Private BuyOut of Ancestry.com for $300+ Million TechCrunch just reported that Spectrum Equity Investors has just invested $300 million in The Generations Network, the parent company of Ancestry.com. The Generations Network is "almost certainly preparing for an IPO or other larger liquidity event." Read the complete article here. Thanks to Tom Kemp of the Genealogy Librarian News blog for bringing this to our attention. Posted on October 16, 2007 in News & Views | Permalink Comments The phrase: "almost certainly preparing for an IPO or other larger