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Overview
Location
United States, California, San Mateo
Employees
11-50
Total raised
$37M
Founded date
2008
Funding Rounds 3
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| Oct 2, 2012 | Funding round | $9M | |
| May 13, 2010 | Funding round | $7M |
Mentions in press and media 18
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| Feb 18, 2021 | IHeartMedia’s Triton Digital Acquisition Will Consolidate Its Dominance Of Ad-Based Audio | The iHeartRadio app combines Internet streams of AM/FM radio stations with customized Internet ... [+] radio. 2018 Bloomberg Finance LP |
| Nov 20, 2018 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, November 20 | A CRYPTO COLLAPSE Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Paid Content You can't secure what you can't see From ExtraHop The SEC took action against two cryptocurrency startups that staged ICOs. The companies, Airfox and Paragon Coin, agreed to p... |
| Nov 19, 2018 | iHeartMedia to acquire radio adtech company Jelli | Radio giant iHeartMedia announced today that it’s reached an agreement to acquire Jelli, a company bringing programmatic ad-buying to radio broadcasters. In fact, iHeartMedia was already working with Jelli to allow businesses to use program... |
| Jun 23, 2015 | Jelli Raises $21M From Intel, iHeartMedia, UMG And More For Its “AdWords For Audio” Platform | Jelli, makers of an ad platform for radio broadcasters to digitise how they fill space on their airwaves — think “AdWords for audio” — has raised a $21 million round of funding to grow its business as it prepares to expand to other kinds of... |
| Jun 23, 2015 | Jelli Closes $21m Series B Financing | Jelli, a San Mateo, California-based provider of an audio platform for the audio advertising market, closed a $21m Series B financing. Backers included Relay Ventures, Intel Capital, First Round Capital, iHeartMedia and Universal Music Grou... |
| Jun 23, 2015 | Daily funding roundup - June 23, 2015 | Credit Karma scores $175M; Crosscut Ventures raised $75M; Jelli landed $21M Venture capital firm CrossCut Ventures raised a new venture fund, its third overall, worth $75 million, it was announced on Tuesday. While CrossCut was originally t... |
| Apr 8, 2015 | iHeartMedia Is Bringing Programmatic Ad Buying To Its Broadcast Radio Stations | iHeartMedia is taking another step into the digital world — the company is announcing that businesses will be able to buy ads programmatically on its broadcast radio stations. Basically, this means advertisers will be able to use automated,... |
| Mar 26, 2013 | Radio Startup Jelli Wins Patent On Crowd-Controlled Broadcasting | Jelli, the radio startup offering local stations tools that allow their listener base to control the music selection and playlists, has just been awarded a patent on the concept of user-controlled broadcasting. The patent (U.S. Patent No. 8... |
| Jan 18, 2013 | Radio Freaks Out: First Cox Media-Owned Radio Station Turns Over Control To Listeners 24/7 On Web And Mobile | Today, a Cox Media-owned radio station in Florida’s Tampa Bay is shifting its entire format to listener-controlled radio, now putting its audience in control of the songs that play 24 hours a day. It’s the first station among Cox Media’s 86... |
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FAQ about Jelli, Inc.
When was Jelli, Inc. founded?
Jelli, Inc. was founded in 2008.
How much funding has Jelli, Inc. raised?
Jelli, Inc. has raised $37M in total across 3 funding rounds.
What funding rounds has Jelli, Inc. raised?
Parsers VC lists 3 funding rounds of Jelli, Inc., among them a funding round of $9M on Oct 2, 2012 and a funding round of $7M on May 13, 2010.
What has the press written about Jelli, Inc.?
Parsers VC has collected 18 articles mentioning Jelli, Inc., among them “IHeartMedia’s Triton Digital Acquisition Will Consolidate Its Dominance Of Ad-Based Audio” (Feb 18, 2021) and “Term Sheet — Tuesday, November 20” (Nov 20, 2018).
Is Jelli, Inc. still active?
Yes, Jelli, Inc. is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from May 18, 2025.