Other Income (Loss), Net

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other income, net, consists of the effect of transactions and other events relating to Actua’s ownership interests and its operations in general, and is comprised of the following:



(in thousands)	Year ended December 31,
	2017			2016		2015
Gain on sales/distributions of ownership interests	$	5,920		$	2,959	$	1,532
Other	(40		)	29		—
Total other income, net	$	5,880		$	2,988	$	1,532

During the year ended December 31, 2017, Actua received distributions in cash and stock related to its partnership investment in Anthem Venture Fund, L.P. (formerly eColony, Inc.) and Anthem Ventures Annex Fund, L.P. (collectively, "Anthem") that resulted in total proceeds of $4.8 million. Actua had no remaining basis in Anthem; therefore, a gain was recognized in those amounts in 2017.

During the year ended December 31, 2017, Actua received a distribution in cash related to its investment in inOvate Solutions ("inOvate"), a cost method business, that resulted in proceeds of $1.1 million. Actua had no remaining basis in inOvate; therefore, a gain was recognized in those amounts in 2017.

During the year ended December 31, 2016, the most significant transaction recorded in Other Income (Loss), Net was the sale of a portion of Actua's shares in InstaMed that resulted in proceeds of $2.8 million; Actua recorded a gain in that amount for the period.

During the year ended December 31, 2015, the most significant transaction recorded in Other Income (Loss), Net was the receipt of a distribution from Anthem that resulted in proceeds of $1.0 million; Actua recorded a gain in that amount for the period. Additionally, during the year ended December 31, 2015, Actua received a loan repayment from Acquirgy in the amount of $0.4 million and, since Actua had no remaining basis in Acquirgy, recorded a gain in that amount for the period.

The amounts recorded within the Other line of the table relates to realized (loss)/gain on marketable securities.