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Deadpool Date	10/09
Deadpool URL	techcrunch.com/20...

Acquired by	Yahoo!
Price	$2.87B
Date	1/99
Terms	Cash

General Information
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Website	geocities.yahoo.com
Category	Network/Hosting
Employees
Founded	1996
Description	Yahoo! Personal Web Hosting

Offices
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Former People
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Michael Barrett

SVP, Sales & Business Development

Jim McCarthy

E-Commerce/Affiliates Marketing Director

Funding
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Total	$40M
Series A, 1995 CMGI @Ventures	$2M
Series B, 1996 Flatiron Partners	$8M
Series C, 1997 Flatiron Partners CMGI @Ventures	$5M
Series D, 1/98 Yahoo! Softbank Capital	$25M

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GeoCities entered The Deadpool on October 26, 2009

GeoCities
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Yahoo! GeoCities was a free web hosting provider that launched in 1996. GeoCities offered a free website and all the tools required to build a hosted, dynamic personal site, and it was one of the most popular websites on the Internet.

Yahoo! officially shut down GeoCities on October 26, 2009.

Milestones
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GeoCities added Jim McCarthy as E-Commerce/Affiliates Marketing Director. (1/1/97)

Posted 10/11/11 at 1:40pm
GeoCities added Michael Barrett as SVP, Sales & Business Development. (9/1/97)

Posted 6/22/09 at 3:41pm
GeoCities received $25M in Series D funding. (1/1/98)

Posted 4/24/09 at 11:23am via avc.com
GeoCities received $5M in Series C funding. (1/1/97)

Posted 4/24/09 at 11:23am via avc.com
GeoCities received $8M in Series B funding. (1/1/96)

Posted 4/24/09 at 11:23am via avc.com
GeoCities received $2M in Series A funding. (1/1/95)

Posted 4/24/09 at 11:23am via avc.com
Hit the deadpool. (10/26/09)

Posted
GeoCities was acquired by Yahoo! for $2.87B. (1/28/99)

Posted 9/30/08 at 2:46pm via cnet.com