| Website | opendns.com |
| Blog | blog.opendns.com |
| Category | Consumer Web |
| Phone | 415-344-3166 |
| Employees | 24 |
| Founded | 11/05 |
| Description | DNS Service Provider |
| Total | $2.5M |
| Series A, 11/05 Minor Ventures | $2.5M |
| Series B, 7/09 Sequoia Capital Greylock Partners |
OpenDNS is the world’s largest, fastest-growing DNS service provider.
Through innovative uses of the DNS, the company is able to provide free parental controls (porn filtering), phishing protection, and other advanced services for consumers and network administrators alike.
OpenDNS was founded in November, 2005 by DNS expert and entrepreneur David Ulevitch.
The company was originally backed by CNET founder [Halsey Minor] (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/halsey-minor)