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FirstRain

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FirstRain is the leading provider of search-driven research applications for investment professionals and corporate executives. They fill the information gap that exists in the research process for portfolio managers, analysts and management teams, uncovering information they would not see otherwise, and help clients ask and answer more effective questions, identify emerging trends, and generate better ideas-faster.

FirstRain combines cutting-edge technology with models of companies and topics in their market context to extract only the most relevant intelligence from the web-including hard-to-find sources such as sector-specific sources, premium subscription sites, influential blogs and local and international news. They deliver personalized results tailored to their clients’ particular strategy and view of the market via email or web access.

Recent Milestones

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  FirstRain added Richard Shusterman as Engineering Operations. (1/2/13)
  Posted 2/15/13 at 1:24pm
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  FirstRain received $6.4M in Venture Round funding. (8/2/11)
  Posted 8/2/11 at 6:07pm via finsmes.com
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  FirstRain received $7.3M in Venture Round funding. (3/1/10)
  Posted 3/1/10 at 12:25pm via sec.gov
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  FirstRain received $13.6M in Venture Round funding. (1/14/08)
  Posted 1/20/09 at 1:05pm via venturebeat.com
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  FirstRain received $18.7M in Venture Round funding. (4/27/06)
  Posted 3/25/10 at 10:51pm
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  FirstRain added David A. Frankel as VP, Business Development. (4/1/06)
  Posted 3/1/10 at 6:38pm
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  FirstRain added Penny Herscher as President and CEO. (9/1/05)
  Posted 1/20/09 at 1:05pm
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  FirstRain added Steve Walske as Director. (1/1/01)
  Posted 4/1/11 at 5:10pm
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  FirstRain added Joan Foley as VP, Sales.
  Posted 3/10/10 at 7:31am
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  FirstRain added Udit Mathur as VP, FirstRain India.
  Posted 3/1/10 at 6:38pm
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  FirstRain added Martin Betz, PhD as VP, Technology.
  Posted 3/1/10 at 6:38pm
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  FirstRain added YY Lea as COO.
  Posted 1/20/09 at 1:05pm
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  FirstRain added David Cooke as VP, Analytics.
  Posted 3/1/10 at 6:38pm

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Sources

1. EDGAR [edit]
2. FirstRain raises $13.6M for investment research (venturebeat.com) [edit]
3. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
4. FirstRain Raises $6.4M in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]