Villagize
Villagize is a social network and social discovery tool for local neighborhoods and communities.
- Stage Concept Only
- Industry Not Set
- Location Herndon, VA, USA
- Currency USD
Company Summary
Villagize provides all U.S. consumers with a free Internet destination where they can meet and socialize with their real-world neighbors.
We live in a world where we are connected to several hundred “Friends” online, but most of us have almost no relationship with our real-world neighbors.Villagize is solving this problem by reconnecting people to their local communities. We are helping people meet and socialize with their neighbors.
Team
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Gio HuntCEO• Internet executive, with both startup and large company experience.
• Deep background in building consumer Internet applications, particularly on Facebook.
• Past roles:
CEO, Koofers, Inc.
GM Digital, Sylvan Learning
SVP, AOL, LLC (1999 – 2007)
• Education: BA, UCLA, ’87; JD, Harvard ‘90 -
David HuntCOO• Accomplished entrepreneur, experienced at building Internet information portals
• Deep background in online, data-intensive consumer websites and in direct marketing
• Past roles:
CEO, Hunt Solutions, LLC
• Education: BA, UCSC ’94; MBA, Rotterdam, ‘97 -
Vitaly RadionovCTO• Software and systems engineer
• Deep background in building and maintaining data-intensive consumer websites
• Past roles:
CTO, Hunt Solutions, LLC
• Education: BS, Physics, ‘91; MS, U. of Kiev, ‘98
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