TOTAL	$119M
VENTURE FUNDING TOTAL	$119M
Series B, 1/07 Marc Andreessen Reid Hoffman
Series A, 1/07 Marc Andreessen Reid Hoffman
Series C, 7/07 Legg Mason	$44M
Series D, 4/08 Allen & Company	$60M
Series E, 7/09 Lightspeed Venture Partners	$15M

Competitors

HiveLive, Grouply, KickApps, CrowdVine, ONEsite, GoingOn, Broadband Mechanics, Groupsite, Cerado, Myfacepage, Fifteen Reasons, acomo, Mzinga, Wetpaint, Webjam, GROU.PS, Skalfa, Soceeo, Bright Things, SocialGO

Service Providers

AllisonPR

Public Relations

Ning

Ning is the world’s largest platform to create powerful, custom social websites. Top organizers, marketers, influencers, and activists use Ning to create a social destination where content intersects with conversations to inspire action. Every social website comes with out-of-the-box social integration, community features, point-and-click design tools, and turnkey monetization solutions that are easy to use.

In October 2010, Ning announced the launch of Ning Everywhere. It offers unparalleled flexibility for Ning Creators and third party developers to create mobile apps, monetize and integrate with popular cloud services in a matter of clicks, and develop custom apps using Ningâ€™s API.

Ning spans categories including politics, entertainment, consumer brands, small business, non-profits, education and more, connecting over 74 million people around the globe with the topics they are passionate about. Palo Alto, Calif.-based Ning was co-founded in October 2004 by Chairman Marc Andreessen and is privately held.

Milestones

Ning added AJ Jaghori as Contributing Developer.

Posted 12/2/11 at 10:27am
Ning added Ryan McDonough as Chief Financial Officer. (3/1/10)

Posted 5/10/10 at 1:02pm
Ning added Jason Rosenthal as CEO. (3/15/10)

Posted 3/15/10 at 9:39am
Ning added Diego Doval as Chief Architect, CTO.

Posted 11/12/09 at 1:28pm
Ning added Jason Rosenthal as COO. (11/3/09)

Posted 1/29/09 at 5:13pm
Ning added Marc Andreessen as Chairman and Co-Founder.

Posted 2/7/08 at 10:15pm
Ning added Gina Bianchini as CEO and Co-Founder. (1/1/04)

Posted 6/18/07 at 3:09am
Ning received $15M in Series E funding. (7/1/09)

Posted 7/21/09 at 5:12pm
Ning received $60M in Series D funding. (4/1/08)

Posted 4/18/08 at 3:44pm via venturebeat.com
Ning received in Series B funding. (1/1/07)

Posted 7/10/07 at 11:58am via techcrunch.com
Ning received in Series A funding. (1/1/07)

Posted 7/10/07 at 11:57am via techcrunch.com
Ning received $44M in Series C funding. (7/1/07)

Posted 7/10/07 at 5:49am via techcrunch.com
Ning was acquired by Glam Media for $150M. (9/20/11)

Posted 9/20/11 at 4:05pm via techcrunch.com
Ning — Ning rolls out premium access and subscriptions for its users (7/19/11)

Posted 7/19/11 at 2:31pm via techcrunch.com
Ning — Ning Reaches 37 Million Users, Launches Developer Appathon (5/8/11)

Posted 11/8/09 at 4:50pm via techcrunch.com

Videos

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Jason Rosenthal, CEO of the social networking platform Ning, says the transition from free to paid service has been a success. This video was originally published on CNNMoney.

Added: 11/9/10

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Jason Rosenthal, CEO of Ning, explains why he thinks his company is a better option than Facebook for businesses. This video was originally published on CNNMoney.

Added: 11/9/10

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Above: Kara Swisher interviews Jason Rosenthal, who discusses the shift in Ning’s business model and takes a tour of Ning’s HQ. This video was originally published on All Things Digital.

Added: 11/9/10