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

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

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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

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

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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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  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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