Line partners with Folio for an in-app investment management portal

Line partners with Folio for an in-app investment management portal

Line Corporation, the Japanese subsidiary of South Korean internet company Naver Corporation, has entered into a ‘capital alliance’ with investment management firm Folio, which will see its service integrated into the Line messaging app. Following a Line investment in Folio, the pair will work to implement the service on the Line app – which now […]

China’s DiDi to back small Uber rival Taxify in Europe, Africa

China’s DiDi to back small Uber rival Taxify in Europe, Africa

Chinese ride-hailing company DiDi Chuxing is investing an undisclosed amount in Estonian online taxi firm Taxify to help it expand in Europe and Africa, where it has gained share in some cities against US player Uber. DiDi Chuxing will invest in and collaborate with Taxify to support the latter’s further expansion across its regional markets, […]

Celtra secures $15 million financing to lead creative transformation in digital advertising

Celtra secures $15 million financing to lead creative transformation in digital advertising

Celtra, the creative management platform for digital advertising, today announced a $15 million investment led by Unilever Ventures and WPP. Unilever and WPP are partnering to use Celtra’s market-leading creative technology across Unilever’s global marketing organization and its ecosystem of service providers, technology vendors and media suppliers. Celtra aims to help advertisers maximize their creative potential […]

Silicon Valley Pioneer Dixon Doll Joins the Board of Out There Media as a Director and an Investor

Silicon Valley Pioneer Dixon Doll Joins the Board of Out There Media as a Director and an Investor

Accel Partners, DCM and Impact Venture Capital co-founder, Dixon Doll, has joined the board of directors and invested in Out There Media (OTM), one of the world’s leading mobile data monetization providers headquartered in Vienna, Austria. OTM is the creator of Mobucks™, a proprietary technology platform that connects the world’s leading brands and agencies with […]

More Than a Third of UK Ad Spend Going Mobile in 2017

More Than a Third of UK Ad Spend Going Mobile in 2017

Mobile ad spending in the UK will reach almost £7 billion ($9.45 billion) this year to represent more than a third (36.6%) of UK media ad investment, according to eMarketer’s latest UK ad spending forecast. Overall digital ad spend will grow 11.0% in 2017 to £10.89 billion ($14.70 billion), accounting for 57.9% of total media […]

Mobile marketing agency Rocket10 secure $3 million in funding

Mobile marketing agency Rocket10 secure $3 million in funding

Finstar Financial Group, a fintech-focused international private equity group founded by Oleg Boyko, announces that it has invested USD 3 million in Rocket10, a rapidly growing mobile marketing agency. This investment forms part of Finstar’s strategy to use mobile technology to grow its fintech businesses. As part of the venture investment, Finstar will utilise Rocket10’s […]

Techstars Seattle graduate Leanplum, led by former Google engineers, raises $29M

Techstars Seattle graduate Leanplum, led by former Google engineers, raises $29M

Techstars Seattle graduate Leanplum has raised $29 million in a Series C round, led by Canaan Partners with participation from Kleiner Perkins and Shasta Ventures. It’s a big round for the startup company, which left Seattle for San Francisco shortly after graduating from the Techstars program in 2012. The latest round brings total funding in Leanplum […]