Industry Update

Month 2023

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Read about: M&A Activity | Venture Activity | Who’s on the Move

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.