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
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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Buyer

Ancestry

Lehi, Utah, United States

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

Ancestry 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 Ancestry Health. Ancestry was founded in 1990 and is based in Lehi, Utah.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 9
Sector: Information Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 8 of 9
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-05-18 Adpay

Englewood, Colorado, United States

Adpay, Inc. is a provider of patented online and mobile solutions for media companies. Adpay provides the competitive edge that our partners need to attract and retain advertisers.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-07-30 iMemories

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

iMemories is focused on preserving and sharing a lifetime of memories by taking old home movies on 8mm, Super 8, and VHS, as well as photo prints, negatives, and slides, and digitizing them with pristine quality so they last for generations to come. Their innovative app allows customers to view and share memories on any device, organize them, and add to them over time. iMemories was formed in 2006 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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