Joanna Arras
Partner at Baird Capital
Greater Chicago Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partner - Technology & Services Venture Capital
2014 - Current
Baird Venture Partners, the U.S.-based venture capital fund of Baird Capital, invests in mid-stage venture companies in the B2B technology and services market.
Board Member
2019
ChurnZero is a software development company that offers software solutions for SaaS and subscription businesses.
Raised $34,500,000.00 from JMI Equity, Baird Capital and Grotech Ventures.
Board Member
2020
SourceDay is a technology marketplace.
Raised $57,650,000.00 from Baird Capital, Alumni Ventures, Draper Associates, Norwest Venture Partners, Ring Ventures, ATX Venture Partners and Silverton Partners.
Board Observer
2017
Board Observer
2016
Hireology is a staffing and hiring platform for the franchise and retail-automotive industries.
Raised $59,541,777.00 from Blue Cloud Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank and Baird Capital.
Board Observer
2014
NowSecure provides automated mobile app security testing software that can be integrated into the development (CI/CD) process.
Raised $27,500,000.00 from CIBC Innovation Banking.
Board Member
2021 - 2024
Circonus provides a unified platform for monitoring and analyzing all of your metrics, infrastructure, applications.
Raised $16,800,000.00 from Bull City Venture Partners, NewSpring, Baird Capital and Osage Venture Partners.
Board Observer
2016 - 2020
Sittercity's mission is to make child care finally work.
Raised $48,100,000.00 from Bright Horizons, Baird Capital, PJC, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Apex Venture Partners and Square 1 Bank.
Board Member
2019 - 2019
Autobooks is an integrated payments and accounting platform for business, delivered through online banking.
Raised $97,800,000.00 from TD Bank, Commerce Ventures, Macquarie Capital, Draper Triangle, MissionOG and Baird Capital.
Board Member
2017 - 2019