Tag: Advertising Tech
Cheq raises another $16M to fight ad fraud
Cheq, a startup focused on preventing ad fraud and ensuring that ads run in brand-safe environments, has raised $16 million in Series B funding.
When...
Twitter makes its political ad ban official
The ban on political ads announced by Twitter two weeks ago has come into effect, and the rules are surprisingly simple — perhaps too...
“Trump should not be our president” says Ex-Facebook CPO Chris Cox
Chris Cox’s motivational speeches were at the heart of Facebook’s new employee orientation. But after 14 years at the social network, the chief product...
Sinclair leads $10.3M investment in rideshare advertising startup Octopus
Octopus Interactive, a startup bringing an interactive TV and ad experience into Uber and Lyft rides, has raised a $10.3 million funding round led...
Engage:BDR raises $26.25M to fund its NetZero publisher payments
Engage:BDR announced today that it has raised $23.25 million in new funding.
CEO Ted Dhanik told me that this includes both debt and equity funding, and...
Spirable refuels with $7.4M to serve more personalized video ads in...
London based adtech startup Spirable has closed a £6M Series A. The round was led by Smedvig Capital, with existing backers Frontline Ventures, Downing...
Experian makes strategic investment in location data company PlaceIQ
PlaceIQ is announcing a strategic investment from credit reporting company Experian. CEO Duncan McCall said the investment is part of a growth round that PlaceIQ...
8 million Android users tricked into downloading 85 adware apps from...
Dozens of Android adware apps disguised as photo editing apps and games have been caught serving ads that would take over users’ screens as...
Instagram ad partner secretly sucked up and tracked millions of users’...
Hyp3r, an apparently trusted marketing partner of Facebook and Instagram, has been secretly collecting and storing location and other data on millions of users,...
Sex tech companies and advocates protest unfair ad standards outside Facebook’s...
A group of sex tech startup founders, employees and supporters gathered outside of Facebook’s NY office in Manhattan to protest its advertising policies with...
