Markmonitor and Com Laude will create an industry-leading and truly global corporate domain management powerhouse for the world’s leading brands
London, [24 September 2025] – Com Laude, the London-headquartered supplier of corporate domain services owned by PX3 Partners, announces today that it is acquiring Markmonitor in a landmark carve-out transaction from Newfold Digital. This transformative transaction will create a leading global provider of elevated customer service, advanced tools and bespoke services for corporate domain clients, with a total enterprise value of c. $450 million.
For the past 25 years, both Com Laude and Markmonitor have been recognized as the industry’s “white glove” corporate domain experts, providing innovative, security-conscious domain and brand protection solutions for many of the largest and best-known brands and companies around the world.
Upon closing, Markmonitor and Com Laude will join forces to create a company that is even more focused, more committed, and more capable of serving the needs of corporate clients—in short, a corporate registrar ‘dream team’ and industry-leading service powerhouse. This transformative combination will provide enormous value for clients, as Com Laude and Markmonitor will focus on developing a suite of new innovative AI-based services, while expanding on the expert advice and flexible solutions they each currently provide to their clients.
Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, Com Laude is a tech-enabled business services company that manages internet domain name portfolios, monitors digital brand infringement, and ensures secure online brand presence for large corporations. The company provides mission-critical internet domain name services to many of the world’s foremost branded companies, essential to the smooth functioning of their internet presence and infrastructure. Com Laude operates globally, with offices across Asia, Europe, and North America.
Headquartered in Boise, Idaho, Markmonitor is a tech-enabled business services company that manages internet domain name portfolios and ensures secure online brand presence for large corporations. The company provides mission-critical internet domain name services to many of the world’s foremost branded companies. Markmonitor serves 2,000 clients in a wide range of industries across 80 countries.
Upon completion, the combined business will offer comprehensive global coverage, with regional headquarters in Boise, London, and Tokyo, and regional offices around the world. Benjamin Crawford, CEO of Com Laude, will serve as CEO of the enlarged group, with Stu Homan remaining as Head of Markmonitor.
Ben Crawford, CEO of Com Laude, remarked: “Markmonitor is the best known name in domain services for corporate clients, having virtually invented the category twenty-six years ago, and since then grown a long list of blue chip clients with its “white glove” customer service. Com Laude offers market leading advanced tools and bespoke services in domains and online brand protection, developed for the world’s largest companies and most valuable brands. Together we will be uniquely positioned to protect and grow the digital presence of any company that needs assistance with its domain names, internet infrastructure and security, online brand protection, internet policy and compliance, and online strategy.”
Stu Homan, Head of Markmonitor, remarked: “With this acquisition, Markmonitor has found owners who value our dedicated corporate services as much as our clients do. Com Laude is deeply committed to preserving and building upon our ability to continue to deliver industry-leading client service while growing to new levels with dedication and investment. Our entire team is excited to bring Com Laude’s advanced tools and services to our clients, and to be part of the most exciting development in corporate domain services since Markmonitor invented the white glove service model twenty-six years ago.”
