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Ancestry.com Buys Buys Swedish Counterpart Genline For $6.7 Million

Jun 14, 2010 4:31 PM

Genealogy site Ancestry has acquired Swedish family history website Genline.se for $6.7 million in cash. Ancestry’s European expansion comes several months after rival site MyHeritage.com bought Germany’s OSN Group for an undisclosed amount. Once the deal is settled, Genline will join Ancestry.com’s family of nine global web properties. Ancestry claims…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, ancestry.com, genline

Ancestry.com Files For $75 Million IPO

Aug 3, 2009 7:31 PM

Genealogy company Ancestry.com has filed for an IPO and plans to raise about $75 million in the offering, according to an SEC filing. It plans to list on Nasdaq or NYSE under the symbol ACOM, and Morgan Stanley and BofA Merrill Lynch are the lead underwriters. The company, founded in…

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Posted In: Money, IPO, ancestry.com

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