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  • May 21st, 2012

    After Walking Away From Acquisition Talks With Facebook, Ark Opens Its People Search Engine

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    Following a jam-packed beta test and a jaw-dropping $4.2 million seed round, Ark people search is open for sign ups…at least for the next three days. Ark lets you sift through profiles on Facebook, Google, Twitter, and other services to help you find out which of your high school classmates live in New York, see which friends are single, and connect with strangers who share your interests by… → Read More

    April 25th, 2012

    Ark People Search Raised $4.2 Million Seed Round Instead of a Series A to “Keep Complete Control”

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    “The series A is essentially dying. If I can get an amazing valuation at a seed round, not give up a board seat, and keep complete control of the company, why not?” This is Ark co-founder Patrick Riley’s reasoning for why instead of raising a Series A round, his people search engine just locked down a jaw-droppingly massive $4.2 million seed round. Ark will use the money from Andreessen Horowitz→ Read More

    March 25th, 2012

    Find Everyone You Can’t Google Or Facebook With YC’s Ark People Search

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    Google and Facebook can’t help you find which of your friends are single, or live in New York and like Radiohead, but Ark can. Today Y Combinator-backed Ark.com sails into open beta in hopes of becoming the best place on the web to do people searches. With a variety of layer-able filters, Ark lets you search through public profiles and the private data of your friends across Facebook, Google… → Read More