Looking for proof that the ad tech sector is still growing? Well, you won’t find much on Inc. Magazine’s most recent revenue survey, released on Wednesday. The list, which keeps tabs on the three-year revenue growth of independent companies, was nearly devoid of ad tech startups – although there are a handful of notable exceptions. Freestar, […]
Video tech startup VideoAmp is on a hiring spree, thanks to a $70 million cash infusion. The round, announced Wednesday, was led by investment bank The Raine Group, which kicked in $50 million. Ankona Capital contributed the rest, bringing VideoAmp’s total funding to just over $100 million since 2014. VideoAmp isn’t taking any money off […]
Automation is coming to the upfronts, slowly but surely. What’s been the holdup? Healthy skepticism and reticence to change, more than anything else, according to Jay Prasad, chief strategy and business officer at VideoAmp. The video ad startup has recently partnered with a slate of programmers and OTT distributors, including A&E Networks, AMC Networks, Tubi […]
TV and video planning and measurement is a fragmented mess. Buying and selling video inventory across platforms can create a headache for everyone involved, not to mention a mountain of paperwork. That’s where VideoAmp, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based video startup, comes in. VideoAmp is a software and data platform with a planning and measurement tool […]
Cross-screen startup VideoAmp said Thursday it has raised a $21.4 million Series B growth round led by Mediaocean, with support from existing investors, including the German broadcast giant RTL Group. Mediaocean CEO Bill Wise will join VideoAmp’s board of directors. VideoAmp has raised $36.6 million in total and will use the growth financing to hire […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Jay Prasad, chief strategy officer at VideoAmp. Since the debut of the NewFronts several years ago, media channels have proliferated, new content formats have bloomed and we use technology to consume content anywhere. Thus, […]
Welcome to AdExchanger Talks, a podcast focused on data-driven marketing. Subscribe here. Two-year-old startup VideoAmp aims to help marketers unify the planning of their video campaigns across digital, mobile and TV. It’s a gnarly data science problem, as the company’s 25-year-old CEO, Ross McCray, makes clear in the latest episode of AdExchanger Talks. “When you have […]
TV buyers are used to transacting on GRPs and Nielsen ratings, while digital buyers purchase targeted impressions. That has complicated the way advertisers plan, buy and measure their emerging cross-screen campaigns. Several companies have built tools to address the problem, but many have sold brand-direct or by way of the trading desk. RTL Group–backed VideoAmp […]
The solar energy industry doesn’t spring to mind as an early adopter of programmatic video – and for good reason. A basic residential solar panel system can cost anywhere between $25,000-$35,000, according to a Solar Power Authority estimate, and it takes years before the energy savings add up. So it’s safe to say solar panel […]
German entertainment media network RTL Group has led a $15 million Series A investment in VideoAmp, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based startup focused on helping buyers plan, purchase and measure unduplicated audiences across mobile, over-the-top TV, video on demand and so on. Other investors include Anthem Venture Partners, Simon Equity Partners and Third Wave Capital. Prior to […]
