Progress Ventures joins S4 Ventures in funding to accelerate tvScientific’s CTV Growth

tvScientific, the leading performance advertising platform for connected TV (CTV), today announced that the company had raised $9.4 million in a convertible note funding round that included new investors S4S Ventures, BDMI, and Progress Ventures joining investors including NBCU/Comcast, Norwest Capital Partners, Aperiam Ventures and Hearst Ventures. With tvScientific, advertisers can buy and execute performance […]
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Q423 Macro Economic Outlook

Progress Partners’ Senior Managing Director, Chris Legg and Progress Ventures’ Managing Partner, Adriaan Zur Muhlen, and Vice President Brett Chatfield shared their perspective on the current macro-economic conditions and the implications for strategic M&A transactions for the next 6 months. Deck Presentation
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Live commerce startup TalkShopLive launches new app for sellers to broadcast on mobile

Live commerce platform TalkShopLive announced today its new Studio app for creators and brands, bringing an array of management and broadcast tools to mobile, including the ability to virtually collaborate with four people in a livestream, pin comments, simulcast on Facebook and more. TalkShopLive’s new app allows sellers to access the platform’s full toolset right from their phones, such […]
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Narrative I/O and Snowflake to Syndicate Data to The Trade Desk

Through this collaboration, Snowflake third-party data providers will monetize their assets across The Trade Desk platform NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Narrative I/O, a leader in data collaboration, today announced a collaboration with Snowflake, the Data Cloud company, to allow third-party data providers to surface data within The Trade Desk via Snowflake Marketplace, creating effective and data-driven digital […]
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Tracer Appoints TikTok Alum Valerie Bartlett to SVP, Head of Sales

Barlett to lead sales growth reaching agencies and other advertising stakeholders NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Tracer, a cutting-edge data intelligence platform revolutionizing modern data stack management, today announced Valerie Bartlett as the company’s inaugural SVP, Head of Sales. In this pivotal role, Bartlett will leverage her 15 years of sales and leadership experience in the AdTech industry […]
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Tracer Closes $18.1M Oversubscribed Series A Funding, Names John Sheehy to Board

NewRoad Capital Partners Completes Round, Joins Progress Ventures, Top VCs and Investors Gary Vaynerchuk, Marc Lore, and Alex Rodriguez to Back Innovative Data Stack Solution NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Tracer, the leading data intelligence platform, announced today the completion of an oversubscribed Series A fundraise co-led by NewRoad Capital Partners, Progress Ventures, and BDMI, part of Bertelsmann’s corporate […]
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ID5 Partners with The Trade Desk to Help Enhance Addressability on the Open Internet

ID5 and The Trade Desk (Nasdaq: TTD) today (19th June) announced a partnership that aims to improve advertising for marketers and media owners in cookieless environments. The goal of the collaboration is to enhance advertisers’ ability to reach specific audiences at scale and improve inventory monetisation for publishers. ID5’s identity graph will be integrated with […]
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Obele Brown-West Named President Of Tracer, Company Announces Oversubscribed Series A Round

Tracer doubles its Series A target, co-led by Progress Ventures and Bertelsmann’s BDMI with participation from S4S Ventures and Arbour Way Investors NEW YORK, June 14, 2023 – Tracer the leading data intelligence platform, announced today the appointment of Obele Brown-West to President of Tracer. With her award-winning experience and expertise in integrated marketing, Brown-West will spearhead Tracer’s […]
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Narrative Announces New Leadership: Tech Veteran Tim Mahlman Named as CEO

NEW YORK, May 23, 2023 – Narrative, the leading data collaboration platform that is revolutionizing data sharing among companies, today announced a change in leadership. Effective immediately, Tim Mahlman, a seasoned tech executive, has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer. Nick Jordan, Narrative’s founder, will transition into a new strategic role within the company. Tim Mahlman is an […]
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S4S Ventures and Bertelsmann’s BDMI Co-lead Series B Investment in Modern Digital Asset Management Provider Tenovos

Increasing importance of content personalization via first-party data drives need for Tenovos’ disruptive, data-first approach to digital asset management New York, November 21, 2022 – Tenovos, the modern data-first digital asset management (DAM) company, today announced it has raised a $10 million Series B investment led by S4S Ventures, a venture capital fund backed by shareowners […]
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Sovrn Raises $36 Million in Series C Funding Fueled by Consistent Revenue Growth

Top venture capital firm Foundry doubles down on investment along with additional investors Archer Venture Capital, Lexington Partners, Progress Ventures and Structural Capital July 26, 2022 – Boulder, CO – Sovrn, a publisher technology platform that empowers content creators to remain independent and thrive on the open web, today announced it raised $36 million in a […]
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PE News: VCs begin to pause investments as they prepare for downturn

After a record-busting spending spree in 2021, VC houses are slowing the pace of their investments and cutting costs at portfolio companies as clouds gather over the global economy. The recent rout on public markets, especially the major sell-off of tech stocks, is prompting scrutiny over lofty private market valuations of VC-backed companies. Soaring inflation […]
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Veritonic Announces $7.5 Million Series A Funding Round

Investment In Independent, Audio Measurement Platform Comes at A Time When Audio Ad Spending Soars to Record-Levels Veritonic, the industry’s comprehensive audio analytics and research platform, announced today it closed a $7.5 million Series A funding round led by Lavrock Ventures, with additional investment from Progress Ventures, Greycroft, Lerer Hippeau and Newark Venture Partners. Lavrock Ventures’ Daniel Hanks will join the […]
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Tenovos Named a Strong Performer in Digital Asset Management for Customer Experience by Independent Research Firm

Startup DAM provider included among top companies in first appearance on key industry report New York – February 16, 2022 – Tenovos, provider of intuitive, data-first Digital Asset Management (DAM) software, has been named a ‘Strong Performer’ in The Forrester Wave™: Digital Asset Management for Customer Experience, Q1 2022 report. This report was published by Forrester Research Inc., […]
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