Thinknear is a location technology company and full-service mobile advertising network focused on delivering amazing advertising campaigns for agencies, brands and consumers. Thinknear’s platform delivers the accuracy, scale and technology required to effectively leverage mobile location data to power better consumer experiences. In mobile, accuracy matters, and as a division of Telenav, Thinknear leverages exclusive access to over 15 years of proprietary location data. To learn more, please visit www.thinknear.com and follow @thinknear on Twitter and Instagram.
Thinknear has offices in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, New York City, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Boston, and Atlanta.
Thinknear has offices in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, New York City, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Boston, and Atlanta.
Location: United States, California, Culver City
Employees: 51-200
Phone: +1 650-691-7318
Total raised: $1.6M
Founded date: 2011
Investors 8
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Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 26.07.2011 | Seed | $1.6M | IA Venture... |
Mentions in press and media 14
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| 06.08.2016 | Why we’ll be stuck with low-accuracy AR for a while | At this writing, Pokémon Go has been downloaded 75 million times worldwide and had broken records on Apple’s App Store and Google Play. It’s safe to say that with Pokémon Go, augmented reality (AR) has gone mainstream. For those who follow ... |
| 06.08.2016 | Why we’ll be stuck with low-accuracy AR for a while | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. At this writing, Pokémon Go has been downloaded 75 million times worldwide and had broken records on Apple’s App Store and Google Play.... |
| 24.03.2015 | Sonata launches global battle for hyperlocal mobile marketing | 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! Act global, think local. That could be the slogan... |
| 24.03.2015 | Sonata launches global battle for hyperlocal mobile marketing | Act global, think local. That could be the slogan of local marketing platform Sonata. In yet another sign that the mobile marketing scene is becoming a battle of geolocation, the company is today boosting the mass geotargeting of its global... |
| 16.10.2012 | With its first acquisition, TechStars New York has more to offer than reality TV | 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! TechStars’ New York greatest success story to dat... |
| 16.10.2012 | With its first acquisition, TechStars New York has more to offer than reality TV | TechStars’ New York greatest success story to date? ThinkNear, a hyper-local mobile ad service that was acquired today by Telenav for a whopping $22.5 million. Telenav is a GPS navigator for your smartphone. With this buy-up, it will launch... |
| 02.06.2012 | Monetizing Mobile Requires More Than Just Waiting For Ad Dollars | Editor’s note: Eli Portnoy is the CEO and co-founder of ThinkNear, which helps advertisers target mobile ads based on location and real-world context. Mary Meeker’s presentation this week on mobile shone light on the mobile monetization pro... |
| 22.05.2012 | Precog launches easy big-data service, pulls in $2M funding (exclusive) | 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! Analyzing big data doesn’t have to be an expensiv... |
| 22.05.2012 | Precog launches easy big-data service, pulls in $2M funding (exclusive) | Analyzing big data doesn’t have to be an expensive and drawn out affair. A company called Precog has launched a simple, drop-in app developers can use to collect and analyze vast amounts of data for product features like recommendations, re... |
| 08.02.2012 | IA Ventures Doubles Down On Big Data With A New $105M Fund | Before big data was a hot investing theme, Roger Ehrenberg was one of the first seed investors to focus almost exclusively on startups using data as a competitive edge. His NYC-based fund, IA Ventures, has backed companies such as Billguard... |
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