southwest third avenue suite 200 portland oregon united states revenue 14.3 million 2014 number of employees 120 2015 website janrain.com janrain sometimes styled as janrain is a customer profile and identity management software provider based in portland oregon . it was established in 2005 . contents 1 history 1.1 clients 2 technology 3 reception 4 see also 5 references 6 further reading 7 external links history edit janrain was founded in portland in 2005 by larry drebes who as of 2016 update is the company s chief technology officer cto 1 and former chief executive officer ceo . 2 3 4 the firm s name references a wet january in portland 3 and has been described as a leading provider of customer profile and identity management . 5 6 according to forbes drebes recognized the value of social media in 2004 and predicted the need for users to manage their online identities . 7 he helped create the openid protocol which has been called a decentralized authentication method for the new web . 2 7 janrain was a founding member of the openid foundation and has advocated for openid . 2 8 as a privately held company janrain has grown steadily since its inception . 9 10 in december 2009 janrain raised us 3.25 million from american venture capital firms dfj frontier rpm ventures and anthem venture partners . according to techcrunch the firms invested in janrain s ability to effectively mass market and sell authentication systems to website publishers based on openid and other online identity technologies . 2 the oregonian and venturebeat have reported that janrain had 60 employees by mid 2011 . 3 11 in august 2011 the company announced a 15.5 million funding round led by emergence capital partners which was used for hiring staff and marketing . emergence founder brian jacobs joined janrain s board of directors . that month the company had funding totaling 18.7 million from the four venture capital firms as well as from timothy c. draper and drebes . 11 janrain s sales more than doubled in 2012 8 and the company expected a quicker sales growth rate for 2013 . 3 janrain had 170 employees by january 2013 . that month the firm received 33 million in new investment 10 marking one of the largest venture capital rounds for an internet company in oregon . 3 12 funding was led by millennium technology value partners with additional participation by dfj frontier and rpm ventures existing investors emergence capital and anthem venture partners plus epic ventures salesforce.com and split rock partners . 7 8 including the 2013 investment which was more than twice the amount of any venture investment in oregon in 2012 12 janrain had raised 52 53 million and was noted as one of the best funded young technology businesses in the state . 3 8 the company reportedly planned to use the money to employ salespeople and engineers enhance its technology add new features to its software and enter markets outside the u.s. 3 8 the dekum building in downtown portland houses janrain s headquarters in february 2013 the austin texas based company umbel announced its partnership with janrain to combine the former company s real time audience insights technology with the latter s user management platform providing actionable intelligence from rich social data in real time . 13 in december 2014 janrain acquired the startup company arktan for an undisclosed amount . janrain began offering data services developed by both companies which had worked together for several years before the acquisition . 9 according to advertising age janrain had grown to 160 employees ; drebes said there would be no executive changes for arktan s five employees . 9 inc. reported that janrain earned 14.3 million in revenue in 2014 had a three year growth rate of 294 % and employed 135 people 44 more than the previous year . 14 in 2015 the firm expanded its international reach by building a new data center in china . in september 2015 portland business journal said janrain employed around 120 most of them in portland and had raised 52.8 million to date from investors . 10 in december 2015 the company secured an additional 27 million in their series d funding led by highbar partners . citation needed the company s headquarters are in the dekum building at 519 southwest third avenue in downtown portland . 10 janrain moved into the building in 2009 occupying the sixth floor which it vacated and moved into three others in february 2013 . 15 according to portland business journal much of the office space s funky modern and romanesque architecture existed previously 16 though some updates were made when the company relocated . 17 the space has an open design with glass walls for offices a game room 18 a spiral staircase connecting the two floors and an atrium extending up to an eighth floor skylight . 16 19 it also has quiet private spaces for nursing mothers telephone calls or work rooms . 19 conference rooms on one floor are named after mountains in the pacific northwest while those on another level are named for portland s bridges . 20 janrain turned the basketball court on the building s fourth floor left by the previous occupant wieden kennedy 21 into a conference room and meeting space . 22 janrain is open to telecommuting which the portland business journal said is unique in portland . 23 the company has satellite offices in frankfurt london and paris . 24 in april 2016 jim kaskade joined janrain as the new ceo . 25 clients edit in december 2009 techcrunch reported that janrain s technology was being used for the websites of emi music fox news 7 kmart sears and universal music group . 2 dr pepper snapple group began using janrain s identity management services for its digital properties in 2011 . 9 intel and mtv were also confirmed as clients in 2011 . 11 in january 2013 avis bbc the british public service television broadcaster channel 4 comedy central financial times fox fox networks 7 mattel npr the pac 12 conference philips samsung 12 and whole foods market were confirmed as clients . 3 8 pfizer became a client by the end of 2014 9 14 and amc was confirmed in september 2015 . 10 technology edit rpx a software as a service saas platform for on site openid account acceptance has been described as janrain s flagship product . more than 170 000 websites were using the solution by december 2009 . 2 according to venturebeat janrain engage enables social sharing janrain capture gathers and stores profile data and allows the sharing of profiles across websites ; and janrain federate enables single sign on for websites . 11 in 2012 the company launched a one click sharing mechanism for facebook giving users greater control over their sharing behaviors . 8 janrain s services were used by more than 350 000 websites by january 2013 . 7 8 techcrunch said data collected by the company s technology from user log ins helped clients provide better on site or in app experiences for their users and that these experiences could include personalized offers or promotions based on user s social demographics data . janrain user management platform jump provides a single unified view of users across multiple online properties and social identities and includes products for social login profile data storage registration and single sign on . 8 janrain s social login technology enables websites to offer registration with profiles from facebook google 7 linkedin twitter and other social media sites . it uses profile data such as a user s age gender interests and location allowing marketers to target advertising messages . 3 9 according to the oregonian s mike rogoway janrain encourages its clients to minimize what they ask online visitors to share at least initially and to build trust . janrain hired technology attorney lewis barr to serve as vice president for legal and privacy matters and to inform clients about the appropriate and legal collection of digital information . 3 in june 2014 the company launched janrain user generated content janrain ugc ; according to adweek the service allows brands to give their fans the ability to interact comment on and chat about content on their sites ... and allowing them to easily discover friends activities on those sites and better create personalized brand experiences . 6 features include comments activity streams live chat social post curation and redesigned social sharing . 6 the firm s social profile navigator provides users with an overview of the data they are sharing on social media sites . 26 arktan which janrain acquired in 2014 developed technology that analyzes facebook data and enables comments polls reviews and other services . arktan had also developed social television technology and partnered with facebook in india to generate on air and online graphics using data from facebook keyword insights api during the 2014 indian premier league cricket event . 9 reception edit inc. ranked janrain number 264 number 455 number 723 and number 1 412 in its annual inc. 5000 rank for 2012 to 2015 respectively . the magazine s inc. 5000 honors for 2015 named janrain a five time inc. 5000 honoree number 109 for top companies in portland and number 19 for top companies in oregon . 14 in january 2014 janrain was named a winner of the crm watchlist 2014 which was compiled by paul greenberg for his zdnet blog social crm the conversation . 27 greenberg said janrain s submission was the best written of the year . 28 janrain was ranked number 73 and number 252 on deloitte s technology fast 500 in 2014 and 2015 respectively . deloitte listed the company s growth rates as 1 741 % 2014 and 291 % 2015 . 29 30 in september 2014 o.c. tanner named janrain one of the top 10 coolest companies to work for in portland saying it focuses on customer success employee success product awesomeness and company success all of which drive the collaborative culture . according to o.c. tanner janrain s core values are passion humility collegiality and ability ; it said janrain s infrastructure supports primary business objectives and provides an environment that encourages employees to be innovative creative and respectful to one another . o.c. tanner also wrote every individual has a contributing role and impact in company success and is provided the tools and encouragement to showcase the passion to get things done ... t he commitment to innovation and technology is evident in the annual brainstorming and engineering blender activities that take place to encourage new ideas from every part of the company . 5 in 2015 janrain was a finalist in the growth stage category at the annual tom holce entrepreneurship awards which are presented by the oregon entrepreneurs network . 31 see also edit list of companies based in oregon references edit a new era for janrain . janrain . april 27 2016 . retrieved april 28 2016 . a b c d e f wauters robin december 7 2009 . can openid be commercialized investors bet 3.25 million on janrain . techcrunch . retrieved november 20 2015 . a b c d e f g h i j rogoway mike january 14 2013 . janrain confirms 33 million venture round plans to accelerate growth . the oregonian . portland oregon advance publications . issn 8750 1317 . retrieved november 20 2015 . our team providing top customer data services . janrain . retrieved april 28 2016 . a b top 10 coolest companies to work for in portland . o.c. tanner . september 25 2014 . retrieved november 20 2015 . a b c cohen david june 3 2014 . janrain debuts user generated content platform . adweek . prometheus global media . issn 0199 2864 . retrieved november 20 2015