Goodmail Gets $5 Million

Goodmail Systems announced yesterday it has received $5 million in funding, $4 million of which came from Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife, Pam.

This is on top of $20 million it received in funding in November in a round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

Goodmail said in a release it plans to use the money to enhance its core product CertifiedEmail, anti-phishing and fraud technology that for a fee certifies e-mail messages are from who they say they are from and labels them as such.

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