VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

there is a wealth of opportunity in home security, public safety, workplace safety, health/fitness, contextual advertising, automated video editing, customer education/support, retail (checkout and loss) and parking/traffic management. What’s missing is the last mile — distribution, customer journey design, guardrails and workflow automation.

Artificial Inteligence 177

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 177

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

How They Make Money: Majority of Kayak’s revenue actually comes from advertising on their site (55%), not lead generation or referral fees to travel suppliers as you might think (more on this below). Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. . Kayak generates both distribution (i.e. Expedia accounted for 24.5%

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Austin Startup

APRIL 17, 2017

Thrillbox Thrillbox is an immersive media analytics platform that provides distribution tools for content generators, advertising agencies, vendors, and networks. Visual Semantics JustLegal JustLegal is a SaaS enabled marketplace allowing people to connect with the right lawyer in their area and schedule a free initial consultation.

Semantic 48

Semantic Social Media Database Artificial Inteligence 48

Genuine VC

JANUARY 7, 2010

Back in 2003 Google acquired Applied Semantics for just over $100M. This startup had a little technology called AdSense which allowed for the presentation of contextually relevant ads on a set of distributed publisher sites. With it, Google monetized via advertising not only on their own search pages, but beyond.

Acquisition 115

Acquisition Semantic Distribution Advertising 115

Genuine VC

JANUARY 7, 2010

Back in 2003 Google acquired Applied Semantics for just over $100M. This startup had a little technology called AdSense which allowed for the presentation of contextually relevant ads on a set of distributed publisher sites. With it, Google monetized via advertising not only on their own search pages, but beyond.

Acquisition 100

Acquisition Semantic Distribution Advertising 100

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

So instead of just being the department that makes pretty pictures or the department that spews out advertising or that makes cold calls or that tries to convert customers using all manner of collateral material, marketing the function actually becomes that which builds and creates customers, which we’re now calling audiences.

Cost 38

Cost Marketing Audience Media 38

www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

To build the online media giants of tomorrow, companies need models where the costs of both content and distribution are near zero. They also must move advertising off-site, as they are now doing, which I detail in this post.). The rest is just semantics. You are here: Home > Not All Traffic Is Created Equal. 20 Comments.

Social Media 47

Social Media Vertical Advertising Distribution 47