The US market might be proving difficult to crack for dodgy Baywatch remakes, but for ad tech CEOs it’s a clear winner. That was one of the major takeaways from FastPay’s breakfast roundtable event, ‘Scaling a Digital Media Business’. As [...]

In today’s fast-moving world of digital media, being a leader in predictive marketing doesn’t make securing bank credit lines any simpler. In fact, rapid growth has been known to scare off traditional lenders. In this piece, Matt Byrne (pictured below), [...]

Annual ad tech and martech M&A figures point towards a healthy 2017. - Total ad tech/martech deals completed remains steady year-on-year - Combined disclosed value of deals grows by USD$9.6bn (£7.8bn) on 2015 - Significant increase in Private Equity backed deals Specialist technology M&A advisor [...]

ExchangeWire round up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: Ad tech funding in decline; An ad tech renaissance looming; IAB UK appoint new CEO; The Telegraph quadruple programmatic team; and global [...]

At ATS New York on 3 November, ExchangeWire’s CEO, Ciaran O’Kane sat down with Joshua Wepman, managing director, GCA Savvian Advisors to discuss the state of the ad tech M&A market in the US. The current state of play Wepman kicked off [...]

ExchangeWire round up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: The Trade Desk IPO; Google launch new messaging app; Facebook integrate with third-party measurement platforms; 500m Yahoo accounts hacked; and FastPay receive [...]

ExchangeWire rounds up some of the biggest stories in the European digital advertising space. In this week’s edition: The Trade Desk prepares for IPO; Anti-Fraud Certificate by JICWEBS; Google goes anti-pop-up ad; The Independent's digital-only success; New market transparency tools by [...]

More than in the World Cup, during the Olympics all eyes will be focused on Brazil: more than 5.6 billion people around the world will follow the games on various mobile devices. While TV inventory is still limited, digital brings [...]

Yesterday (3 August), amid news of their acquisition, Sizmek (NASDAQ:SZMK), reported financial results for the second quarter ended 30 June 30, 2016. Due to the earlier announcement that Vector Capital plans to acquire Sizmek, the call scheduled to discuss the Q2 results was cancelled. Highlights - Q2 revenue of USD$48.9m [...]

Monday, 25 July, saw the long-awaited announcement that US mobile network giant Verizon have acquired internet old-timer Yahoo for $4.87bn (£3.7bn). The news came as no surprise to many, who have been waiting for months to find out who would [...]