In part two of this three-part commentary series on media, marketing, and commerce investment, ExchangeWire speaks to industry professionals involved in M&A transactions over 2021 for insight as to how consolidation is developing within the sectors. Key statistics (2021, to-date)* - Total [...]

Adverty AB (publ) announces today a strategic positioning into Turkey with two new hires, to increase its presence in one of the largest, most exciting and fastest growing gaming communities in the world. Adverty, the leading in-game platform for advertisers, media [...]

DoubleVerify ('DV'), (NYSE: DV), a leading software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, today announced an expanded partnership with MoPub, a Twitter company, which provides monetisation solutions for leading mobile app publishers around the globe and enables advertisers, [...]

Cavai, the global leader in conversational ad tech, has raised £6.5m from a range of prominent investors including Norway’s 2 largest venture players, Investinor and Idekapital, and ad tech industry specialist FirstPartyCapital. It will use the funds to bolster its [...]

Ad Tech leader Kevin Smyth, who previously led the expansion of Magnite’s (formerly Telaria) digital SSP business across Southeast Asia, has joined Playground XYZ as head of sales, Asia. Thanks to strong continued growth across APAC and a burgeoning roster of [...]

Integral Ad Science (Nasdaq: IAS), a global leader in digital media quality, today announced the expansion of its Center of Excellence in Pune, India, with a new office facility and plans to hire top engineering talent locally. Established in 2020, [...]

Purpose-powered ad platform Good-Loop has launched a free tool that allows advertisers to measure the environmental impact of their digital ad campaigns. Good-Loop’s carbon calculator enables brands and media agencies to calculate the carbon footprint of their online ads, helping to [...]

Sharethrough, one of the top global independent omnichannel ad exchanges, today announced that Paul Ross, former CFO of The Trade Desk and current CFO of VideoAmp, and Frantz Saintellemy, president and COO of LeddarTech, recently joined the company’s board of [...]

GroupM Singapore announced today a partnership with Hivestack, the leading global programmatic digital out of home (DOOH) ad tech company. The deal will allow clients of GroupM agencies (Mindshare, MediaCom, Wavemaker, Essence and m/SIX) and their outcome media specialist, Xaxis [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Facebook are reportedly exploring bringing ads to WhatsApp; Vietnamese ecommerce delivery service Loship raise USD $12m in a pre-series C funding round; and Tumblr introduce a paid subscription option "Post+".   Facebook mull bringing ads to WhatsApp Facebook [...]