David Pakman is a Partner at Venrock, a venture capital firm. AdExchanger.com: Hypothetically speaking, what do you think the experience of being a venture capital investor affords you should you decide to get back into a startup of your own? DP: Well, the best experience for building startups is doing startups, so nothing will prepare […]
Todd Simon is Managing Director, Head of Digital Media at Oppenheimer & Co., an investment banking company. Simon is also on the Strategy Board of sell-side platform Rubicon Project. AdExchanger.com: Given your background in investment banking, what is your take on today’s M&A climate in the ad technology space? TS: We expect a robust M&A […]
Kiran Hebbar is General Partner of Valhalla Partners, a venture capital firm with investments in such companies as JumpTap, Legolas and TidalTV among many others. AdExchanger.com: How did you get started in the venture biz? KH: I was the first person in my family to go to college and am very achievement oriented. I have […]
Chris Fralic is Managing Partner of First Round Capital, an early-stage investment company. In an update of his interview a year ago, Fralic recently spoke to AdExchanger.com about the investment climate and the digital advertising ecosystem. AdExchanger.com: In retrospect, what has surprised you about last year’s acquisition of Invite Media by Google? CF: I’m impressed […]
Two weeks ago, Adobe Systems acquired data management provider Demdex in a deal facilitated in part by boutique investment bank, LUMA Partners. Read about the deal. LUMA Partners’ Terence Kawaja (maker of his well-known ad tech ecosystem map/”eye chart”) discussed the acquisition and its ramifications. AdExchanger.com: Given LUMA Partners advisory services in the Demdex sale […]
Petsky Prunier provided investment banking services in today’s announced acquisition of ClearSaleing by GSI Commerce. Sanjay Chadda, Partner & Managing Director at Petsky Prunier discussed the transaction. AdExchanger.com: How long was the deal in the making? What’s your view on M&A momentum currently? SC: As a high profile company and given its #1 ranking in […]
Updating the old slide from only this past October, Terence Kawaja of LUMA Partners has released a brand, new update of his ad tech ecosystem map- and a new video! Kawaja promises that this new ad ecosystem map has: More logos (up to 245)! More categories! Color-coded categories! And, acquired companies denoted! Click To Download […]
Ken Allen is Senior Vice President, Blackstone Advisory Partners L.P., an advisory and investment firm. AdExchanger.com: First, can you give a quick background on you, Blackstone and your responsibilities today? KA: Blackstone is one of the world’s leading advisory and investment firms. The firm was originally founded in 1985 as a boutique M&A advisory firm […]
Investment banking firm LUMA Partners – led by Terence Kawaja – announced that Brian Andersen, who recently headed corp development at Omniture, is joining LUMA Partners and opening the company’s Palo Alto office. Andersen discussed his new role and his view of the advertising landscape. AdExchanger.com: Why get into the investment banking business now? BA: […]
Terence Kawaja of LUMA Partners has provided a revised version of his ubiquitous display ad tech landscape chart. Download it here. Kawaja will be discussing how this landscape might evolve going forward at several conferences in NYC including IAB MIXX at 10:30 am on Monday 9/27 and at OMMA Global at 9:45 am on Tuesday […]
