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 [1] and has offices in New York City and Denver, Colorado.[2]
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Trulia was founded by Pete Flint and Sami Inkinen, both graduates of Stanford Graduate School of Business. The company launched nationwide in September 2006 with products that included historical home price trends, home comparisons and interactive heat maps.[3]
Since 2005, Trulia has raised approximately $33M in funding from investors including Accel Partners, Sequoia Capital, Fayez Sarofim & Co and Deep Fork Capital.[4]
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.[4]
In a 2010 review, Trulia reported 11 million monthly unique visitors.[5]
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.com 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.