Geosign gets funding
Elinor Mills Former Staff Writer
Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service and the Associated Press.
Canadian firm Geosign, whose Web properties include DietNation.com, ThinkFashion.com, CosmeticSurgeryInsider.net and TheRenewablePlanet.com, has closed $160 million in private financing from American Capital Strategies. Geosign, based in Guelph, Canada, and founded in 2000, is focused on online publishing and targeted search.