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Web Marketing Software Firm Yield Raises $6 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 4, 2008 - 7:32am.

San Mateo, Calif. - Yield Software, a provider of Internet marketing software, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $6 million in its second round of venture capital financing, led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson with participation from ad giant WPP (NASD: WPPGY) and seed investor WashingtonVC.

Yahoo, WPP Sign Multi-Year Digital Advertising Partnership

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 16, 2008 - 10:28am.

Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) on Friday announced a multi-year strategic partnership with several units of advertising giant WPP (NASD: WPPGY), which the company said will allow the companies to buy digital display advertising across the Internet more efficiently.

Video Game Developer Realtime Worlds Gets $50 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 14, 2008 - 6:26am.

Dundee, Scotland - Independent video game developer Realtime Worlds announced on Monday that it has raised $50 million in its second round of funding, led by Maverick Capital.

Ad Effectiveness Monitoring Firm IMMI Raises $25 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 25, 2008 - 8:10am.

San Mateo, Calif. - Integrated Media Measurement Inc. (IMMI), the provider of an ad and media monitoring service that tracks impressions on consumers' cell phones, has raised $25 million in its third round of venture capital financing, led by advertising giant WPP's Kantar Media Research division.

WPP's Wunderman Buys Asian Interactive Marketer Agenda

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 22, 2008 - 10:29am.

Singapore - Advertising giant WPP's (NASD: WPPGY) Wunderman marketing services network announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Asian interactive marketing firm Agenda.

Invidi Gets $25 Million for Targeted Broadband TV Advertising

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 13, 2007 - 8:16am.

Princeton, N.J. - Invidi Technologies, a provider of targeted advertising for broadband TV services, announced on Thursday that it has raised $25 million in its third round of venture capital financing, led by WPP's (NASD: WPPGY) GroupM.

Ad Giant WPP Acquires Digital Agency Blast Radius

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 25, 2007 - 10:01am.

New York - Advertising giant WPP Group announced that it has acquired Blast Radius, a digital ad agency based in Vancouver, B.C.

Online Video Ad Network VideoEgg Raises $15 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 5, 2007 - 7:12am.

San Francisco - VideoEgg, a video advertising network for social networks and other online communities, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $15 million in a new round of financing, led by Focus Ventures.

Global Ad Agency WPP Acquires 24/7 Real Media for $649 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 17, 2007 - 1:38pm.

London - Global advertising firm WPP announced on Thursday that it will acquire search engine marketing provider 24/7 Real Media for $649 million.

Video Ad Network VideoEgg Gets Investment from WPP

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 16, 2007 - 10:01am.

San Francisco - VideoEgg, the provider of a video advertising network, announced on Monday that it has received a strategic investment from communications services group WPP.

Mobile Search Firm JumpTap Gets Strategic Investment from WPP

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 30, 2007 - 11:18am.
Cambridge, Mass. - JumpTap, a provider of mobile search and advertising technology, has received a strategic investment of undisclosed amount from WPP, a London-based communications service firm.

Online Game Publisher WildTangent Gets Strategic Investment from WPP

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 15, 2006 - 12:28pm.
Redmond, Wash. - Online game publisher WildTangent announced on Tuesday that it has received an undisclosed strategic investment from WPP, which owns a number of large advertising and public relations agencies.