| 词条 | Geoffrey Arone |
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Geoffrey Arone is an American blockchain investor and advisor. Arone is currently a partner at Arrington XRP Capital, a hedge fund focused on crypto assets and blockchain tech[1]. He also advises Bloom Protocol[2], a company reinventing the credit industry with decentralized scoring powered by Ethereum and IPFS. Previously, he was Chief Product Officer at Whitepages.[3] Prior to that, he was Chief Scientist of Experian, which acquired SafetyWeb in May 2011.[4] Arone co-founded SafetyWeb in June 2009 and raised ~ $8 million from Battery Ventures and First Round Capital.[5] SafetyWeb is a cloud-based personal security company whose products include SafetyWeb Family and myID. Prior to SafetyWeb, Arone was the CEO and co-founder of DanceJam with MC Hammer and Anthony Young. While running DanceJam, Arone raised two rounds of venture capital and sold the company to Grind Networks in 2009.[6] In late 2004, Arone co-founded Flock, the first web browser with social network integration, with Bart Decrem and Anthony Young. In all, Flock raised ~ $28 million from Bessemer Venture Partners, Shasta Ventures, and Fidelity Ventures. Nearly 6 years and 14 million downloads later, Flock was acquired by Zynga.[7] Arone has also held product positions at RealNetworks, Informatica, and Oracle. He holds a Sc.B. in Neural Science from Brown University and his PhD work was also in Neural Science. He earned an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.[8] References1. ^{{cite web|title=Michael Arrington Has a New $100 Million Hedge Fund That Will Be Valued in Ripple's XRP|url=http://fortune.com/2017/11/28/arrington-xrp/|accessdate=19 February 2018}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Arone, Geoffrey}}2. ^{{cite web|title=Introducing Bloom Advisor: Geoffrey Arone|url=https://blog.hellobloom.io/introducing-advisor-geoffrey-arone-10a4ec41719d|accessdate=19 February 2018}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150211005455/en/Geoffrey-Arone-Joins-Whitepages-Executive-Vice-President|title=Geoffrey Arone Joins Whitepages as Executive Vice President of Products {{!}} Business Wire|website=www.businesswire.com|access-date=2016-09-07}} 4. ^{{cite web|last=Arrington|first=Michael|title=Experian Acquired Child Safety Startup SafetyWeb|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/06/experian-acquired-child-safety-startup-safetyweb/|work=TechCrunch|publisher=AOL|accessdate=12 April 2012}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=SafetyWeb secures $8M in funding|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/06/14/daily64.html|work=Denver Business Journal|accessdate=12 April 2012}} 6. ^{{cite web|last=Arrington|first=Michael|title=DanceJam Finds A Buyer|url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/10/16/dancejam-finds-a-buyer/|work=TechCrunch|publisher=AOL|accessdate=12 April 2012}} 7. ^{{cite web|last=Ha|first=Anthony|title=Zynga Buys Social Browser Flock|url=https://venturebeat.com/2011/01/05/zynga-flock/|work=VentureBeat|accessdate=12 April 2012}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Geoffrey Arone CrunchBase|url=http://www.crunchbase.com/person/geoffrey-arone|work=CrunchBase.com|publisher=AOL|accessdate=12 April 2012}} 5 : Living people|Year of birth missing (living people)|American businesspeople|Place of birth missing (living people)|MIT Sloan School of Management alumni |
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