Discussion has been prominent about the impact of Brexit on the digital advertising industry, since Britain chose to leave the EU on 23 June. While many disagree on whether the impact will be positive or negative, all agree that it [...]

On Monday, 13 June, Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced the acquisition of LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) for a cash deal valued at USD$26.2bn (£18.44bn). With the help of industry leaders, ExchangeWire evaluate this huge deal. Microsoft’s announcement that it is acquiring LinkedIn [...]

Financing growth in ad tech is big business. It can be a minefield for ad tech firms to know where to start when they are looking at going down the route of outside investment. Following Affectv's recent funding announcement, ExchangeWire [...]

Expansion into the US is an aspiration for many budding ad tech companies that have put down roots in EU markets. But, with cross-border barriers to entry and stiff competition in the home market, how can these EU ad techs [...]

ExchangeWire recently published a piece on the subject of how venture capitalists are failing UK ad businesses. This prompted a lot of discussion; in particular how this issue isn't just limited to the UK, but is prevalent across all of [...]

Around three-in-ten ad tech/martech deals in Q4 2015 involved ad platforms, rising significantly from the previous quarter, where such deals only accounted for 7% of all transactions. This research from specialist M&A advisor Results International showed that data-driven and marketing [...]

The UK ad tech industry is a hot bed of innovative talent. So why is homegrown funding so hard to come by for its ad tech companies? ExchangeWire talks to Nick Moutter (pictured below), CEO and co-founder of Admedo about how [...]

You could argue that European VCs and early-stage investors are clueless about ad tech - and tech in general. You could say that, and you'd be right. A lot of companies continue to struggle to get risk-averse European investors to [...]