M&A Deal Summary

Ancestry Acquires Geneanet

On August 31, 2021, Ancestry acquired information services company Geneanet

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ancestry’s 1st transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is Ancestry’s 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-08-31
Target Geneanet
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) Ancestry
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Geneanet

Paris, France
website
Geneanet is a genealogy company with over 30 billion records from more than 80 countries. Geneanet offers a secure solution for sharing family trees, family pictures, archival records, and more. Geneanet also offers a powerful search engine, email alerts to be alerted when new data has been indexed, and forums and personal mailbox to discuss with other members. Geneanet was founded in 1996 and is based in Paris, France.

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Ancestry

Provo, Utah, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1990
Sector Information Services
DESCRIPTION
Ancestry.com's offices in Dublin, Ireland.
Ancestry.com's offices in Dublin, Ireland.

Ancestry.com is a provider of family history and consumer genomics information, and helps people gain a new level of understanding about their lives. The Company's suite of history products include Archives, Fold3, Newspapers.com, AncestryDNA, and AncestryHealth. Ancestry.com was formed in 1990 and is based in Provo, Utah.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 8
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 8 of 8
Country (France) 1 of 1
Year (2021) 1 of 1
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