Social Networks Reunion.com and Wink Merge; Focusing on Meta People Search
This story was written by Rafat Ali.
Two of the lesser known social networks Reunion.com and Wink have merged together. The two sites focus on people and alumni/classmates search, and will now launch a new brand early next year. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The combined services will also integrate people search results from other major social networks, besides their own database of users.
Reunion.com, based in Los Angeles, was founded in 2002 by Jeffrey Tinsley, founder and former CEO of GreatDomains.com. It received a big $25 million round last year from PE firm Oak Investment Partners. Wink, based in Mountain View, CA, started as a social search site and then onto become a people search site. The company was initially funded by Cambrian Ventures and Greylock Partners, but later founders bought back the shares.
By Rafat Ali