---
title: "BABYUNIVERSE, INC. — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f940039b-ec95-5793-bb8e-37faad42fbe4
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f940039b-ec95-5793-bb8e-37faad42fbe4
identifier: sec:0001325118
jurisdiction: US
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# BABYUNIVERSE, INC.

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [US](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/us)  
**Identifier:** `sec:0001325118`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f940039b-ec95-5793-bb8e-37faad42fbe4  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f940039b-ec95-5793-bb8e-37faad42fbe4  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **TEXTOR JOHN C** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e0e24a42-e274-58b9-8257-43525cc2d93c
- **LAMINAR DIRECT CAPITAL L.P.** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/eaeb9f70-13a5-51bd-86dd-8b38d20d2331
- **D. E. SHAW & CO, L.L.C.** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f45acbfe-50b7-5933-aa10-5aa665ab5462
- **SHAW DAVID E** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1a4e4258-721a-50bb-9ab1-1c221d202c26
- **D. E. SHAW LAMINAR ACQUISITION HOLDINGS 3, L.L.C.** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1450a11d-8d6f-5621-b95e-dfb8137954ed
- **D. E. SHAW & CO, L.P.** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/141a35c8-ceb9-578b-88f5-87ff5548cfae

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **34-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **BABYUNIVERSE, INC.** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f940039b-ec95-5793-bb8e-37faad42fbe4 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **BABYUNIVERSE, INC.**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f940039b-ec95-5793-bb8e-37faad42fbe4 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/f940039b-ec95-5793-bb8e-37faad42fbe4._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._