AdGrok allows business owners to automate the process of choosing and bidding on keywords on Google AdWords.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Total raised: $470K
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| 21.07.2020 | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 08.03.2011 | - | $470K | - |
Mentions in press and media 20
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| 23.01.2012 | With Self-Serve Ads On The Way, Twitter Adds Security Startup Dasient To Its Ad Product Team | In preparation for a ramp up of its monetization efforts and its first beta phase of self serve ads, Twitter has bought security startup Dasient, which specializes in malware and fighting spam. The team will be integrated into “revenue engi... |
| 01.06.2011 | Twitter buys AdGrok to build its monetization platform | It’s official. Twitter has acquired internet advertising startup AdGrok, founder Matthew McEachen wrote in a blog post yesterday. AdGrok’s advertising platform simplifies the process of running internet marketing campaigns for small busines... |
| 31.05.2011 | About time: Twitter hatching photo service? | Twitpic and yfrog could be out of a business [Update at 11:05 PT on May 31: AdGrok has confirmed the acquisition of AdGrok.] Flickr? Instagram? Twitpic? yfrog? Which do you use to embed photos in your tweets? If the latest rumors are to be ... |
| 31.05.2011 | AdGrok Team Joins Twitter To Help With Revenue — Except Founder/CEO Who Goes To Facebook | Yesterday, we reported that Twitter was close to acquiring AdGrok, the Y Combinator-backed keyword bidding platform. Today, the company has confirmed the move with a blog post, “@AdGrok Is Going To @JoinTheFlock“. But as we noted in an upda... |
| 31.05.2011 | Twitter Acquires Ad Platform AdGrok | Rumors surfaced over the holiday weekend that Twitter was in talks to acquire AdGrok, and the startup has just confirmed the news on its blog. A Y Combinator alum, AdGrok offers a platform to help businesses manage their Google Adwords. The... |
| 31.05.2011 | Twitter buys AdGrok to boost advertising | Promoted Products not doing as well as expected, expert group of advertisers to help Twitter has acquired Internet advertising company AdGrok, according to a post published on the AdGrok blog on Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed... |
| 30.05.2011 | Is AdGrok Twitter’s next big acquisition? | Twitter may be in talks to acquire contextual keyword bidding platform AdGrok for less than $10 million, according to a TechCrunch report. While AdGrok aims to simplify search engine marketing campaigns, the platform could be adapted and us... |
| 30.05.2011 | Twitter Close To Acquiring AdGrok | We’re hearing from multiple sources that Twitter is in talks to acquire Y Combinator-backed key word bidding platform AdGrok, in a deal that is less than $10 million. It’s still unclear where exactly they are in the closing process or wheth... |
| 08.03.2011 | AdGrok (S10) Raises $470K To Be The TurboTax For Search Engine Marketing | Y Combinator-backed AdGrok has raised $470,000 in angel funding from Chris Sacca, Russ Siegelman, Ben Narasin, TriplePoint Capital and Y Combinator. Today, the startup, which launched in August 2010, is also announcing the general availabi... |
| 08.03.2011 | 6 Tech Companies That Were Invested in Today: Which Will You Take Note Of? | Our venture capital roundup for the day features a range of companies raising large and (relatively) small amounts of money. We’ve got software for school teachers to keep their classrooms organized and an app to make keyword advertising ea... |
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