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IRI, InfoSum | August 29, 2022

IRI®, which recently merged with The NPD Group to create a leading global technology, analytics and data provider, today announced a new partnership with InfoSum, the world’s leading data collaboration platform. InfoSum’s Secure Data Clean Room technology will enable IRI’s clients to enrich their first-party data with IRI’s purchase-based deterministic information in an environment designed with privacy in mind. IRI will offer both transaction data from 45 million hou...

Aarki | July 03, 2020

Aarki, a leading AI-enabled mobile marketing platform, is thrilled to announce that it was named winner in the category "Best AI Product in Marketing & Adtech" in the CogX 2020 awards, the world's leading festival of AI and emerging technology."It is exciting and rewarding for us to receive this accolade, our second AI award this year," said Levon Budagyan, Aarki's chief technology officer and co-founder. "This would not be possible without the continuo...

Brand Marketing

Simpli.fi | February 02, 2022

Simpli.fi, the advertising automation platform for agencies, brands, and media companies, today announced a partnership with Social Display advertising pioneer, Spaceback. The new offering allows advertisers to automatically convert social media content into programmatic display ads. Simpli.fi's strategic partnership with Spaceback empowers any Simpli.fi client with a social media presence to translate social media posts instantly into production-ready creative assets that are...

techcrunch | February 13, 2020

GumGum is announcing that it’s raised $22 million from existing investors Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, NEA spinout NewView Capital and Upfront Ventures. CEO Phil Schraeder said he’ll use the funds to pursue a more aggressive acquisition strategy. This Series D comes nearly five years after GumGum raised a $26 million Series C. Schraeder told me the company’s “core business has been profitable for years,” and that GumGum now has the ability to turn profita...