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Millennial Media Tries Cashing In on Mobile Ad Boom With IPO

Peter Kafka in Media on January 5 at 3:23 pm PT

It’s the first player in the small, rapidly growing mobile ad business to go public instead of selling to a bigger fish.

Mobile Ad Network Millennial Media Raises $27.5 Million to Fight Apple and Google

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 5, 2011 at 7:37 am PT

Millennial Media has raised a new round of capital today to help it stay independent and fight the Goliaths in the space, like Apple and Google. Will it be enough?

Millennial Media Acquires TapMetrics

Kara Swisher in News on February 23, 2010 at 6:56 am PT

Although it has also been rumored to be an acquisition target, after the recent sales of AdMob to Google and Quattro Wireless to Apple, mobile advertising firm Millennial Media is doing some buying of its own. That would be its just announced acquisition of TapMetrics, a San Francisco-based mobile analytics firm.

Games People Play: Social Gaming Network's Shervin Pishevar Speaks!

Kara Swisher in News on May 13, 2008 at 10:30 am PT

Today, in yet another episode of the Web 2.0 lottery, Social Gaming Network grabbed $15 million in funding for its widgety gaming apps that are popular on Facebook and other social networking sites. The round, led by Greylock Partners, Founders Fund, Columbia Partners and Novak Biddle Venture Partners, will go toward expanding its offerings, which include the popular Warbook, and also its network for other developers to create and publish online games on.