Ancestry.com launches DNA testing, gets $300M investment
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The Generations Network, operator of Ancestry.com has just received $300 million from Spectrum Equity Investors, a Silicon Valley buyout firm, which will take a majority stake in the company.
Ancestry.com has also just launched DNA testing of its 5 billion records, so that family members can… Continue Reading
Demand Media raises $100M more for domain name land grab
Demand Media, the 18 month old company founded by former MySpace chairman Richard Rosenblatt, has gulped another $100 million chunk of venture funding for its domain name purchases.
The latest funding, led by Goldman Sachs, is the company’s third. The previous two, for $120 million and… Continue Reading