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Freeborders
150 Spear Street Suite 850
 San Francisco, CA 94105
 USA
 888-315-0657
Website Company Summary Management Team
Management
CEO: Jean Cholka (04/16/2007)
President/COO/Operations: Jim Reesing (05/08/2006) ; Grant Hou (2007) ; Bo Huang
General Management: Graham Bolton (1/06)
General Counsel/Legal: John Wagster
Board
Outside board: (May no longer be on the board) John Cestar (Freeborders Chairman);  Kenneth B Sawyer (Saints Ventures);  Michael H Forster (Internet Capital Group);  Chris Winship (FTV Capital);  Harry Lee (TAL Apparal Group)
Company
Business description: Freeborders is a leading provider of technology solutions and outsourcing from China. Freeborders provides industry expertise to North American and European companies in financial services, technology, retail/consumer goods, manufacturing and transportation & logistics. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices on three continents, Freeborders has developed a track record of service delivery to the Fortune 1000 by combining world-class project management in both hemispheres with one of the largest technology centers in China. Freeborders believes China's massive and growing supply of IT talent and the country's emerging importance in the global supply chain make China a strategic imperative for any company seeking cost-effective world-class technology solutions.
Customers include: ChristopherAndBanks;  Citigroup;  DuPont;  UpTake;  Byer;  Cicada ;  CJ Banks;  CommerceQuest;  Desmonds;  Immigration Tracker;  invista;  J.Crew;  Marc Jacobs International;  NextJump;  Pringle of Scotland;  RichFx;  Saks;  Sara Lee Courtaulds;  Sundance Catalog;  TAG;  Target;  VF Corporation;  Woolrich;  YAKKA
Partners include: Expedia ;  IBM;  Browzwear;  Crytal Group;  Fountain Set Holdings;  GretagMacbeth;  ICG;  InfoAge;  Infoage International;  Infomin;  Intertek Testing Services;  Merchandise Testing Laboratories;  Pro-Specs;  SGS;  TradeCompass
Capital
Rounds: 5
Recent Fundings: Sep 2008   Sep 2005
Capital raised: 58.5M
Last Round: 2.5M
Ownership: Private  
VCs include: Crystal Internet Venture Fund;  FTV Capital ;  Internet Capital Group;  Financial Technology Ventures;  ICG Asia;  LTZJ;  Luen Thai;  Orient International;  Saint Ventures;  Saints Capital;  Elek Moreno ValleAndAssociates;  Grupo Mina;  Olympus Capital Holdings
Corporate investors: IBM;  TAL Apparal;  Fountain Set

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Overview
Record updated: Nov 2013
Sector: Software
Year Founded: 2000
Headcount: 701-800 as of Jul 2011
Rounds: 5
Recent Fundings: Sep 2008   Sep 2005
Capital Raised: 58.5M
Last Round: 2.5M
Ownership: Private  
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