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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 »

Founded: 06/2006

Employees: 30

Industry: Consumer Internet

Sub-Industry: Social Network

Legal Structure: Corporation

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
01/2009	Series C	5M	Unknown	Charles River Ventures, The Founders Fund

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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03/27/2009 09:00PM by skprasad

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Bullish Opinions (11)	Author/Date	Do you agree?
Great start - need to work on a quicker and more integrated AJAX editing UI Add Comment	jowoco 08/28/2009		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
Unlike most of their competitors, their services are free, which is more viral 1 comment Add Comment	chaostheory 04/24/2008		83% 12 votes 10 17% 2
They've now downgraded their features, and they're charging for what used to be free.	ffunch	02/17/2009
In my family it proved addictive to internet illiterates, very userfriendly Add Comment	johs 10/12/2008		67% 3 votes 2 33% 1
Quantcast and Compete show steady growth over last few months 1 comment Add Comment	green33 07/29/2008		40% 5 votes 2 60% 3
still does not justify current valuation	gameon323	09/06/2008
New video sharing feature should increase user engagement Add Comment	dave 07/25/2008		75% 4 votes 3 25% 1
The product has great user interface - very easy to get started 1 comment Add Comment	startuper 04/28/2008		100% 9 votes 9 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% 9 votes 9 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		85% 20 votes 17 15% 3
David Sacks (founder CEO) has a great track record Add Comment	dave 01/10/2008		88% 16 votes 14 12% 2

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Bearish Opinions (10)	Author/Date	Do you agree?
Does not automatically inform family members of illegitimate children 1 comment Add Comment	ywong137 01/28/2008		10% 10 votes 1 90% 9
Sounds like a feature.	kjhsm	04/22/2009
Geni is going to collapse within the next year Add Comment	ododod 02/14/2009		75% 4 votes 3 25% 1
They keep removing core features and they're seriously at odds with their user community. Add Comment	ffunch 02/14/2009		75% 4 votes 3 25% 1
Worried about privacy (the "mother's maiden name") question Add Comment	georgebounacos 07/20/2008		67% 3 votes 2 33% 1
besides family tree all other functionality (more popularly) available elsewhere Add Comment	maafjes 06/28/2008		100% 4 votes 4 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
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		76% 17 votes 13 24% 4
Do people really want to socialize with their family? Add Comment	dave 01/10/2008		59% 17 votes 10 41% 7