Ning is the world’s largest platform to create powerful, custom social websites. Top organizers, marketers, influencers, and activists use Ning to create a social destination where content intersects with conversations to inspire action. Every social website comes with out-of-the-box social integration, community features, point-and-click design tools, and turnkey monetization solutions that are easy to use.

In October 2010, Ning announced the launch of Ning Everywhere. It offers unparalleled flexibility for Ning Creators and third party developers to create mobile apps, monetize and integrate with popular cloud services in a matter of clicks, and develop custom apps using Ning’s API.

Ning spans categories including politics, entertainment, consumer brands, small business, non-profits, education and more, connecting over 74 million people around the globe with the topics they are passionate about. Palo Alto, Calif.-based Ning was co-founded in Oct 2004 by Chairman Marc Andreessen.

Financials

Date Type Amount Investors Valuation
01/01/07 Series A Unknown Globespan Ventures Unknown
01/01/07 Series B Unknown Globespan Ventures Unknown
07/01/07 Series C 44M WRF Capital, Legg Mason 214M
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People

Sridatta Viswanath (Vice President of Engineering)

Anne Driscoll (Vice President of Business Operations)

Jon Stueve (General Counsel)

Cristian Cussen (Director of Business Development)

Matt Halprin (Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development)

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News

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