May 28, 2015
In-Image Ad Company GumGum Raises $26M
GumGum announced this morning that it has raised $26 million in a Series C round led by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital. Founded in 2007, the company offers technology to…
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May 27, 2015
Speakers At The Europas Conference And Awards Reflect Europe’s Diversity, June 16, London
The Europas Conference & Awards for European Tech Startups, on June 16 in London, is an annual celebration of Europe’s brightest tech companies. From a small bar in…
Read articleMay 21, 2015
Mode Media Raises Another $30M
Mode Media is announcing that it has raised $30 million in new funding. Previously known as Glam Media, the company ran the fashion site of the same name,…
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Google Fixes AdMob Bug Affecting Windows Phone Apps’ Ad Revenue For Weeks
A problem that led to Windows Phone app developers seeing declining ad revenue from Google’s AdMob ad network has now been resolved, says Google. Earlier this week, news…
Read articleMay 19, 2015
Betaworks-Backed Scale Model Launches To Help Advertisers Target Twitter Communities
Scale Model, the first company to launch out of betawork’s newest batch of hacker-in-residence projects, is trying to offer advertisers on Twitter a much more targeted experience than…
Read articleMay 14, 2015
Brand Networks Acquires Social Ad Platform Shift For $50M
Social marketing company Brand Networks continues to gobble up the competition — it just announced that it’s acquiring Shift in a $50 million cash-and-stock deal. Back in 2013,…
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Amazon’s New Ad Platform Lets App Developers Target Both Android And Fire Users
Amazon announced this morning the launch of a new advertising platform for mobile app developers who distribute their Android apps by way of Amazon’s Appstore or even Google…
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In Big Media Push, Verizon Buys AOL For $4.4B [Memo From AOL CEO Tim Armstrong]
So this just happened. AOL, owner of TechCrunch, is getting acquired: U.S. carrier Verizon said in a statement that it is buying the company for $4.4 billion, or…
Read articleMay 8, 2015
Mobile Sales Startup Immediately Raises $2M
Immediately, a startup building mobile tools for salespeople, is announcing that it has raised $2 million in funding. Here’s the pitch, from the funding release: “We believe the…
Read articleMay 7, 2015
Facebook Launches In-App Purchase Install Ads
Facebook is combining its lucrative app install ads with deep linking so a specific in-app purchase page opens once the app downloads. The result is a powerful new…
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