BrightRoll

BrightRoll

Industry	Advertising
Founded	2006 (2006)
Founder	Tod Sacerdoti and Dru Nelson
Headquarters	San Francisco , United States
Parent	Yahoo!
Website	www.brightroll.com

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BrightRoll is a subsidiary of Yahoo! and unified programmatic video advertising platform.^[1]

The company was founded in 2006 by Tod Sacerdoti, the company’s CEO, and Dru Nelson. Its headquarters are in San Francisco, California, with offices across the United States, Canada, and Europe.^[2]

Funding

BrightRoll raised $36 million in capital, with the last round of funding closing in November 2011. Principal investors include Dave Welsh, Adams Street Partners, Rob Theis, Scale Venture Partners, Evangelos Simoudis, Trident Capital and Jon Callaghn, TRUE Ventures.^[3]

Products

The BrightRoll platform delivers, manages and measures the performance of digital video ad campaigns across web, mobile, and connected TV.^[4] According to comScore, BrightRoll is the industry’s leading video ad property in reaching the most unique viewers in the United States and ranks among the top web properties in video ads served.^[5]

The BrightRoll platform includes a real-time marketplace and powers programmatic video for hundreds of buyers, including: brands, agencies, agency trading desks (ATDs), demand-side platforms (DSPs), and ad networks, among others, and enables them to connect with digital audiences to support campaign objectives. Customers access the platform through the company’s advanced programmatic buying console (self- or managed service) or connect server-to-server for real-time bidding. The platform gives publishers and developers access to one of the industry’s largest video marketplaces to maximize monetization of inventory.^[6]

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