W3i Holdings, LLC, is a business-to-business app distribution and monetization company. It was founded under the flagship site Freeze.com in 2000 by Aaron, Ryan, and Robert Weber. W3i has experienced rapid growth from its beginnings as a shoestring operation, providing free apps to consumers, to a 150-plus-employee company. Over the years, W3i has been a favored company in the online business world. It received a $15 million PE investment from Alta Communications in 2006. Furthermore, its founders were named Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year in the Minnesota and Dakotas Region. In 2008, W3i made the news when it sold Ringtone.com for $8.7 million. Three years later, it radically expanded its monetization and development funding services with a number of aggressive new programs. W3i recently moved into new offices in the Minneapolis Grain Exchange building, where it employs more than 150 people. The company is discussed in magazines and on websites such as VentureBeat and Entrepreneur.com, and has been mentioned in TIME and on CNET for its Windows 8 app offerings. Thanks to its clever monetization practices, W3i continues to prosper and grow steadily every year.