Jangl

Infobox_Company
company_name = Jangl
company_type = Private
foundation = 2005
location = California
industry = Communications
key_people = Michael Cerda, CEO
Ben Dean CEO

homepage = [http://www.jangl.com/ www.jangl.com]

Jangl offers its customers the ability to talk and text safely with anonymity. This includes online dating sites, social networking sites, classified ad sites, auction sites, blogs, or any other place where there is an online communication happening. They have teamed up with Facebook, Bebo, Match.com, Friendster, AdultFriendFinder, Tagged, PlentyOfFish and Fubar to market and provide applications enabling text messaging, voice, and voicemail for members of those communities. cite web | url=http://www.voipmonitor.net/2008/01/31/Jangl+Partners+With+Plentyoffish+To+Connect+Daters.aspx| title= ‘‘Jangl Partners With Plenty Of Fish To Connect Daters’’ at Voip Monitor | accessdate=January 31 | accessyear=2008 ] They have raised a total of $9 million in two rounds of funding. cite web | url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/14/jangl-uses-voip-for-anonymous-phone-numbers/| title= ‘‘Jangl Uses VOIP For Anonymous Phone Numbers’’ at TechCrunch | accessdate=November 14| accessyear=2006 ] Callers go to the Jangl website and key in the person they want to reach Jangl ID. To be accepted, callers have to provide enough personal information so that the system can connect them with that caller. cite web | url=http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/telecom/2006-11-27-jangl-usat_x.htm| title= ‘‘Jangl Gives Callers Privacy’’ at USA Today | accessdate=November 27 | accessyear=2006 ] The call then goes through to your number, or they can record a voice mail. The user doesn’t need to have a Jangl account to use this service. They can also enter the email address of the person they want to contact and leave a voice mail for that person to call them back.

tatistics

Jangl is in around 150 countries. cite web | url=http://us.blognation.com/2007/09/20/jangl-names-tagged-netvibes-as-latest-strategic-partners/| title= ‘‘Jangl Names Tagged Netvibes As Latest Strategic Partners’’ at BlogNation USA | accessdate=September 20 | accessyear=2007] It also is available in over 80 million online profiles. cite web | url=http://www.crunchbase.com/company/jangl| title= ‘‘Jangl ’’ at CrunchBase | accessdate=February 20 | accessyear=2008]

Awards

Supernova 2007 Connected Innovator cite web | url=http://www.supernova2007.com/go/connected-innovators/| title= ‘‘Connected Innovators’’ at Supernova | accessdate=February 10 | accessyear=2008]

2007 Red Herring 100 Noth America winner cite web | url=http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/13726/| title= ‘‘The AO 100 - Open for Nominations’’ at Always On | accessdate=February 10 | accessyear=2008]

AlwaysOn 100 nominee cite web | url=http://www.herringevents.com/spring07/100winners.html/| title= ‘‘Red Herring’s 100 Winners’’ at Red Herring | accessdate=February 10 | accessyear=2008]

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