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== History ==
 
== History ==
AboutUs was founded in 2005 but the actual website was created only in 2006 by a group consisting of only five people from Portland, Oregon in the United States of America. Paul Stahura, Ray King and Jay Westerdal were the people to come up with the idea and are the founders of the website.  
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AboutUs was founded in 2005 but the actual website was created only in 2006 by a group consisting of only five people from Portland, Oregon in the United States of America. Ray King and Jay Westerdal were the people to come up with the idea and are the founders of the website. The actual launch date of the AboutUs website was May 9, 2006.
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AboutUs has enjoyed a great deal of success ever since, currently having another office in Lahore, Pakistan and a staff of over thirty people. Their success was acknowledged by other important people in the business, as Ward Cunnigham, the developer of WikiWikiWeb (which was the first wiki in the world) joined the team of AboutUs in 2007.
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AboutUs has enjoyed a great deal of success ever since, currently having another office in Lahore, Pakistan and a staff of over thirty people. Their success was acknowledged by other important people in the business, as Ward Cunnigham, the developer of WikiWikiWeb (which was the first wiki in the world) joined the team of AboutUs in 2007 in the position of CTO (Chief Technology Officer).
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==Finances of AboutUS ==
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The initial financing of one million dollars ended in November 2006.
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AboutUs also managed to secure a five million dollars funding from Voyager Capital in January 2009.
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