Tech Company Financing Transactions

JanRain Funding Round

JanRain, based in Portland, raised $3.3 million in investment from Anthem Venture Partners, DFJ Frontier and RPM Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
12/7/2009
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$3,250,000
Round
Series A
Proceeds Purpose
The money should help JanRain expand its efforts in online identity technologies, and will allow it to make new hires in sales, marketing, engineering, and customer support.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Enterprise IT
Mailing Address
1233 NW 12th Ave. 150
Portland, OR 97209
USA
Email Address
Overview
JanRain has been a recognized leader and catalyst driving the OpenID market forward since 2005. While providing OpenID solutions for both consumers and businesses, our company has helped create the OpenID Foundation and the majority of the OpenID-enabled websites are running our open source libraries and utilities.
Profile
JanRain LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
JanRain Company Twitter Account
Company News
JanRain News
Facebook
JanRain on Facebook
YouTube
JanRain on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
James Kaskade
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Chief Financial Officer
Martin Day
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Chief Technical Officer
Darryl Nicholson
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Founder
Larry Drebes
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VP - General Counsel
Lewis Barr
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VP - Human Resources
Carol Ward
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VP - Product Management
Todd Etchieson
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