Scott Knoll is SVP of Display Media for Datran Media, a digital marketing technology company and owners of Aperture. AdExchanger.com: Looking at the industry as a whole since last we spoke, what surprises you about what’s happened in the industry in the past year? SK: There is a graph that I like to draw (often […]
Hooman Radfar is CEO of Clearspring, a social data and solutions provider. AdExchanger.com: Why are you entering the online audience space now? HR: Clearspring has always been focused on creating innovative data-driven, technologies to connect publishers and advertisers to users of the social web. Over the last couple of years, we have done that by […]
eXelate announced today that it has raised a “$15 million second round of funding led by Silicon Valley’s Menlo Ventures with participation of Israel’s Carmel Ventures, who led the company’s $4 million ‘A’ round.” Read the release. CEO Meir Zohar discussed the implications of the funding as well as impact of the data market on […]
Nitin Shah is CEO of Feeva, a provider of targeting data for online ad campaigns. AdExchanger.com: Where did the idea come from for Feeva? -and, where’d the name come from? NS: Feeva is a play on the word fever. The idea is to spice up Internet networks with a new ingredient that heats them to […]
Search data exchange Magnetic announced the hiring of former AOL and Tumri exec Mike Peralta as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Read the release. Peralta discussed his move to Magnetic and the company’s strategy. AdExchanger.com: With your experience, there are many places for you to go next in your career. Why did you choose Magnetic? […]
Ad verification company, AdSafe Media, announced a $7.5 million Series B round of financing led by Atlas Venture and includes existing investors Founder Collective among others. The funds will be used in part to roll out products Network Monitor 2.0 and Content Rating API. Read more in the release. Co-Founder and CRO Kent Wakeford discussed […]
Click Forensics announced that today that it has closed a “$6 million Series C funding round led by Austin Ventures with participation from Sierra Ventures and Shasta Ventures.” Read the release. Click Forensics CEO Paul Pellman discussed the company’s strategy going forward. AdExchanger.com: With the $6 million, what can you share about what you’ll do […]
Attitudinal targeting ad network Resonate Networks has announced a $5 million series A round of financing led by Greycroft Partners and iNovia Capital. Read the release. Resonate Networks CEO Bryan Gernert discussed his company’s new funding and the data-driven advertising landscape. How is the funding environment today in ad tech? Is data resonating? While venture […]
Data exchange eXelate announced that it’s putting the power in the hands of publishers by allowing them to create “stand-alone, exclusive, transparent data exchanges” for advertisers and agencies. Through eXelate, publishers control who gets access to its data according to the release. Read it. eXelate CRO Mark Zagorski discussed the announcement. AdExchanger.com: Please define what […]
