BlueKai Raises $21 Million For Online Target-Marketing Data Exchange
Summary
BlueKai, an online auction-based data exchange, has raised $21 million in funding from GGV Capital, Redpoint Ventures and Battery Ventures. Launched in 2008, BlueKai aggregates data from shopping and research activities across the Internet and provides this data on-demand for marketers, ad networks or publishers to boost the quality and scale of their ad targeting initiatives. Data buyers include many of the top ten US online ad networks. The company recently launched an analytics feature that offers deep insight into consumer shopping behavior on the web. lBlueKai faces competition from fellow data exchange eXelate.
Funding
Amount
$21.4M
Total raised
Date
February 1, 2010
Announcement date
Investors
Ozie Group LLC
Lead investors
Company
http://www.bluekai.com
Funded company
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Data Management
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