Sociomantic Labs, a two-year-old DSP geared to e-commerce advertisers, has hired Google’s Jason Kelly as CEO. Kelly was the chief revenue officer at AdMeld, prior to that company’s acquisition by Google – and since then he has focused on integrating AdMeld with the Google stack. Berlin-based Sociomantic Labs has grown organically, having accepted no investments […]
In an interview with AdExchanger.com, sell-side platform CEO Rajeev Goel of PubMatic offered his views on Monday’s acquisition of its competitor Admeld by Google. Read full coverage of the acquisition here. AdExchanger.com: Generally speaking, what is your view on the impact of the acquisition on the ad ecosystem, and publishers specifically? RAJEEV GOEL: An acquisition […]
On Monday, Google announced the acquisition of Admeld, a sell-side platform which includes RTB’d inventory, real-time bidded tools for publishers and a list of big brand publisher clients. Read yesterday’s coverage. We asked a selection of ad industry participants their views on the following question: “What’s your take on Google’s acquisition of AdMeld?” Click below […]
Google VP of Product Neal Mohan, who helps drive advertising product strategy at the company, spoke to AdExchanger.com about today’s announcement regarding the acquisition of sell-side platform Admeld. AdExchanger.com: What will happen to the Admeld team post-acquisition? NM: One of the big drivers of the acquisition is, in fact, the team. We were incredibly impressed […]
According to The Official Google blog, Google has purchased AdMeld for a still-to-be disclosed sum. From the Google blog post and VP Neal Mohan: “By combining Admeld’s services, expertise and technology with Google’s offerings, we’re investing in what we hope will be an improved era of flexible ad management tools for major publishers. Together with […]
According to TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington, multiple sources tell him that sell-side platform AdMeld is being acquired for $400 million by Google – a very healthy number – especially if previous rumors of $150-200 million were true and AdMeld held out for more. Also, as Arrington points out, the company raised only $30 million in venture […]
In an article in Ad Age, vertical ad network IDG TechNetwork announced that it has entered into an agreement with sell-side platform AdMeld, who will provide technology and services for a private display ad exchange called TechMediaExchange.com. AdMeld CEO Michael Barrett tells Ad Age’s Edmund Lee, “More and more publishers are looking to find ways […]
With publishers increasingly looking for alternative ways to monetize their unsold inventory, the “private exchange” model is beginning to take hold as publishers can better control who the buyer of their inventory is on the other side of the exchange. Today, The Weather Channel and its online megasite, weather.com, announced that it has chosen AdMeld […]
AdMeld announced in a release that it has raised $15 million in an investment round “led by Norwest Venture Partners (NVP). Time Warner Investments and the company’s existing backers, Spark Capital and Foundry Group.” Read the release. AdMeld CEO Michael Barrett discussed the capital raise and insights on the industry. When you went out seeking […]
