Trulia
Encyclopedia
Trulia is an online residential real estate site for home buyers, sellers, renters and real estate professionals. It lists properties for sale and rent as well as neighborhood information and community insights. The company is headquartered in downtown San Francisco and has offices in New York City
and Denver, Colorado
.
. The company launched nationwide in September 2006 with products that included historical home price trends, home comparisons and interactive heat maps.
Since 2005, Trulia has raised approximately $33M in funding from investors including Accel Partners
, Sequoia Capital
, Fayez Sarofim & Co
and Deep Fork Capital.
There were rumors in December 2009 that Google
was in talks to buy Trulia. While the asking price was not known, sources guessed around $150–$250M.
In a 2010 review, Trulia reported 11 million monthly unique visitors.
where they became Europe's largest online travel company with over 2000 employees, over $1bn transactions and operations in 12 countries.
Sami Inkinen is the Co-Founder and President of Trulia.com. Previously, he was the Co-Founder of Matchem Ltd as well as a consultant for McKinsey & Company
. Sami is an accomplished Triathlete.
In February 2011, Paul Levine became Trulia's Chief Operating Officer
. He was previously President of New Media at Current TV
and a Board Member at Zvents. Levine received his MBA from Stanford University
.
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
.
History
Trulia was founded by Pete Flint and Sami Inkinen, both graduates of Stanford Graduate School of BusinessStanford Graduate School of Business
The Stanford Graduate School of Business is one of the professional schools of Stanford University, in Stanford, California and is broadly regarded as one of the best business schools in the world.The Stanford GSB offers a general management Master of Business Administration degree, the Sloan...
. The company launched nationwide in September 2006 with products that included historical home price trends, home comparisons and interactive heat maps.
Since 2005, Trulia has raised approximately $33M in funding from investors including Accel Partners
Accel Partners
Accel Partners is a global venture and growth equity firm funding companies from inception through the growth stage.The firm is based in Palo Alto, California with major offices in Bangalore, Beijing, London, and Shanghai....
, Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital is a Californian venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. The Wall Street Journal has called Sequoia Capital "one of the highest-caliber venture firms", and noted that it is "one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture-capital firms"...
, Fayez Sarofim & Co
Fayez Sarofim
Fayez Sarofim is a Coptic Egyptian American fund manager for a number of Dreyfus family stock funds. He is divorced with five children, and lives in Houston, Texas. With an estimated net worth of between $1.8 billion to $4 billion, Sarofim was ranked by Forbes as the 428-richest person in the world...
and Deep Fork Capital.
There were rumors in December 2009 that Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
was in talks to buy Trulia. While the asking price was not known, sources guessed around $150–$250M.
In a 2010 review, Trulia reported 11 million monthly unique visitors.
Management
Pete Flint is the Co-Founder and CEO of Trulia.com. He previously spent 5 years as a founding team member and Head of Global Business Development at Lastminute.comLastminute.com
lastminute.com is an online travel and leisure retailer. The company was founded by Martha Lane Fox and Brent Hoberman in 1998 and became an icon of the UK internet boom of the late 1990s, floating at the peak of the dot com bubble and trading on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol...
where they became Europe's largest online travel company with over 2000 employees, over $1bn transactions and operations in 12 countries.
Sami Inkinen is the Co-Founder and President of Trulia.com. Previously, he was the Co-Founder of Matchem Ltd as well as a consultant for McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company, Inc. is a global management consulting firm that focuses on solving issues of concern to senior management. McKinsey serves as an adviser to many businesses, governments, and institutions...
. Sami is an accomplished Triathlete.
In February 2011, Paul Levine became Trulia's Chief Operating Officer
Chief operating officer
A Chief Operating Officer or Director of Operations can be one of the highest-ranking executives in an organization and comprises part of the "C-Suite"...
. He was previously President of New Media at Current TV
Current TV
Current TV, or Current, is a media company led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and businessman Joel Hyatt. Comcast owns a ten percent stake of Current's parent company, Current Media LLC....
and a Board Member at Zvents. Levine received his MBA from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
.