{{short description|American blockchain investor and advisor|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person | name = Geoffrey Arone | image = | alt = | caption = | occupation = {{plainlist| * Entrepreneur * Blockchain investor * Technology executive }} | known_for = {{plainlist| * Co-founder of Flock * Co-founder of SafetyWeb * Partner at Arrington XRP Capital }} | alma_mater = {{plainlist| * Brown University (Sc.B., Neural Science) * MIT Sloan School of Management (MBA) }} | years_active = 2004–present }}
'''Geoffrey Arone''' is an American blockchain investor and advisor.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://blocktribune.com/blockchain-startup-bloom-taps-geoffrey-arone-as-chief-operating-officer/| title = Blockchain Startup Bloom Taps Geoffrey Arone As Chief Operating Officer|date= June 4, 2019| work = BlockTribune}}</ref>
==Career== Before entering the blockchain sector, Arone held senior product roles at technology companies such as Oracle and RealNetworks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Experian Acquired Child Safety Startup SafetyWeb |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/06/experian-acquired-child-safety-startup-safetyweb/ |website=TechCrunch |date=June 6, 2011 |access-date=December 11, 2025}}</ref> He is currently a partner at Arrington XRP Capital, a hedge fund focused on crypto assets and blockchain tech.<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Arrington Has a New $100 Million Hedge Fund That Will Be Valued in Ripple's XRP|url=http://fortune.com/2017/11/28/arrington-xrp/|accessdate=19 February 2018}}</ref> He has invested in more than 50 cryptocurrency companies since 2017. Previously, he was Chief Product Officer at Whitepages. Prior to that, he was Chief Scientist of Experian, which acquired SafetyWeb in May 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last=Arrington|first=Michael|title=Experian Acquired Child Safety Startup SafetyWeb|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/06/experian-acquired-child-safety-startup-safetyweb/|work=TechCrunch|publisher=AOL|accessdate=12 April 2012}}</ref> Arone co-founded SafetyWeb in June 2009 and raised ~ $8 million from Battery Ventures and First Round Capital.<ref>{{cite web|title=SafetyWeb secures $8M in funding|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/06/14/daily64.html|work=Denver Business Journal|accessdate=12 April 2012}}</ref> SafetyWeb is a cloud-based personal security company whose products include SafetyWeb Family and myID.
Prior to SafetyWeb, Arone was the CEO and co-founder of DanceJam with MC Hammer and Anthony Young. While running DanceJam, Arone raised two rounds of venture capital and sold the company to Grind Networks in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|last=Arrington|first=Michael|title=DanceJam Finds A Buyer|url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/10/16/dancejam-finds-a-buyer/|work=TechCrunch|publisher=AOL|accessdate=12 April 2012}}</ref>
In late 2004, Arone co-founded Flock, the first web browser with social network integration, with Bart Decrem and Anthony Young. In all, Flock raised ~ $28 million from Bessemer Venture Partners, Shasta Ventures, and Fidelity Ventures. Nearly 6 years and 14 million downloads later, Flock was acquired by Zynga.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ha|first=Anthony|title=Zynga Buys Social Browser Flock|url=https://venturebeat.com/2011/01/05/zynga-flock/|work=VentureBeat|accessdate=12 April 2012}}</ref>
==Education== Arone has also held product positions at RealNetworks, Informatica, and Oracle. He holds a Sc.B. in Neural Science from Brown University and his PhD work was also in Neural Science. He earned an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}
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