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12.06.2025 | Simpli.fi Names Cali Tran CEO as Founder Becomes Chairman | Simpli.fi, the Advertising Success Platform providing programmatic advertising and workflow software to agencies, brands, and media companies, announced the appointment of Cali Tran as its new Chief Executive Officer. Cali will officially a... |
28.02.2025 | Here’s what’s inside the more than $200,000 Oscars gift bag given to Timothée Chalamet, Ariana Grande and other nominees | An Academy Award nomination can bring fame, prestige and potential new career opportunities for the filmmakers and performers who receive one.
And while nominees know there’s no guarantee that they’ll walk away from the Oscars with a trophy... |
05.02.2025 | The Future of Health: Nucleus and the Genetic Revolution | In a world where health data is abundant yet often misunderstood, Nucleus is stepping into the spotlight. This innovative company is redefining genetic health testing, offering a comprehensive solution that dives deep into our DNA. The stak... |
30.01.2025 | Nucleus Raises $14M to Transform Genetic Health Testing | In an era where the U.S. healthcare system spends $4.5T annually yet faces systemic failures, with life expectancy plummeting to a three-decade low and chronic disease rates at an all-time high, the need for preventative healthcare solution... |
11.01.2025 | The Hidden Dangers of DNA Sequencers and Data Privacy | In the age of technology, DNA sequencers are the unsung heroes of genetic research. They unlock the secrets of our genes, revealing connections and histories that shape who we are. But beneath this surface lies a troubling vulnerability. Re... |
10.01.2025 | MyHeritage удаляет все данные россиян. Как сохранить свои ДНК и генеалогическое древо? | Прямо под Новый Год генеалогический сервис MyHeritage прислал очень многим россиянам письмо, извещающее об удалении всех их данных. Письма пришли не всем, но подавляющему числу граждан России, которые вели свои семейные деревья и сравнивали... |
08.01.2025 | Contentstack Acquires Lytics | Contentstack, an Austin, TX-based AI-powered headless CMS, announced the acquisition of Lytics, a Portland, OR-based real-time customer data platform provider.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
Co-founded in 2013 by McDermott and Aa... |
31.10.2024 | Strengthening the Human-Animal Bond: A New Era of Collaboration | In a world where pets are more than just animals, they are family. The bond between humans and their furry companions is profound. Recent partnerships between major organizations like Ancestry® and MetLife Pet with the Human Animal Bond Res... |
28.10.2024 | Ancestry® Maker of Know Your Pet DNA Joins with HABRI to Champion the Human-Animal Bond | HABRI and Know Your Pet DNA by Ancestry®
The Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI) is proud to announce a new partnership with Ancestry®, maker of the Know Your Pet DNA test.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Human ... |
15.10.2024 | TableTopics® Celebrating 20 Years and Millions of Great Conversations | TableTopics® 20th Anniversary Special Edition
To celebrate their 20th Anniversary, they have just released a special, limited edition of their all-time best-seller, TableTopics® Original.
COMMERCE, Calif., Oct. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -... |
24.09.2024 | With 23andMe in crisis, strengthening DNA security has never been more urgent | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
With all seven independent directors resigning from 23andMe last week, the company has become a cautionary tale o... |
12.09.2024 | The Skill Introverts Need to Master to Succeed at Work, According to a CEO The workplace isn't made for introverts, and many great employees tend to go unnoticed if they don't speak up. |
This article originally appeared on Business Insider.
The workplace is, in many ways, not made for introverts. One introverted CEO has some advice on how she climbed the ranks regardless.
Deb Liu has been CEO of genealogy company Ancestry.... |
17.08.2024 | The Dawn of Insight: Luminoso and Qlik's Game-Changing Partnership | In the fast-paced world of data analytics, partnerships can be the spark that ignites innovation. Luminoso, a leader in AI-driven text analytics, has joined forces with Qlik, a titan in data integration and business intelligence. This colla... |
16.08.2024 | Winners of the 2024 National ORBIE Awards Announced By Inspire Leadership Network | For over 25 years, the ORBIE® Awards have recognized technology executives for outstanding leadership and the business value created by technology innovation. On August 15, 2024, ORBIE winners from across North America came together in-pers... |
01.08.2024 | TeachMe.To: $5 Million Closed To Make It Easier To Learn Sports, Music, And Art, And Music | TeachMe.To, a hub for finding and booking local in-person lessons, announced that it has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Bling Capital and with participation from Marketplace Capital, 20Growth, and Gokul Rajaram, and existing fund ... |
18.06.2024 | Fullcast Acquires Datajoin to Unify Customer Journey Analytics | Fullcast
This strategic move marks a significant step toward empowering Go-to-Market teams with unparalleled customer insights.
SALT LAKE CITY, June 18, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Fullcast, the Go-to-Market Platform, is pleased to announce ... |
14.06.2024 | Weekly Recap: 11 Press Releases You Might Have Missed | A roundup of the most newsworthy press releases from PR Newswire this week, including United's new media network, the Kelce brothers' beer venture and Rihanna's new line of hair products.
NEW YORK, June 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousan... |
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Blackstone, the world's largest alternative asset manager, plans to share equity in its U.S. portfolio companies with most workers in those companies, according to an investor memo obtained by Axios.
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14.03.2024 | Именно генетика и сделала медицину наукой | - |
12.03.2024 | Global Consumer Genomics Market Size To Worth USD 7.48 Billion By 2033 | CAGR of 18.85% | - |
04.03.2024 | Ancestry reveals Taylor Swift is related to American poet Emily Dickinson | Taylor Swift is distantly related to another woman famous for her words: Emily Dickinson, a genealogy company revealed on Monday.
Swift and Dickinson are sixth cousins, three times removed, according to Ancestry.com. The "Cruel Summer&... |
31.10.2023 | The 4 most accurate DNA test kits and which one has a history of selling health data for profit | Reviews Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
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26.10.2023 | Women who work in Utah's Silicon Slopes share its dark side: 'I was traumatized' | Redeem now
During an interview for an engineering job at a Utah tech company, Trina Limpert was told she was a "risky hire."
Although she got the job, Limpert still feels frustrated remembering her first day. As a network engineer... |
30.08.2023 | Mark Thompson, former New York Times Company and BBC exec, expected to serve as the next CEO of CNN after Chris Licht's epic PR fail, according to new report | President and CEO of the New York Times Company Mark Thompson speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2017 at Pier 36 on May 15, 2017 in New York City. Noam Galai/Getty Images for TechCrunch
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28.08.2023 | CNN is reportedly in talks to bring in a British boss to clean up Chris Licht's mess | Mark Thompson, former CEO of the New York Times Company, has been linked with the top job at CNN. Rolf Vennenbernd/Getty Images
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08.06.2023 | I'm an Ancestry exec who plans my day based on my genetics. Here's my daily routine and productivity hacks. | Brian Donnelly. Courtesy of Brian Donnelly
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Brian Donnelly is a chief commercial officer at Ancestry.
Donnelly says he starts each day by conquering his mind with a 5 a.m. cold plunge.
He sets up his whole day to play to his genet... |
05.04.2022 | 22 ways 'Bridgerton' season 2 is different from Julia Quinn's novel 'The Viscount Who Loved Me' | Entertainment 22 ways 'Bridgerton' season 2 is different from Julia Quinn's novel 'The Viscount Who Loved Me'
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10.01.2022 | 13 little-known facts about Severus Snape that ‘Harry Potter’ fans probably don’t know | Alan Rickman played Snape in the ‘Harry Potter’ films. Warner Bros.
Severus Snape is one of the most divisive characters in the entire “Harry Potter” series.
He was a double agent, so many character details were kept a secret.
His mother wa... |
01.12.2021 | Ancestry CEO Deb Liu On Building Teams, Closing The Gender Gap In Product And Learning From Failure | An interview with Ancestry President & CEO Deb Liu Image courtesy of Ancestry & Arize AI |
08.11.2021 | McAfee to be Acquired by an Investor Group for over $14 Billion | McAfee shareholders to receive $26.00 per share in cash |
02.11.2021 | Ancestry.com is offering a Black Friday special on its DNA tests | Are you still searching for that fourth cousin, twice removed? The biggest problem with family trees is that they often amass as many brick walls as new branches. We all have them -- an ancestor who showed up in 1682 on a ship that originat... |
05.10.2021 | Твоя ДНК уже внесена во все базы данных | С большой долей вероятности, даже если вы никогда не сдавали ДНК-тест, вас уже можно идентифицировать.
Начать этот пост хочу с истории, начавшейся полвека назад в городе Висейлия в штате Калифорния, где начал свою криминальную карьеру один ... |
08.09.2021 | Персонализированные комплексы витаминов лучше обычных БАДов? | Тенденция последних пары лет — персонализированные витаминные комплексы. На дом можно заказать сеты биодобавок — в зависимости от индивидуальных потребностей организма. Причем по подписке: новую порцию витаминов можно получать регулярно раз... |
05.05.2021 | Reimagining Access to Outdoor Spaces: Swimply Announces New Funding and Expands Pool Sharing Marketplace to 25 New Markets | NEW YORK, May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Swimply, the marketplace for homeowners to rent out their underutilized pools to local swimmers, today announced it is expanding into 25 new cities nationwide. With this market expansion, the company is... |
24.03.2021 | Ancestry Appoints Lorrie Norrington to Board of Directors | LEHI, Utah & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 24, 2021--
Ancestry®, the global leader in family history and consumer genomics, today announced the appointment of Lorrie Norrington as an independent member of its Board of Directors. S... |
10.02.2021 | Ancestry says it fought two police requests to search its DNA database | Consumer genomics company Ancestry has confirmed it fought two U.S. law enforcement requests to access its DNA database in the past six months, but that neither request resulted in turning over customer or DNA data.
The Utah-based company d... |
05.02.2021 | Facebook Executive Deborah Liu On Being Named CEO Of Ancestry And What She Hopes To Bring To The Company | Deborah Liu, incoming CEO and Board of Directors member of Ancestry, also serves on the board of ... [+] Intuit. ASSOCIATED PRESS |
15.01.2021 | COVID-19 and Trump visa ban leave South Africa biotech startup in limbo as it plots move to Seattle | 3X4 Genetics co-founders Jason Haddock, left, and Yael Joffe. (3X4 Genetics Photo)
Jason Haddock had big plans for the rollout of his health tech startup in the U.S.
The CEO of 3X4 Genetics, a South African genetic testing company, had attr... |
19.12.2020 | Biden was sworn in as president with a massive family heirloom Bible dating back to 1893 | Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 Saul Loeb/Poo... |
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12.11.2020 | A Holiday Season Unlike Any Other | Sorry, but your browser does not support the video tag.
(BPT) - 2020 is a year to start new traditions in how we entertain, shop, exchange gifts and more. As we all adjust, one positive outcome is the opportunity to evaluate which tradition... |
06.08.2020 | Blackstone’s $4.7B acquisition of Ancestry raises privacy questions | Blackstone will take a 75% stake in the company, with one of Ancestry’s previous investors, GIC, holding the remaining 25%, anonymous sources told Bloomberg.
Ancestry started off in 1996 as a website for users to trace their genealogy. Near... |
06.08.2020 | Blackstone to acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7 billion | Private equity firm Blackstone is betting big on family-tree, consumer genomics and personalized medicine. On Wednesday, Blackstone said it agreed to acquire genealogy provider Ancestry.com from private equity rivals Silver Lake, GIC, Spect... |
16.06.2020 | The Best Father’s Day Sales To Shop This Week | With so many promotions and discounts happening ahead of Father’s Day, it’s the perfect time to find the perfect gift for dad — or take advantage of a few deals for yourself. We’ve combed through all the best Father’s Day sales happening no... |
20.05.2020 | Ancestry.com announces COVID-19 (coronavirus) testing | With the current pandemic continuing to grow in some areas, and unemployment rising even faster than food prices, we need problem solvers. Help at this time comes mostly from doctors and scientists, but can also come from other surprising a... |
14.05.2020 | The 2020 National Genealogical Society conference will be virtual | Despite everything going on currently, the world hasn’t stopped, just changed -- a lot. My daughter works from home, my son and girlfriend are doing their college classes from her family’s home.
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15.03.2020 | Can’t Travel? 55 Things People Aged 55+ Can Do When They’re Practicing Social Distancing | nullGetty |
06.02.2020 | Transparency Report Shows Ancestry.com Rejected A Warrant Demanding Access To Its DNA Database | Third-party DNA services have become one of law enforcement’s new investigative tools. Companies like Ancestry.com and 23andMe have collected massive amounts of DNA data and personal info, and cops have used these databases to solve cold ca... |
06.02.2020 | Transparency Report Shows Ancestry.com Rejected A Warrant Demanding Access To Its DNA Database | Third-party DNA services have become one of law enforcement's new investigative tools. Companies like Ancestry.com and 23andMe have collected massive amounts of DNA data and personal info, and cops have used these databases to solve cold ca... |
04.02.2020 | Ancestry Fights The US Government As Feds Try To Grab DNA Data | Ancestry doesn't get served many requests for DNA data. It's only ever reported two and one from ... [+] 2019 was rejected. Photographer: Jason Alden/BloombergBLOOMBERG NEWS |
31.01.2020 | DNA Testing And Families Of Wealth | DNA sequencing can unlock a whole new understanding but also holds some risks and ethical questions.National Cancer Institute on Unsplash |
19.08.2019 | Funding Support Enables Digital Image Archiving Specialists to Join Forces | Two Scottish digital image archiving specialists will merge following further growth equity from investment syndicate Kelvin Capital and the Scottish Investment Bank.
Glasgow-based iMetaFilm will join forces with UK Archiving, combining ope... |
19.04.2019 | Ancestry.com pulls ad amid backlash claiming it romanticizes slavery | Ancestry.com has pulled an ad widely criticized for distorting and sugarcoating the brutal history of slavery.
The commercial, titled “Inseparable,’ shows a young black woman dressed in a flowing cloak running down a dark alley behind a you... |
15.12.2018 | Boulder County History: Friends replaced family for Ethel Joan Bransall Stout | ‘Greater Boulder Memories: The Early Years’
What: An heirloom-quality, pictorial book featuring a glimpse of the greater Boulder area from the early years to 1939. The stunning historical photos include those from our readers as well as our... |
26.09.2018 | You Can Now Make Spotify Playlists Using Your DNA: Here's How | Aaron Mamiit, Tech Times 26 September 2018, 08:09 am
Spotify, through a partnership with the world's most popular genealogy company Ancestry, now allows users to make customized playlists on the music streaming service that are based on the... |
04.05.2018 | How to delete your DNA data from genetics companies like 23andMe and Ancestry | Hollis Johnson
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Investigators say they cracked the cold case of the Golden State Killer with help from data on a genetics website.
The investigators revealed that they uploaded a suspect's raw DNA signature - sourced from an ol... |
27.04.2018 | Oregon man misidentified in 2017 as California serial killing suspect | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Public defender Diane Howard, right, speaks with James Joseph DeAngelo, 72, who authorities suspect is the so-called Golden State Killer responsible for at least a dozen murders and 50 rapes in the 1970s and 80s, as he make... |
27.04.2018 | DNA analysis site that led to the Golden State Killer issues a privacy warning to users | As more details emerge about the arrest of the man suspected to be the Golden State Killer, it’s clear that one of the most infamous unsolved cases of all time was cracked using a popular free online genealogy database.
The site, known as G... |
26.04.2018 | The Golden State Killer case was cracked with a genealogy website. What does that mean for genetic privacy? | SAN FRANCISCO — The identity of one of California’s most notorious serial killers had been a mystery for decades — until this week, when law enforcement arrested a suspect. Investigators revealed on Thursday that they made the breakthrough ... |
28.03.2018 | Genetic testing has reached an exciting tipping point, but it’s also the subject of parody | But clearly the real promise of genetic testing is about its use to make better medical decisions and the medical system has had a long road to making that precision medicine promise real. There are numerous reasons for this: early on, the ... |
13.12.2017 | GeneMatters: How Genetic Testing Is Pushing Us Toward Medicine’s Next Frontier | Genetic testing has gone mainstream — consider examples like 23andMe and even Ancestry.com, which both offer genetic analysis by mail — and the market is on track to exceed $10 billion in the next several years. Carter Williams, iSelect CEO... |
22.10.2017 | Ancestry answered the DNA questions 23andMe couldn’t | A really awesome thing about being black is that ancestry can be very unclear because of, you know, slavery. Enter DNA kits.
In 2013, I sent over my spit kit to 23andMe . After a couple of weeks, 23andMe notified me that I was 71.3% West Af... |
01.10.2017 | New online archive spans 177 years of isle newspapers | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
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19.09.2017 | Popular company’s DNA test uncovers surprise first cousin | Several years ago my friend Fred set up a family tree on Ancestry.com. He’s always been fascinated with his family history — especially with his mother’s side of the family, which perished in Europe during World War II.
He later became engr... |
26.07.2017 | The second coming of consumer genomics with 3 predictions for 2018 | A brief history of human genomics
Genomics is defined by the WHO as the study of all parts of an organism’s genes and their functions whereas genetics is the study of heredity or how single genes are passed between generations. The Human Ge... |
21.07.2017 | Term Sheet — Friday, July 21 | BLIND EYE
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20.06.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, June 20 | “I GOT A FEELING I’M OFF SCRIPT”
NEW MONEY + NEW PRODUCT: Managed by Q, a New York City-based on-demand office services startup, has launched a marketplace for its office management products, offering self-service cleaning, plumbing, electr... |
08.06.2017 | The most popular last names in every state | Walt Disney Pictures/"Pocahontas"
John Smith, depicted in Walt Disney Pictures' 1995 animation "Pocahontas," was an English soldier, explorer, and author.
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07.06.2017 | Cheap DNA Testing Is Giving Some Insurers Even More Ways To Deny Coverage [UPDATED] | [Update: after this post was published, Eric Heath of AncestryDNA emailed us with concerns about the post’s content, considering the recent update to the site’s terms of service. As Heath points out in a post at Ancestry’s blog, the terms h... |
12.02.2017 | AncestryDNA clustered 770,000 genomes to find your family’s American immigration story | Immigration into the U.S. is a hot political topic right now, but, unless you’re Native American, pretty much everyone here has a family history involving some sort of immigration story.
Now AncestryDNA, a consumer genetics subsidiary of th... |
15.12.2016 | A new kid on the consumer genomics block | As part of the consumer launch, the company also announced partnerships with The Utah Foundation for Biomedical Research, The Prion Alliance, and several companies within Patrick Soon-Shiong’s Nantworks empire, including Nantbioscience and ... |
07.11.2016 | MyHeritage launches DNA testing service to help you uncover your family’s history | The popular online genealogy service MyHeritage today announced the launch of its MyHeritage DNA service for helping its users uncover more about their family’s history and ethnicity. Users who take the test, which currently costs $79 (plus... |
29.08.2016 | Female founders, apply now for Include Office Hours with Greylock | It’s happening! On Friday, September 9th from 4-6 p.m, Greylock Partners will join TechCrunch in hosting Include Office Hours. Apply now.
Unlike previous sessions, the upcoming office hours are solely focused on teams with at least one fema... |
24.05.2016 | GIC, Silver Lake close strategic investment in US genealogy firm Ancestry, valued at $2.6b | Premium
Silver Lake Partners and GIC have completed their transaction to acquire substantial equity stakes in Ancestry.com LLC, a global provider of online family history and personal DNA testing, at an enterprise value of approximately $2.... |
04.04.2016 | Singapore’s GIC, Silver Lake invests in DNA testing company Ancestry | Premium
Singapore-based sovereign wealth fund GIC and US-based private equity firm Silver Lake have signed an agreement to purchase a substantial amount of shares in American online family history data and personal DNA testing company Ances... |
23.10.2015 | Historical detective work traces 1891 artifact to Caribou girl | Years ago, I acquired an odd-shaped, blue velvet autograph book, purchased by a friend at a yard sale.
The little book was dated 1891 and had belonged to someone named “Fannie,” who apparently had lived in the Boulder County community of Ca... |
02.09.2015 | Hacking the body: the scientific counter-culture of the DIY bio movement | Science and biology are slowly, but smoothly, being co-opted by a DIY approach that’s looking an awful lot like the start of the tech start-up boom.
It makes some sense that this makeshift biological movement is taking lessons from the same... |
16.07.2015 | Ancestry.com Welcomes AncestryHealth To The Family | Family history site Ancestry launched a new generational health database called AncestryHealth today. The news comes right as AncestryDNA – Ancestry’s genetics site that connects those on the platform with distant relatives – announced it n... |
05.02.2015 | Crosslink closes new seed-stage fund with $170M in capital | Crosslink Capital has closed fundraising for its seventh venture fund, raising $170 million in capital.
The new fund is somewhat smaller than the firm’s previous funds. Crosslink has a total of $1.6 billion under management, but the previou... |
05.02.2015 | Crosslink closes new seed-stage fund with $170M in capital | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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10.12.2014 | MyHeritage Wants To Bring Genealogy To The Mainstream With Instant Discoveries | Genealogy is a hobby I don’t fully understand, but many people are apparently really interested in their family’s history — enough to make this a $2 billion market. For the most part, that means laboriously filling in family trees — either ... |
28.04.2014 | MyHeritage Passes 5 Billion Historical Records, Adds 5 Million Daily | MyHeritage, the popular family history network for genealogy buffs with offices in Tel Aviv, Israel and Lehi, Utah, today announced that its digital library of historical records has now passed the 5 billion milestone. In total, MyHeritage ... |
15.10.2013 | MyHeritage Partners With FamilySearch To Add Billions Of Historical Records To Its Genealogy Database | When it comes to online genealogy, the two major for-profit players are Ancestry.com and MyHeritage. Ancestry.com got a major head start over MyHeritage, but it mostly focused on gathering historical records while MyHeritage put an emphasis... |
10.10.2013 | Former Ancestry.com execs to launch new genealogy startup YouWho (exclusive) | Utah is best known for its mountains, Mormon population, and genealogy and family heritage companies. Ancestry.com is the best known of the bunch, and a U.K. private equity fund, Permira, snapped it up for a cool $1.6 billion last year.
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02.08.2013 | Simms descendants gather at Jefferson Street Cemetery | ELLICOTTVILLE— To many people, nothing is more important than family and they strive to keep connected. Today’s technology has made genealogical research much easier and the Simms family and their descendants can attest to that.
Family memb... |
26.03.2013 | Founded By Early oDesk Employees, Freelancer Marketplace Rev.com Raises $4.5 Million Series A | Rev.com, a freelancer marketplace founded by early oDesk employees, is today announcing $4.5 million in Series A funding led by Venky Ganesan of Globespan Capital Partners. Also participating in the round were Craig Sherman (former COO of A... |
28.11.2012 | MyHeritage acquires Geni and $25M to build family tree of the whole world | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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22.10.2012 | Ancestry.com sells for $1.6B to private-equity firm | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
European private-equity firm Permira is buying ge... |
16.05.2012 | TechStars alum Mocavo grabs $4M to help you find your ancestors | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
TechStars 2011 alum Mocavo has raised $4 million ... |
25.04.2012 | Ancestry.com Acquires Archives.com For $100 Million | Utah-based genealogy site Ancestry.com just announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Silicon Valley-based startup Inflection to acquire its competitor Archives.com for $100 million in cash and assumed liabilities. Infl... |
04.02.2011 | Ancestory 2.0 app brings broader generational view to iPad | Ancestry.com has released version 2.0 of its mobile app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users. Ancestry 2.0 features a major redesign of its user interface, which has been optimised for iPad users to make browsing your online Ancestry.com t... |
13.10.2010 | 7 Degrees raises $6.8M to find the path of least resistance for business connections | 7 Degrees, which develops a business-partner recommendation service called PeopleMaps, announced today that it has raised $6.8 million in its second round of funding from Rho Ventures, vSpring Capital and Parkview Ventures.
PeopleMaps gives... |
01.09.2010 | Bootstrapping band of brothers raise $30M for people search engine Inflection | Brian and Matthew Monahan weren’t quite sure how to raise venture capital funding, so they built Inflection from scratch and made it profitable with its first website for searching public records, Archives.com.
Now, they seem to have a pret... |
31.03.2010 | Ancestry.com Discovers Family Ties Between Madonna And Ellen DeGeneres | No, we’re not becoming a celebrity blog (yet) but the noteworthy thing is that it’s incredibly hard for technology companies to even buy this kind of publicity: Ancestry.com researchers have found that actress Ellen DeGeneres is apparently ... |
05.11.2009 | Ancestry.com: oldest VC-backed IPO in '09 | Web-based geneology site priced in range, confirms need for longer runway.
Ancestry.com, the Spectrum Equity Investors-backed website that allows people to trace their family roots by scouring online records, priced its IPO of 7.4 million s... |
03.08.2009 | Finding Family Is Big Business: Ancestry.com Files For $75 Million IPO | After going a year with nary a venture-backed IPO in sight, here’s more proof that things are finally beginning to perk up: Ancestry.com, a genealogy service that allows user to map out and search for their family history, has filed for a $... |
19.01.2009 | Yammer and Geni raise $5 million | Micro-blogging and genealogy sites get funds from Founders Fund and Charles River
(Updated to incorporate David Sacks' comments)
Former PayPal COO David Sacks has been busy securing deals for both his startups, Yammer and Geni.
Yammer, a ne... |
23.09.2008 | Fast exit – UK's Kindo acquired by Israel's MyHeritage | UK based, Kindo.com a family tree service, has been acquired by the Israeli based MyHeritage, which was recently funded by Accel and Index Ventures. The size of the deal was not disclosed, but it’s a fast exit for Kindo which only launched ... |
07.02.2008 | You've stalked your friends, now get a newsfeed from your family | London-based Kindo, a social network aimed at your living family-tree, has won undisclosed seed funding from Estonia-based Ambient Sound Investments, reports TechCrunch UK. (Why are they Estonian based? Because they are formed from Skype’s ... |
07.02.2008 | Kindo wins seed funding to map your living family tree | The area of family tree social networks is growing as people move from seeing the benefits of social networking for business and friends through to using it to map their family social graph as well. Ancestry.com is about ancestors and Geni.... |