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Friendster

Founded in 2002, Friendster is one of the web’s older social networking services. Adults, 16 and up can join and connect with friends, family, school, groups, activities and interests. The site currently has over 50 million users.

Milestones

• Received $20M in Series D funding. (8/5/08)
  Posted 8/4/08 at 11:11pm
• Received $10M in Series C funding. (8/1/06)
  Posted 10/11/07 at 6:05am
• Received $13M in Series B funding. (10/1/03)
  Posted 8/22/07 at 1:57am
• Received $2.4M in Series A funding. (12/1/02)
  Posted 8/22/07 at 1:56am
• Aaron Barnes, VP of Sales & Business Development added.
  Posted 10/11/07 at 5:51am
• Chander Sarna, Senior VP of Engineering, Operations and Prod added.
  Posted 10/11/07 at 5:51am
• David Jones, VP of Marketing added.
  Posted 10/11/07 at 5:57am
• Kent Lindstrom, SVP of Corporate Development added.
  Posted 10/11/07 at 5:49am
• Received in Series A funding.
  Posted 6/29/09 at 3:16pm
• Jonathan Abrams, Founder added.
  Posted 10/11/07 at 6:13am
• Richard Kimber, CEO added.
  Posted 8/4/08 at 11:04pm
• Rick Marini, Advisor added.
  Posted 6/22/09 at 5:18pm
• Dan Olsen, Senior Director of Product added.
  Posted 9/9/09 at 11:05am

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