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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

Both Sides of the Table

RedBeacon went on to sell to HomeDepot in what was considered a very successful acquisition on all sides. But Ethan had left by the time of the acquisition. ” When merchants sign up MyTime then helps them with marketing activities through marketing automation tools they’ve build across SEM, social, and email.

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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

Both Sides of the Table

By now we all know that the largest part of the online spend has been SEM (search engine marketing) where people buy CPC (cost per click) links to display alongside the “organic&# search results in the search engine. This no doubt led to the acquisition of AdMob by Google and Quattro by Apple.

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Bitesize Tuesday: Tracx, Innovid, Kenshoo, uTest and More Investment Rounds [recap]

VC Cafe

A number of investment rounds and acquisitions took place in recent weeks and it’s worth taking note. Kenshoo , the SEM automation startup and Sequoia’s darling, has raised a fourth round of $8-10 million from Sequoia. SimpliVT , a new venture in stealth has raised $9.2 more here and here ].