Infonautics
| Internet Services | |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Products | Digital Library |
Infonautics was an information services company, founded in 1992 by Marvin Weinberger and Josh Kopelman. It was based in Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States. The company's executives included Van Morris (CEO), Ram Mohan (COO/CTO), Frederica O'Brien (CFO) and Gerard Lewis (General Counsel).
In 1996 the company was listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange. It was delisted in 2001.
In 2001 Tucows acquired infonautics through a business tactic called a "reverse takeover". Initially, Infonautics purchased Tucows and then changed its own name to Tucows. On August 26, 2002, Tucows sold eLibrary and Encyclopedia.com to HighBeam Research.
The company created online services Homework Helper on Prodigy,Encyclopedia.com,Electric Library, and CompanySleuth.
The Philadelphia Inquirer noted the company was "one of the first Internet companies in the Philadelphia area"
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