VentureBeat.com a blog about venture capital and the businesses it funds.
VentureBeat is a news and information publication covering private companies and the venture capital that funds them. It serves entrepreneurs, investors, and business professionals interested in startup funding and early-stage companies. The site is the successor to SiliconBeat and has operated for over 20 years.
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Authority
100/100
Safety
90/100
Registered
Mar 14, 2005
21 years old · GoDaddy.com, LLC
On record
since 2006
3 of 5 safety checks passed (Sep 3, 2026).
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Current facts
What AboutUs observed on the live site and in WHOIS/DNS today. These are measurements, not an endorsement of the site.
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Domain registered Mar 14, 2005 — 21 years old.
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Registrar today: GoDaddy.com, LLC — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Jul 22, 2026).
Authority 100/100— in the top 1% of scored sitesClear
Why this authority score
Prominence (Tranco rank #2,793; Open PageRank 5.9/10)+17
Verified continuity: 21.4 years (RDAP registration)+10
Security & email hygiene+4
Prominence × continuity interaction+1
Calibration adjustment (published map)+28
Every point maps to a sentence. These lines sum to the model score of 60/99, which is what places this site at 100/100 against every other scored site.
Safety evidence
All checked sources came back clean
Site history
Dated record — historical facts always carry their date; self-description below is the 2013 record.
2005
Domain registered (Mar 14, 2005).
2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Oct 2, 2006); profile edited 5 times through 2013.
2013
Self-description at the time:
“VentureBeat.com a blog about venture capital and the businesses it funds.”