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BrightRoll Turns Two

August 22, 2008

Here’s lookin’ at you!

The BrightRoll team celebrates their second anniversary with over 2 billion video ads served. Keep up the great work!

BrightRoll Named In Nollenberger Top 200

June 26, 2008

BrightRoll was listed as part of Nollenberger Capital Partners’ prestigious Top 200 Privately Held Companies’ list. Selections for this list are based on “technological innovation, the pursuit of broad market stakes, demonstrated solid management, investment professional backing, revenue-building solutions as well as anticipated potential for raising significant capital in the next 12 to 24 months.” This is a wonderful honor, and the Nollenberger alumni are a great group to be associated with.

Great job, Tod & team!

BrightRoll Raises Series B Round

October 24, 2007

BrightRoll has raised $5 million in Series B funding from KPG Ventures, Adams Street Capital, and existing investor True Ventures. With a proprietary video ad serving technology, BrightRoll’s approach to video advertising attracts such brands as Hewlett-Packard, Sony Pictures, and Walmart. In just six weeks, the average advertising campaign launched on BrightRoll’s innovative video ad platform will reach over 50 million unique users.

“B” is for BrightRoll & Billion

October 24, 2007

In the past year, Tod and the BrightRoll team have launched an online video advertising business, built a sustainable and scalable platform, and served a billion video ads. BrightRoll is the world’s largest video advertising network.

“B” is for BrightRoll & Billionth

August 9, 2007

True seed funded BrightRoll in August 2006. Jon and Tod had worked together closely at Plaxo. In mid 2007, True participated over its pro-rata in the Series B financing, led by KPG and Adams Street Capital. In just over a year, Tod and his team have created a leading company in the online video advertising market.