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Peripherals - Monday, January 29, 2007

JimmyJane - Maker of $375 Gold Vibrator - Raises VC Funding

jimmyjane logo.gifWe didn't know how to classify JimmyJane under our normal tech classification system, so we mark it down under peripherals. Late last year JimmyJane raised a $1.1M Series C - the round is still open as the company aims to raise $2.5M. We feel for the founders who describe how challenging it is to raise VC funding give the naughty nature of their product.

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Jimmyjane is Sarah Marchick, Ethan Imboden, and Melissa Ouellette (l-r in photo) Ethan was previously a designer with world famous Frog Design

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