MGID, the global advertising platform, has seen its investment in headcount, technology, and partnerships pay dividends as it delivered a strong H1 business performance, all supported by its ongoing international expansion.  Opening up new markets and revenue opportunities across North and [...]

After a prolonged snooze, investment and M&A dormancy in ad tech is perhaps finally at an end. After a steady drizzle of activity, a torrential downpour of consolidation poured upon the industry in June. In this article, ExchangeWire research lead [...]

Kevel, the API led ad serving company, is announcing it has raised USD$23m (£18m) in Series C funding. This round of funding was led by Series B investor Fulcrum Equity Partners with investment from Godwin Capital Group, Iberis Capital, Dunnhumby [...]

On today’s ExchangeWire digest: Google & TikTok Implement Changes to Comply With Digital Markets Act; Temasek in Discussions to Invest in OpenAI  With the final compliance deadline of the EU’s Digital Markets Act coming into effect on 7th March, Google has [...]

EssenceMediacom's Aarti Bharadwaj, SVP, product integration, APAC, and Chinmay Kelkar, head of transformation & regional client business director, APAC, on mastering the intricate balance between efficiency and innovation within the realm of advertising and media strategy. Data-driven decision-making is perhaps the [...]

NumberEight, a London-based startup using on-device AI to deliver ‘privacy-first’ identity solutions for the advertising industry, has raised USD$2.7m (£2.1m) in Pre-Series A funding led by ACF Investors. The investment will be used to drive commercial growth, bolster product development, [...]

Zeotap, the enterprise customer data solutions provider, is pleased to announce the addition of Jens Schulte-Bockum as an investor and shareholder. Mr. Schulte-Bockum, well-known for his previous executive roles across the Vodafone Group and as CEO of Vodafone Germany, is [...]

Freethinking Capital, the newly-launched investment arm of The Freethinking Group, has announced a strategic partnership with FirstPartyCapital (FPC), an early stage venture capital firm specialising in ad tech, martech, and digital media. This partnership, alongside a six-figure investment from Freethinking [...]

FirstPartyCapital’s flagship event MadTechMoney returns on the 31st October 2023, bringing together leading figures across the ad tech/martech industry and the investment community to discuss key investment trends. Returning after the inaugural event held in October 2022, which attracted over 200 [...]

This week: the UK's competition watchdog softens its stance on Microsoft-Activision, Amazon commits billions to Anthropic... A ray of hope came for Microsoft this week, when the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said there are reasonable grounds to approve [...]