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Earbits (YC w11) - digital media music marketplaces advertising platforms

Earbits (YC w11)

Artists and Labels Bid for Online Radio Airtime to Acquire Fans and Market New Releases
Earbits is revolutionizing music marketing by combining free streaming music with an Adwords business model. Our bands and labels bid per-song for airtime and use the consumer exposure to market their music and live events. This model eliminates the need for ...

GoGoGab - mobile digital media advertising platforms social television

GoGoGab

Making Primetime TV Interactive.
GoGoGab delivers rich second screen experiences to accompany content you already love watching. From TV and Film to Music and Sports, 60% of millennials are now using their mobile device to simultaneously follow conversations and search for content around a TV ...

Steelhouse - e-commerce retail analytics advertising platforms

Steelhouse

Real Time Advertising Solutions for Brands, Agencies & Ecommerce Marketers
SteelHouse™, an ad:tech Innovation Award-winning company, brings advertising solutions to brands, agencies and eCommerce marketers. SteelHouse reaches 110 million consumers a month across hundreds of the world's largest brands. SteeHouse products enable companies ...

BudGenius - search health care information technology social commerce advertising platforms

BudGenius

Crowdsourcing patient data for determining alternative medicine efficacy
A patient-to-medication pairing solution based upon correlating scientific trials, crowd sourced data, and lab gas chromatography of medical cannabis. The resultant analysis provides a rating scale for ailments such as pain relief, sleep aid, and more. BudGenius.com ...

AdZap - ad targeting advertising platforms browser extensions gamification

AdZap

Gamifying Online Advertising
The average click-through-rate (CTR) for online advertising is 0.09%. AdZap increases this by 620% through a new type of user feedback system. Adzap is a game experience that gives people a fun way to control the advertising they see online. They simply 'zap' ...

GLTYR - video mobile advertising advertising platforms online video advertising

GLTYR

Create Multimedia Ads on the Go
Pronounced “glitter”, GLTYR ("Give Life To Your Reality") is mobile multimedia marketing made affordable. Creating multimedia ads is critical in giving businesses a competitive edge, but can be costly and time consuming. GLTYR offers an easy-to-use, inexpensive ...

OrbYoo - big data visualization social media platforms advertising platforms

OrbYoo

A Visually-Organized Information Platform
OrbYoo is a unique visual geography of your connections to anything and everything (people, places, media, links, events) that allows you to see what is most relevant at a glance. As new connections are made and as you use OrbYoo, it adjusts, allowing for discovery ...

Gamepression - video games advertising platforms

Gamepression

Interactive advertising for games
Gamepression is a 2nd screen advertising platform that lets gamers receive rewards for winning their online games, while remaining unobtrusive and entertaining.

Receptive - advertising advertising networks advertising platforms big data analytics

Receptive

measuring and targeting ad viewership quality in real-time
This is the first technology solution that measures visitor's attention span and rates each ad for the visitor's capacity to notice it. Using our solution advertisers can save in average 40% on the media spend by targeting receptive viewers, eliminating a significant ...

PasioMedia - digital media sports advertising platforms content

PasioMedia

"A Vox Media for Enthusiasts Sports”
We've come a long way since our beta launch in March 2014, in fact we are one of the top powersports sites on the web now and our traffic is booming and we're growing rapidly, almost 20% MoM. To date, we have over 100K Facebook followers and over 6000K twitter ...

Back At You - digital media SaaS advertising platforms small and medium businesses

Back At You

Hootsuite + Adroll for real estate professionals
Think of the company Adroll, a self serve ad creation and management platform, now think of that platform customized for real estate agents and the specific campaigns they aim to run to market a home listing and to find buyers and sellers. Also, think of Hootsuite ...

Brandwood Global

Cloud-based software that automates deals between Brands and Content Creators.
Brandwood Global is a disruptive software that connects Brands and Content Creators worldwide to create financial deals in Brand Integration and Product Placement. http://www.cbs8.com/story/27889081/los-angeles-based-brandwood-global-opens-the-world-to-brands-and-creatives-with-disruptive-software-to-be-developed-by-silicon-valley-menlo

inPlay - advertising networks social games advertising platforms mobile games

inPlay

In-Game Advertising For Mobile & Social Games.
We're building an in-game advertising platform for mobile and social games. Why would we do this? 1. Gaming is exploding. More people play Zynga games in a day than watch American Idol in a week. Our attention has shifted. 2. Advertisers need an engaging, ...

VLink - e-commerce television advertising platforms online video advertising

VLink

Buy Definition Video. See It, Click It, Buy It.
VLink is Buy Definition Video. See something you like on the screen? Click it to learn more about it, share it with your friends or buy it! VLink technology lays on top of any existing media player online and allows for companies, brands and content providers ...

RentalCompare - advertising platforms events local advertising online rental

RentalCompare

an eBay for Event and Equipment Rentals
RentalCompare is a search and compare platform for event and equipment rentals. Since launching mid 2010, RentalCompare has grown to be the web's largest site for event and equipment rentals, with over 500,000 unique rentals from over 1,000 rental companies. ...

Revenue.com - social media advertising analytics advertising platforms

Revenue.com

Revenue.com provides In Stream Ads for the rest of the web.
Revenue.com is a native advertising technology that helps brands amplify the reach of their content via in-stream ads that blend seamlessly into a website’s experience to entertain and inform the right audience at the right time. Unlike banner ads, Revenue.com's ...

Moovd - digital media advertising platforms small and medium businesses online video advertising

Moovd

Twitter meets video.
Moovd instantly turns the words you type into animated text video for video advertising, social media, content and email marketing, landing page videos, presentations, pitches, retail and tradeshows.

Last Second Ads - advertising advertising platforms small and medium businesses diy

Last Second Ads

place ads on any media in mins! (Priceline for advertisers)
Self service platform enabling users to place ads directly onto any type of media within minutes, at extremely efficient pricing. Businesses today can't access traditional media with the same ease as they can with digital media. The LSA platform is a cloud based ...

NetPlenish - e-commerce consumer goods advertising platforms adtech

NetPlenish

NetPlenish has rebranded as Intenta.
NetPlenish Inc, is the developers of "Intenta," the "Pre-Targeting" intent based, hyper focused alternative to Retargeting advertising. Retargeting advertising has become a very popular form of driving conversions in e-commerce. It is effective because 98% of ...

Jetpack Digital - advertising advertising platforms

Jetpack Digital

Custom Ad Management for Publishers
Jetpack maximizes the publishers' ad revenues: • increasing available ad inventory • increasing RFP sell thru • increasing CPM’s • increasing engagement and overall ad campaign performance Jetpack solves the publishers' key pain points: •rapid & cost effective ...

Addroid - video advertising advertising platforms online video advertising

Addroid

The new standard for display advertising.
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Shobot - digital media television advertising platforms big data analytics

Shobot

DISCOVER IT. DVR IT NOW.
Shobot's patent pending platform allows anyone to DVR any TV show from anywhere. TV networks... use Shobot to supercharge their promotions so their show will become a hit. TV discovery providers... use Shobot to delight their users with an awesome new feature ...

Two Bit Circus - games advertising platforms events entertainment industry

Two Bit Circus

Experiential Entertainment
Two Bit Circus is an experiential entertainment company. We create immersive, social entertainment monetized through ticket sales in public places like movie theaters, malls, museums and FECs.

Instinctive - advertising platforms content Native Advertising

Instinctive

Helping brands tell stories across the web
The web is undergoing a redesign and advertising is shifting in the face of the emergence of content marketing. Instinctive is a leading provider of native advertising solutions for marketers and publishers, offering a wide selection of ad formats that are seamlessly ...

Web Series Placement

Web Series advertising platform for Brands and Producers
We are building a “Web Series Advertising Platform” at the intersection of Content, Marketing and Technology, the most comprehensive database of Web Series in development and inventory of Brand Product Placement opportunities. Web Series Financing: Product Placement, ...

IGModel Search - ModelPayApp - payments mobile commerce advertising platforms influencer marketing

IGModel Search - ModelPayApp

App for brands to discover and pay models and influencers for endorsement deals.
We wre creating an app that leverages the 7000+ models IGmodelsearch.com currently has to allow brands to discover and launch endorsement campaigns with popular models. The app will allow model discovery through search, allow private communication, and provide ...

Yoinme - social media advertising platforms social media marketing

Yoinme

Meebo for Social Networks. Connect and share across networks.
Yoinme It's a social network that connects, translates and synchronizes simultaneously social networks and making them "just work". Yoinme is kind of like Meebo for social networks. Allowing users to share and check updates across networks. Yoinme also translates ...

Digital Online Television (DOTv) - digital media advertising platforms

Digital Online Television (DOTv)

DOTv Develops, Produces and Broadcast Interactive Media Content for Personal Viewing.
DOTv Broadcast is a 24-hour general Broadcast Network, providing Programming Worldwide via the Internet and the emerging Mobile Media Technology. DOTv features a lineup that includes Variety’s shows, Extreme Sports, famous Hollywood “B” Movies, Dramatic Television ...

OakReach - digital media big data advertising platforms content delivery

OakReach

Fueling Native Advertising, Scaling Content Marketing
Oak Reach is a content marketing and native ad platform founded on a passion for disrupting the digital ecosystem. Oak Reach's proprietary platform influences how brands reach and communicate with their audience across multiple devices. We help brands place content ...

Nomino - social media advertising platforms mobile games

Nomino

Nomino - A photo sharing game
NOMINO is a photo/video sharing social game where users are co-creators and have the ability to upload photos or videos associated with a challenge to stump their followers. NOMINO users win points for every riddle they solve, challenge they post and every post ...

Unbucket - social media advertising platforms bridging online and offline

Unbucket

To-do list for experiences
All the things you want to do together, all the things you've done together, all in one easy place easily accessible from any device. We are building the largest pool of true and actionable intention on the web.

Plum Genius - digital media social games advertising platforms entertainment industry

Plum Genius

We believe in crowdshopping and crowdgaming.
Plum Genius sponsors games that give away popular products. Players compete and one winner will get the product for free. After the game is over, the other players can purchase the product for a huge discount.

NOM - analytics advertising platforms data mining online video advertising

NOM

Omni-channel social video ad platform
NOM provides an Omni-channel platform solution for brands and advertisers to buy, optimize and measure the success of video content across social networks. With powerful technology and video marketing expertise at our core, NOM aims to drive value and data-backed ...

SpringClick - advertising mobile advertising advertising platforms online video advertising

SpringClick

Ad Managment Platform
SpringClick is an ad management system built with simplicity and power in mind. Springclick currently serves roughly 100 million impressions monthly. Springclick tracks your ad impressions, clicks, and allows you to optimize your ad to make them the most effective.

Beverly Hills Magazine - digital media advertising publishing advertising platforms

Beverly Hills Magazine

International brand niche market publication
Beverly Hills Magazine is an upscale publication based in the community of Beverly Hills, California. The leader in Hollywood magazines presenting content of the highest quality including; personal, professional and celebrity features, luxury estates, business ...

Addion - social media analytics search marketing advertising platforms

Addion

Help agencies/aggregators unlock the value of small clients & help DIY advertisers succeed
Addion is a scalable platform to allow SMBs to affordably manage their outbound online advertising through easy to use analytics, automated alerts, and robust enterprise-level management tools. Founded by executives who were pre-IPO at the first paid search engine ...

Komershal - advertising mobile commerce mobile advertising advertising platforms

Komershal

Social Interactive Advertising Platform
Komershal is an innovative technology company that was founded by television producers Jay Kovitz and Matthew Kershaw to create mutually beneficial relationships between consumers and advertisers online. Komershal is located in Santa Monica, California.

Tremor Video - digital media advertising analytics advertising platforms

Tremor Video

OUR MISSION IS TO BRING THE CERTAINTY OF SCIENCE TO THE ART OF BRAND MARKETING.
At Tremor Video, we’re transforming the video advertising experience across all screens for the world’s leading brands. Our proprietary brand-performance technology, VideoHub®, offers advertisers, their agencies and publishers a complete programmatic solution ...

popular - social media fashion advertising platforms digital entertainment

popular

Social media platform targeting millenial females. It's "VICE" for girls.
We are content platform targeted at 18-34 year old savvy females, leveraging social media ambassadors with tens of millions of followers. We focus on cultural passion points: music, fashion, beauty, travel and news. We are mobile first, and video-focused. We've ...

LeadBolt - mobile mobile advertising advertising platforms apps

LeadBolt

Mobile Advertising that works
LeadBolt is an award winning mobile advertising network that delivers superior revenue for Developers and better response rates to Advertisers though our innovative ad formats that target the entire App Usage Cycle. Combining superior ad-serving technology, a ...

Tooshlights - advertising platforms lighting sports stadiums Movie Theatres

Tooshlights

Indicator for Public Restroom Stalls
Tooshlights™ is the first and only automated LED lighting system that will increase traffic flow in both men and women’s public bathrooms by letting the guest “know where to go”. When working on public restroom designs, there are quite a number of issues that ...

Songsly - analytics advertising platforms online video advertising music services

Songsly

A simple platform for paid song placements on YouTube
Songsly is an advertising platform connecting musicians and video publishers. We make it simple for musicians to leverage youtube content creators present audience by paying for song placement in these videos. This allows for a solution that caters to both the ...

Pages LA - digital media advertising advertising platforms local advertising

Pages LA

Pages LA City Guide promotes multiculturalism through business
Pages LA took the concept of the local ethnic phonebooks to the internet. We are one of the earliest entrants as a vertically aligned network for ethnic communities in LA County. By providing an excellent forum to reach these millions of people, all in one place, ...

dailywirelessdeals.com - advertising telecommunications wireless advertising platforms

dailywirelessdeals.com

Designated Advertising Platform for Wireless Retailers
Dailywirelessdeals.com offers wireless retailers a designated platform for listing their deals and locations for consumers to view. We help authorized retailers, premium retailers and mom and pop wireless shops gain a stronger online presence by offering an ...

PlayFull - mobile restaurants advertising platforms

PlayFull

Game-Based Loyalty Program
PlayFull is a Game-Based Loyalty Program for Businesses. The vertical we are currently addressing is restaurants; we help them get new customers and retain their existing ones. We are free(mium) to join, and are currently beta testing in select pilot locations. ...

Prosperio - SaaS advertising advertising platforms

Prosperio

Programmatic Direct DSP
Prosperio is a platform that allows brands to buy advertising inventory directly from publishers. This means that brands can reduce the costs typically associated with online media buying while improving brand safety and transparency. Founded in 2013, Prosperio's ...

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