . new york ny . retrieved november 27 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title purch group & oldid 740538423 categories digital mediamedia companies of the united stateshidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial 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