Industry Update
Month 2023
Featured Searches
- GM/Managing Director/EVP – 600M research & performance marketing platform: US-based GM to build & scale existing publisher network including JV/partnerships & acquisitive growth
- VP Sales, Americas – globally recognized full-stack programmatic platform: Evangelistic, platform/data-centric sales leader (vs pure media) w/ brand direct + agency expertise
M&A Activity
- Criteo acquires Brandcrush.
- Dentsu acquires Advent International.
- Circana acquires IRI.
- Geniee acquires Zelto.
- Dentsu acquires Shift7 Digital.
- Google acquires Photomath.
- Simpli.fi acquires Bidtellect.
- MonetizeMore acquires Advanced Ads.
- Happy Horizon acquires AdBirds.
- Symphony Technology Group acquires Momentive.
- Chartbeat acquires Tubular Labs.
- Akamai Technologies acquires Ondat.
- Chartbeat acquires Lineup Systems.
- Via acquires Citymapper.
- Vendasta acquires Broadly.
- BlaBlaCar acquires Klaxit.
- Keap acquires The Factory.
- Siprocal acquires DigitalReef.
Venture Activity
- Wunderkind has raised $76 million in a Series C round led by Neuberger Berman Group with participation from other investors.
- Adept.ai has raised $350 million in a Series B funding led by General Catalyst with participation from other investors.
- Wiz has raised $300 million in a Series D round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from existing investors.
- Stripe has raised $6.5 billion in a Series I funding led by Founders Fund with participation from other investors.
- Skydio has raised $230 million in a Series E funding led by Linse Capital with participation from existing investors.
- Typeface has raised $65 million in a Series A round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from other investors.
- Anthropic has raised $300 million in a venture round led by Spark Capital with participation from other investors.
- RangeForce has raised $20 million in a Series B funding led by Paladin Capital Group with participation from existing investors.
Who’s on the move
- Andrew Lamb joins Adthena as Senior Vice President of Global Sales.
- Bill Ingram becomes Chief Executive Officer at Wunderkind.
- Kristin Roberts joins Gannett as Chief Content Officer.
- Taylor Simons becomes SVP, Managing Director of North America at MediaMath.
- Marla Newman joins Cafe Media as Executive Vice President of Sales.
- Eric Hastings becomes Chief Information Officer at Lotame.
- Stacey Bohrer joins OpenX as VP of Sales, West & Midwest.
- Danielle Smith becomes Vice President of Marketing at Lotame.
- MaryRay Lombardo joins Cafe Media as Senior Vice President of Sales.
- Lisa Abousaleh becomes co-CEO at Neutronian.
- Lauren Fry joins Apple as Head of Ad Video Sales.
- Darien Ford becomes Chief Technology Officer at Madhive.
- Mainak Mazumdar joins Fox as EVP, Chief Ad Research & Analytics Officer.
- Eli Heath becomes Head of Identity at Lotame.
- Jenny Wall joins Videoamp as Chief Marketing Officer.
- Robert Wheeler becomes Chief Marketing Officer, NA at GroupM.
- Alex Mason joins Ranker as Vice President of Programmatic Sales, Yield and Strategy.
- David Buonasera becomes Chief Technology Officer at Magnite.
- Dan Jedda joins Roku as Chief Financial Officer.
- Nick Brien becomes Chief Executive Officer at Enthusiast Gaming.
- Farnaz Azmoodeh joins Linktree as Chief Technology Officer.
- Stephen Windegaard becomes Programmatic Sales Lead at Ozone.
- Sarah Rosen joins Reddit as Senior Director of Content Partnerships
- Andrew Kandel becomes Chief Executive officer at New York Interconnect.
- Sam Rogoway joins Linktree as Chief Product Officer.
- Avi Mukherjee becomes Chief Product Officer at Verato.
- Brett Wein joins Smartly.io as Chief Sales Officer.
- John McAdams becomes President at SocialDealer.
- Monica Austin joins Linktree as Chief Marketing Officer.
- Jeff Clark becomes Chief Revenue Officer at Advid.
- Meredith Guerriero joins Fetch as Chief Operating Officer.
- Oli Marlow-Thomas becomes Chief Information Officer at Smartly.io.