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Geni Enhances Service

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West Hollywood-based family tree site Geni.com said Friday that the firm has made a number of updates to the firm's services. Geni is backed by Charles River Ventures and Founders Fund. Tags: geni genealogy family tree web2. READ MORE>>.

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Yammer Dwarfs Parent Geni In Fundraising Round

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In the case of the kid getting much (much) larger than its parent, Yammer , the one time spinout of Los Angeles-based genealogy and family tree website Geni , has now squarely out-raised venture capital than its parent firm, saying Wednesday that it has raised an $85M funding round. in funding. READ MORE>>.

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Geni Suffers Weekend Outage

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Los Angeles-based Geni , the online family tree and genealogy site, suffered an unexpected outage over the weekend, the firm reported Monday evening. Geni said that it had an issue with its PostgreSQL database, which it says it is investigating. Geni is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund.

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Geni Turns Family Trees Into Posters

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West Hollywood-based Geni.com , the online genealogy and family tree site, said Monday afternoon that it has rolled out a new product--one that takes the family tree from the service, and turns it into a paper poster. Geni said it also allows users to customize "almost every aspect" of the posters before printing. READ MORE>>.

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Geni Extends Distribution Of Family Tree Posters

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The poster service--which takes data from Geni.com's service and turn it into printed, 16x20 posters--was originally announced on May 10th. Geni is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund, and was started by ex-PayPal founder David Sacks. Tags: geni family tree genealogy poster printed.

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Geni Bolsters Team, Names CTO, Engineering VP

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West Hollywood-based Geni , the online family tree and family history service, said Thursday that it has promoted a number of employees, including naming two executives. Geni said it has named Justin Balthrop as its Chief Technology Officer, and named Michael Stangel as Vice President of Engineering.

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Geni Bolsters Team, Names CTO, Enginering VP

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West Hollywood-based Geni , the online family tree and family history service, said Thursday that it has promoted a number of employees, including naming two executives. Geni said it has named Justin Balthrop as its Chief Technology Officer, and named Michael Stangel as Vice President of Engineering.

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