Wikia, Inc.

Wikia  is a selective wiki hosting service (or wiki farm) operated by Wikia, Inc., a for-profit company founded in 2004 by Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley. Wikia particularly targets communities, both those established offline and those with a purely online following. Wikia is free of charge for readers and editors. Wikia, Inc. is independent from the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia and other collaborative projects. However, b... more

Date founded:

  • 2004

Also known as:

  • Wikia

Business

Founders

Angela Beesley

Angela Beesley is the co-founder of Wikia, the community-focused wiki hosting site which is developing over 2000 wikis, including many of the world's largest...

Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (pronounced /ˈdoʊnəl weɪlz/; born August 7, 1966) is an American Internet entrepreneur and a co-founder and promoter of Wikipedia....

Address

Wikia, Inc. Headquarters

San Mateo California

Previous names:

Previous name Start date End date
  • Wikicities
  • 2004
  • Mar 27, 2006

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Subsidiary companies:

Venture Investors:

Investor Investment Round Date
  • Mar 2006
  • Mar 2006
  • Mar 2006
  • Mar 2006
  • Mar 2006
  • Mar 2006
  • Mar 2006
  • Mar 2006
  • Mar 2006
  • Mar 2006
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