'New Jersey Siblings Net $100 Million for myYearbook Sale'. 'Latino social network Quepasa swallows MyYearbook'.

^ 'MyYearbook bought by Latino social network Quepasa'.

'Teen Social Network myYearbook Gets $13 Million'. 'The secrets of a teen's Internet success'. In 2020, The Meet Group was acquired by ProSiebenSat.1 Media with a parent company, ParshipMeet Group, being formed to manage both The Meet Group and Parship. In September 2017, Meet Group acquired German dating app Lovoo On April 3, 2017, the company acquired if(we) and rebranded it to The Meet Group. In October 2016, MeetMe acquired Skout, a global mobile app for meeting new people, for $55 million. This change is because 'Yearbook' means more about meeting friends from the past while 'MeetMe' would convey the meaning of users making new friends, which is what the website is intended for.

In June 2012, the company formed from the combination of myYearbook and Quepasa was renamed MeetMe. In July 2011, myYearbook announced it had agreed to be acquired by Latino social networking site Quepasa. In 2008, it raised $13 million in a Series B round. Venture Partners and First Round Capital.

In 2006, myYearbook raised $4.1 million from U.S. The site was created entirely by workers in India. At the launch of the site, Dave was a junior and Catherine was a sophomore the project was initially activated at Montgomery High School, in suburban New Jersey where they attended. They persuaded their older brother Geoff, who had founded EssayEdge and ResumeEdge from his Harvard dorm room, to invest in their project. Two high school students, Dave and Catherine Cook, created myYearbook during their Spring break of 2005. The myYearbook logo, which was used from 2005 to 2012.

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