Max Blankfeld
Investor United States
Team
1
Confidence
38/100
About
Max Blankfeld is an entrepreneur and business executive with experience in consumer products, digital ventures, and genetics. In 1997, he founded GoCollege.com, an online education resource, which he sold in 2001. In 1999–2000, he co-founded Gene by Gene, the parent company of FamilyTreeDNA, the first direct-to-consumer genetic genealogy company. Gene by Gene later expanded into related services, and in 2021 it was acquired by MYDNA, Inc., where Blankfeld served on the board of directors. Alongside his business activities, he contributes as a writer and commentator and serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations.
Classification
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direct-to-consumerconsumer-goodshealth-information
Locations
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Houston, TX, USA
Links
Website
LinkedIn
Admin
Last Update
Oct 13, 2025
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Team (1)
Max Blankfeld
Angel
Internal
Created by
Yotam Maman (yotamm1988@gmail.com)
Created
2022-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
Status
Active
Recent activity
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Max Blankfeld · Manual · 2025-10-13 16:16:42.000000
Ortal Wein · Manual · 2025-08-25 07:18:51.000000
Max Blankfeld · Manual · 2025-10-13 16:14:27.000000