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Websitegeni.com
Blogblog.geni.com
CategoryConsumer Web
Phone310.247.9169
Employees18
Founded6/06
DescriptionGeneology social network site

Offices

West Hollywood, USA
9229 W. Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA, 90069
USA

People

Founder and CEO
COO
VP Engineering
Board Member
Board
Board
VP Product

Former People

Sr. Software Engineer

Funding

Total$16.5M
Series A, 1/07
The Founders Fund
$1.5M
Series B, 3/07
Charles River Ventures
$10M
Series C, 1/09
Charles River Ventures
The Founders Fund
$5M

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Geni

Geni is a social-networking website for families to explore their geneology. Geni aspires to create a family tree of the whole world.

Milestones

  • Dollar
    Geni received $5M in Series C funding. (1/19/09)
    Posted 1/19/09 at 10:29am
  • Dollar
    Geni received $10M in Series B funding. (3/1/07)
    Posted 5/31/07 at 12:35pm
  • Dollar
    Geni received $1.5M in Series A funding. (1/1/07)
    Posted 5/31/07 at 12:19pm
  • Check
    Geni added George Zachary as Board.
    Posted 5/31/07 at 12:49pm
  • Check
    Geni added Peter Thiel as Board.
    Posted 5/31/07 at 12:49pm
  • Check
    Geni added Alan Braverman as Board Member.
    Posted 5/31/07 at 11:57am
  • Check
    Geni added David Sacks as Founder and CEO.
    Posted 5/31/07 at 11:56am
  • Check
    Geni added Amos Elliston as VP Engineering.
    Posted 7/16/09 at 12:53pm
  • Check
    Geni added Noah Tutak as VP Product.
    Posted 7/16/09 at 12:53pm
  • Check
    Geni added Elliot Loh as COO.
    Posted 7/16/09 at 12:53pm

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Above:

Geni’s pitch from TechCrunch Elevator Pitches

Added: 6/5/08
Above:

VatorTV: 3/2008

Added: 8/7/09

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Geni

Websitegeni.com
Blogblog.geni.com
StageLive
Launch DateJanuary 16, 2007
Tags wiki

Geni is a family-oriented social networking platform organized around geneology that wil help families share both historic information and current events with one another.

Geni screenshot
Above: Geni Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 2/5/08

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Geni

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  1. Citation Needed [add]
  2. 100 Million Valuation for Geni (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. Geni Gets Another $5 Million for Social Networking and Genealogy Site: What About Yammer? (readwriteweb.com) [edit]
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