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Headline: Preserve Your History and Share Your Lives

Website: http://www.geni.com/

Blog: http://blog.geni.com/

Geni is a tool for understanding and staying in touch with your family.

Geni lets you create a family tree through our fun simple interface. You can expand your tree by adding relatives' email addresses. They will be invited to join your tree and can add other relatives. Your tree will continue to grow as relatives invite other relatives.

Each family member has a profile which can be viewed...More»

Address: 8491 W. Sunset Blvd., #106 West Hollywood, CA 90069-1911 Map it »

Phone: 310-247-9169

Founded: 06/2006

Employees: 30

Industry: Consumer Internet

Sub-Industry: Social Network

Ownership: Private

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Date	Type	Capital Amount	Post-Money Valuation	Investors
01/2007	Series A	1.5M	10M	The Founders Fund
03/2007	Series B	10M	100M	Charles River Ventures

Name:	Geni
Product URL:	http://www.geni.com/
Date Launched:	01/2007
Description:	Geni.com is a genealogy-related social networking website.
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Bullish Opinions (9)	Author/Date	Do you agree?
Quantcast and Compete show steady growth over last few months Add Comment	green33 07/29/2008		100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
New video sharing feature should increase user engagement Add Comment	dave 07/25/2008		100% 3 votes 3 0% 0
The product has great user interface - very easy to get started 1 comment Add Comment	startuper 04/28/2008		100% 8 votes 8 0% 0
Absolutely agree on interface. Anyone can use this.	georgebounacos	07/20/2008
They were rumored to be valued at $100 MM Add Comment	john 05/16/2008		100% 3 votes 3 0% 0
Their features do not require anyone to install software Add Comment	chaostheory 04/24/2008		100% 8 votes 8 0% 0
Unlike most of their competitors, their services are free, which is more viral Add Comment	chaostheory 04/24/2008		100% 8 votes 8 0% 0
Their family tree feature was revolutionary and extremely viral when it first came out Add Comment	chaostheory 04/24/2008		83% 6 votes 5 17% 1
Everyone has a family, so the idea is universally appealing Add Comment	dave 01/10/2008		84% 19 votes 16 16% 3
David Sacks (founder CEO) has a great track record Add Comment	dave 01/10/2008		93% 15 votes 14 7% 1

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Worried about privacy (the "mother's maiden name") question Add Comment	georgebounacos 07/20/2008	100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
besides family tree all other functionality (more popularly) available elsewhere Add Comment	maafjes 06/28/2008	100% 3 votes 3 0% 0
Still no public API, then again their competitors don't either Add Comment	chaostheory 04/24/2008	100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
They have no publicly known revenue model Add Comment	chaostheory 04/24/2008	100% 5 votes 5 0% 0
Does not automatically inform family members of illegitimate children Add Comment	ywong137 01/28/2008	10% 10 votes 1 90% 9
Competition offers wider range of features Add Comment	mkr2x 01/23/2008	33% 6 votes 2 67% 4
There are lots of competitiors in this space Add Comment	dave 01/10/2008	75% 16 votes 12 25% 4
Do people really want to socialize with their family? Add Comment	dave 01/10/2008	62% 16 votes 10 38% 6