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AdMob

http://www.admob.com/
Last activity: 08.04.2024
Active - Reference to Mobile App Monetization
Categories: AdTechAppMarketplaceMobilePhone
By ignoring carriers and focusing entirely on developers, AdMob created a pay-per click advertising marketplace for mobile apps.

Acquired by Google in 2009, AdMob continues to help businesses gain insights about users and drive more in-app purchases.

When we first met
Omar was a twice-failed entrepreneur, undeterred and working on a new idea when we met him. He was in his first year at Wharton, paying tuition, and supporting his wife and two young children - to say he was broke would have been an understatement. His entrepreneurial failures created wonderful scar tissue that was the genesis for AdMob; Omar realized that hundreds of mobile app developers were struggling to acquire customers just like he did. In an introductory phone call in 2006, he demonstrated such confidence, poise, and determination around his unorthodox vision to monetize mobile apps by ignoring the carriers and focusing entirely on the mobile developers that we immediately asked him to fly out for a meeting. Forty-eight hours later we closed the Series A with him, and he moved West to incubate AdMob in our offices.
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Total raised
$43.2M

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Funding Rounds 3

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Oct 21, 2008Series C round$15.7M
Mar 25, 2007Funding round$15M

Mentions in press and media 218

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Dec 23, 2022Сервис полезных ссылок и ресурсов для разработчиков игр и геймдизайнеровДелюсь интересными ссылками, статьями, сервисами и материалами для разработчиков игр и всех смежных профессий, которые участвуют в разработке. В сервисе уже около 300 полезных ссылок и в закладки можно добавить только его, ведь информация в...
Dec 23, 2022Сервис полезных ссылок и ресурсов для разработчиков игр и геймдизайнеровДелюсь интересными ссылками, статьями, сервисами и материалами для разработчиков игр и всех смежных профессий, которые участвуют в разработке. В сервисе уже около 300 полезных ссылок и в закладки можно добавить только его, ведь информация в...
Jan 29, 2014Mobile App Monetization Startup, Inneractive, Closes $6M Series C To Scale Up Video Ads, Expand In U.S.Cross-platform mobile app monetization startup, Inneractive, has closed a $6 million Series C funding round, from its original investors including Evergreen, plus a group of additional investors including Kreos Capital. The new financing fo...
Sep 26, 2013Mobile Deal-Finding App Shopular Raises $6.4 Million Series A From SequoiaWhile most mobile applications today are heavily concerned with getting users to remember to open them regularly, mobile deal-finding application Shopular has been content to run in the background, alerting consumers to sales and discounts ...
Jun 14, 2013Google shutting down AdWhirl at the end of SeptemberAdWhirl allowed publishers to many ads from multiple networks on a single platform Google will be shutting down AdWhirl, a platform for developing advertisements in iPhone apps, at the end of September, according to a notice on the AdWhirl ...
Jun 7, 2013Sequoia Capital hires Admob founder to ramp up investments in mobileDid you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. High-profile venture firm Sequoia Capital has appointed Admob‘s founder Omar Hamoui as its newest partner. Hamoui’s focus is early-stag...
Aug 13, 2012YoYo Games builds monetization and analytics services into its game development toolsDid you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. YoYo Games hopes to revolutionize the way that game developers make money from their games by making it easy to tap monetization and an...
Aug 7, 2012Mobile App Monetization Startup Inneractive Raises $3.5M For Continued Global ExpansionMobile app monetization exchange inneractive has closed on $3.5 million in new financing, the company is announcing today. The round was led by Evergreen Ventures Partners, and saw participation from both existing private investors and new ...
Jul 18, 2012StartApp reaches 150M downloads, brings 10x more revenue to developersStartApp, an Israeli startup that promises to bring much-needed revenue to frustrated app developers, today announced it has been downloaded 150 million times. The highly profitable, fast-growth company is a darling of the Israeli tech scen...
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FAQ about AdMob

How much funding has AdMob raised?

AdMob has raised $43.2M in total across 3 funding rounds.

What funding rounds has AdMob raised?

Parsers VC lists 3 funding rounds of AdMob, among them a Series C round of $15.7M on Oct 21, 2008 and a funding round of $15M on Mar 25, 2007.

Is AdMob still active?

Yes, AdMob is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Apr 8, 2024.