| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.10.2024 | Zappi Announces Strategic Leadership Transition to Drive Next Phase of Growth and Accelerate Consumer Insights Transformation | zappi
Aaron Kechley appointed CEO; founder and longtime CEO Steve Phillips to step into Executive Chair and Chief Innovation Officer roles
BOSTON, Oct. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Zappi, a leading consumer insights software provider, toda... |
| 24.10.2019 | Roku's $150 million acquisition of adtech firm Dataxu could make it more competitive with Amazon, but advertisers worry it could make Roku more of a walled garden | Roku
Roku CEO Anthony Wood
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Roku announced that it plans to acquire Boston-based adtech firm Dataxu for $150 million in cash and stock to build a bigger OTT advertising platform.
Alison Levin, Roku's VP of ad sales and strategy... |
| 22.10.2019 | Roku buys adtech platform dataxu for $150 million | Roku is beefing up its advertising business with the acquisition of Boston-based dataxu, a demand-side platform that will allow marketers to plan, buy and optimize their video ad campaigns that run on Roku’s devices and services. The deal, ... |
| 22.10.2019 | Top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, October 22, 2019 | Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, October 22, 2019.
Drone startup Zipline testing medical supply drones with US military. Drone tech startup company Zipline, which already delivers emergency medi... |
| 22.10.2019 | Roku is buying ad tech startup Dataxu in $150 million deal | Roku is buying demand-side platform started by MIT alumnus Dataxu for $150 million in cash and stock. The Boston-based Dataxu’s platform that lets marketers plan and buy video ad campaigns.The deal is expected to close by the end of the yea... |
| 18.04.2018 | Meet Chris Sklarin, Managing Partner at Castor Ventures | MIT-alumni investor boasts a diverse portfolio with over $60 million in tech innovation
As entrepreneurship has become a global meme, with the title of "Founder" worn like a badge of accomplishment, there's no shortage of emerging... |
| 02.01.2018 | Meet David Shapiro, Managing Partner at Blue Ivy Ventures | Yale VC talks diversified investments in Yale alum-led startups
As entrepreneurship has become a global meme, with the title of "Founder" worn like a badge of accomplishment, there's no shortage of emerging investors on hand to fu... |
| 10.08.2017 | Here Are BostInno's 10 Coolest Companies Winners for 2017 | The BostInno team is so grateful that over 2,000 of you gave up a precious summer night to celebrate Boston's innovation community with us. Last night's BostonFest did not disappoint one bit. We had hundreds of tech companies represented at... |
| 28.10.2016 | Onshape Is Almost a Unicorn: This Year's Highest Startup Valuations in Mass. So Far | Onshape, the Cambridge cloud CAD startup led by former SolidWorks CEO John McEleney, is just $200 million shy from gaining the coveted (or not coveted?) "unicorn " status — that is, private companies that have a $1 billion valuati... |
| 25.01.2016 | Daily funding roundup - January 25, 2016 | CARSgen Therapeutics completed $30M funding; mPrest raised $20M; Wingz closed $11M Series B funding
DMWay Analytics, a Jerusalem, Israel-based startup specializing in expert systems for creating predictive analytics models, raised $1 millio... |
| 25.01.2016 | DataXu Snaps Up $10M Strategic Investment From Sky | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
One of Boston’s most heavily funded private tech companies just got another injection of capital.
Advertising software company DataXu received a $10 million investment from Sk... |
| 25.01.2016 | DataXu Gets $10M From Sky As Pay TV Giant Buys Into Programmatic Ad Tech | DataXu, a Boston-based startup that provides analytics and other tools for programmatic ads, has picked up another round of funding. Sky, the UK-based pay-TV provider part-owned by 21st Century Fox, has made a $10 million investment in the ... |
| 25.01.2016 | Sky Invests $10M In DataXu, With Eyes Toward Real-Time, Addressable TV | The British broadcaster Sky Media on Monday announced a $10 million investment in the DSP and DMP provider DataXu.
Sky hopes the relationship will help it better understand programmatic advertising, said Jamie West, Sky Media’s deputy manag... |
| 25.01.2016 | DataXu Receives $10M in Funding | DataXu, a Boston, MA-based provider of programmatic marketing analytics, data management and media activation software, received $10m in funding.
Sky PLC made the investment.
As said by Jamie West, Deputy MD at Sky Media, the investment wil... |
| 25.01.2016 | New Money: Samsung Gives $$ to Cambridge Startup to Boost Self-Driving Cars | Get a daily dose of Boston startup funding news in The Beat. Sign up here. New Money is BostInno's report on all the tech funding deals this week. Check back for updates.
Nutonomy (Cambridge)
Amount: $3.6 million seed funding
Investors: Sig... |
| 03.12.2015 | Announcing the 2015 50 on Fire Winners | Tonight we unveiled the 2015 50 on Fire winners during our annual 50 on Fire celebration. These 50 winners represent a group of diverse individuals and organizations who are driving the innovation economy in Boston and beyond.
To select the... |
| 09.06.2015 | Sam the Plumber needs online ads too — and, with a fresh $4.4M, ZypMedia wants to help | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Let’s say you’re Sam’s Plumbing, Heating, and Air... |
| 09.06.2015 | Sam the Plumber needs online ads too — and, with a fresh $4.4M, ZypMedia wants to help | Let’s say you’re Sam’s Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning in Elmhurst, Illinois.
You want to advertise to Elmhurst-area adults aged 35 to 65 who own homes. Your ad agency takes you to a local TV station to buy on-air ads for programs h... |
| 29.12.2014 | 10 Boston Ed-Tech Startups to Watch in 2015 | (EdTrips Co-founder Jakob Garrow at Techstars Boston Fall 2014 Demo Day.)
The education technology industry has seen a 212 percent increase in venture capital over the last five years, and Massachusetts is a primary reason as to why. The st... |
| 07.02.2014 | This Week in Funding 2/3-2/7: Flashnotes, PillPack, Localytics & DataXu | Boston saw a few fundings over the last seven days. Overall, it was a good week for Techstars Boston (even though its directors may be on the move) with alums Localytics and PillPack both raising a round of capital. Also of note, DataXu too... |
| 07.02.2014 | Boston Tech Roundup: DataXu, Imprivata, Flashnotes | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
A few financing deals that percolated up around the Boston area this week:
—Boston-based advertising software company DataXu has raised another $10 million and added a new boa... |
| 05.02.2014 | DataXu Raises $10M & Adds Demmer to Board of Directors, On Path to IPO | Boston-based big data marketing and analytics company DataXu raised $10 million on Wednesday in a round of venture capital, according to a form filed with the SEC. Additionally, the firm welcomed OpenView Venture Partners' investor Dan Demm... |
| 05.12.2013 | Twitter's new retargeted promoted tweets offer 195% higher conversion, company says | Twitter launched retargeted advertising today in mobile via an ad product the company calls “tailored audiences.” The product had been in private beta for three months, but is now available globally to any advertisers.
Essentially, since yo... |
| 05.12.2013 | Twitter's new retargeted promoted tweets offer 195% higher conversion, company says | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Twitter launched retargeted advertising today in ... |
| 04.12.2013 | Twitter Is About To Officially Launch Retargeted Ads [Update: Confirmed] | Twitter is ready to roll out retargeted ads fueled by browser cookies, sources confirm. Twitter could make the announcement as soon as tomorrow, expanding retargeted ads beyond the “experimental” phase that started in July. The secret sauce... |
| 20.06.2013 | 10 Highlights From XSITE 2013: Akamai, Blackjack, Crashlytics, & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Digging out from our fifth annual XSITE innovation conference at Babson College yesterday…huge thanks to all of our speakers, sponsors, attendees, and hosts for an inspiring d... |
| 08.02.2013 | Funding roundup - week ending 02/08/13 | WhiteHat, Tapiture, Upstream Commerce and Ravello Systems among those that raised funds
Seed-stage
Tapiture, a social discovery website, raised $825,000 in seed funding through private angel investors.
Enterprise SaaS innovation software pl... |
| 07.02.2013 | Funding Daily: Decisions, decisions | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Making decisions can be hard. I know, I am a Libr... |
| 07.02.2013 | DataXu Closes $27M Round | DataXu, a Boston, MA-based provider of digital marketing software for the enterprise, raised $27m in financing.
The round was led by Thomvest Ventures, with participation from existing investors Atlas Venture, Flybridge Capital Partners and... |
| 07.02.2013 | Investors make a $27M bet in ad-tech startup DataXu | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
DataXu pulled in $27 million in funding today, pr... |
| 07.02.2013 | DataXu Closes $27M of Growth Capital |
BOSTON, MA, Provider of digital marketing software for the enterprise, today announced that it has closed $27 million in funding. The investment was led by Thomvest Ventures.
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| 07.02.2013 | DataXu Scoops Up $27M More, Turns Corner on Big-Data Ad Software | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
It’s always good to catch up with Mike Baker. It’s not always good to wait a year or more between catch-ups, though.
Baker is the CEO of Boston-based DataXu. And if you don’t ... |
| 07.02.2013 | DataXu Raises $27M For Real-Time, Data-Driven Ad Buying | DataXu, a startup that sees itself at the head of a “programmatic marketing revolution,” has raised $27 million in new funding.
DataXu was founded by MIT aeronautics and astronautics engineers who teamed up with tech entrepreneurs to create... |
| 27.11.2012 | Entrepreneurs, quit your whining about fundraising! | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
This is a guest post by Flybridge Capital Partner... |
| 26.03.2012 | Study: Enterprises Want More Marketing Data, But They Don’t Know What To Do With It | Online marketers and advertising are getting access to more and more data, but that’s not enough, according to the 2012 Digital Marketing 2.0 Study commissioned by ad company DataXu.
More than 350 “enterprise decision makers” in management,... |
| 09.01.2012 | Neolane, DataXu, ClickSquared Ink Deals in Digital Marketing | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Updated 12:20 pm] Here are a couple of notable Boston-area deals in digital advertising and marketing, each with a certain je-ne-sais-quoi European flair. Plus one more local... |
| 20.05.2011 | DataXu, Recent Investment in Tow, Helps Brands Follow Consumers as More Ads Go Digital | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Here’s a quick snapshot of a local tech company that lots of people talk about, but not usually in much depth. Probably because it focuses on helping online advertisers unders... |
| 24.09.2010 | DataXu CEO Mike Baker on the Online Advertising Startup’s Move Into Mobile and Video | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Things are evolving quickly over at DataXu. Six months after announcing a new $11 million round of venture financing, the Boston-based online advertising software firm has exp... |
| 08.03.2010 | DataXu Raises $11M More for Ad-Buying Platform | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Boston-based DataXu, whose bidding engine helps online advertisers decide which advertising purchases are most likely to pay off in the form of conversions or click-throughs, ... |
| 08.03.2010 | DataXu Secures $11M in Series B Venture Capital Funding | DataXu, a Boston, Massachusetts-based provider of a real-time bidding platform for online display advertisers, has closed $11m in Series B funding led by Menlo Ventures.
Atlas Venture and Flybridge Capital Partners, who provided the company... |
| 08.03.2010 | TC50 Finalist DataXu Scores $11 Million More For Online Ad Bidding Platform | Boston-based DataXu, provider of a real-time online ad bidding and optimization system, has secured $11 million in Series B funding to add to the $7.8 million in financing it raised in an earlier round (April 2009).
The company, which was a... |
| 08.03.2010 | DataXu raises $11M to serve the right ad, right now | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
As the Internet is getting faster, with everythin... |
| 08.03.2010 | DataXu raises $11M to serve the right ad, right now | As the Internet is getting faster, with everything coming and going in real-time, advertising is playing catch-up. DataXu (said like “data zoo”), an advertising startup that optimizes ads in real time, today announced $11 million in funding... |
| 15.12.2009 | In Online Advertising Auctions, DataXu’s Rocket Science Turns the Tables in Buyers’ Favor | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The introduction of pay-per-click advertising in the early 2000s by Overture, Google, Yahoo, and others made the Web a lot more appealing to advertisers, since it meant they o... |
| 14.09.2009 | TC50: DataXu Optimizes Ad Bidding, Buying Across Exchange Platforms In Real-Time | DataXu is a Boston-based startup founded by a couple of tech entrepreneurs and MIT alums who are committed to making waves in the online advertising landscape by debuting the first real-time ad optimization system working across exchange pl... |
| 14.09.2009 | TC50: DataXu optimizes ad campaigns in real-time | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Online advertising took a beating in 2008, but th... |
| 14.09.2009 | TC50: DataXu optimizes ad campaigns in real-time | Online advertising took a beating in 2008, but the market continues to rebound. Advertising startup DataXu — pronounced “data zoo” — displayed a new technology at the TechCrunch50 event that optimizes online ad campaigns in real-time across... |
| 16.04.2009 | DataXu Raises $6M for Web Ad Targeting | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
According to a regulatory filing cited today by PE Hub, Cambridge, MA-based startup DataXu (pronounced DataZoo) has raised $6 million in Series A funding to commercialize a ne... |
