Funium Raises $1.8 Million for Facebook App that Turns Genealogy into a Game
More than branches on a family tree, your ancestors can inhabit a virtual world of period costumes and historical buildings through a Facebook app called Family Village. On August 7, the Facebook game developer Funium announced a $1.8 million funding round from Family Odyssey and other angel investors to populate the city-building app with better avatars and more historical documents. Funium president and CEO Jeff Wells said the Facebook game is a sort of gateway to more sophisticated family research tools, like genealogy website Ancestry.com and similar sites.
More than branches on a family tree, your ancestors can inhabit a virtual world of period costumes and historical buildings through a Facebook app called Family Village. On August 7, the Facebook game developer Funium announced a $1.8 million funding round from Family Odyssey and other angel investors to populate the city-building app with better avatars and more historical documents.
Inside the game, players can build homes and businesses in a virtual world where they can immigrate and assign jobs to their ancestors.
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