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{{Infobox company
| company_namename = NetObjects, Inc.
| company_logologo = [[Image:NETO logo.png]]
| company_typetype = Incorporation
| foundation = 1995 (closed 2001, re-established 2009)
| ___location = [[Redwood City, California]] (1995–2001)<br/ >
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'''NetObjects, Inc.''' is a software company founded in 1995 by [[Samir Arora]], David Kleinberg, [[Clement Mok]] and Sal Arora. The company is best known for the development of [[NetObjects Fusion]], a [[web design]] application.
 
In its first phase, NetObjects was based in [[Redwood City, California]], and ceased operations in 2001 after selling its assets to [[Website Pros]] (now [[Web.com]]) and a portfolio of patents to [[Macromedia]].
 
In 2009 NetObjects was re-established as an independent software company.
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| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20001215152500/http://www.novell.com/news/press/pressroom/presskit/brainshare99/netobjects.html
| archivedate = 2000-12-15
}}</ref> [[Mitsubishi]] and [[AT&T]] Ventures and the last round by Perseus Capital, L.L.C.
 
In April 1997 [[IBM]] invested $100 million to acquire a majority of the company. The deal had a valuation of $150 million.<ref name="sreenivas">{{cite news
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| date = July 27, 2001
| accessdate = July 4, 2008
}}</ref> and with [[Internet service provider]]s like [[UUNET]], [[Earthlink]] or 1 & 1 ([[Germany]]). The company itself said it licensed the [[Distribution (business)|distribution]] of more than 15 million copies of NetObjects Fusion.
 
In 2000 the [[stock]] price of NETO ([[ticker symbol]]) reached its record high of $45 11/16 USD, making NetObjects worth $1.5 billion.
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| title = NetObjects Authoring Server & TeamFusion Client 3.0
| work = Intranet Journal
| dateyear = (1999)
| publisher = Jupitermedia Corporation
| accessdate = July 23, 2008}}</ref> and the related "Collage" product,<ref name="Collage">{{cite web
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| date = June 12, 2001
| accessdate = July 6, 2008
}}</ref> and a cooperation with IBM Global Services was forged.<ref name="Newcomb2"/> <ref name="IBM">{{cite web
| url = http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7BB9227F21-D9C9-498F-A2EA-C9694C0B6322%7D&source=blq%2Fyhoo&dist=yhoo&siteid=yhoo
| first = Mike
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| date = February 10, 2008
| accessdate = February 23, 2009
}}</ref> In May 2009 NetObjects Fusion was sold. <ref name="WEB.COM_SEC_2_2009">{{cite web
| url = http://ir.web.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1144204-09-40519
| title = Web.com Quarterly Report for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2009
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== NetObjects as a re-established company ==
 
In May 2009 NetObjects Inc. was re-established as an independent company. It acquired the NetObjects Fusion product line from Web.com. A smaller part of the amount was transferred instantly, while $3.0 million remained payable from future revenue of NetObjects Fusion sales until 2013.<ref name="WEB.COM_SEC_2_2009" />
 
In terms of management and staff, there are no overlapping between the old and new companies with the same name. Steve Raubenstine, who was vice president of the NetObjects Fusion division at Web.com (former Website Pros), serves as President and CEO of the new NetObjects Inc.