Fee-fi-fo-fum: Virool raises giant-sized first round

Video advertising platform Virool raises $6.6 million in seed funding, which is the largest seed round in Y Combinator's history.

RGM Group raises $21M to expand its luxury ad networks targeting the 1 percent

The RGM Group figures out how to enable premium brand advertisers to target rich people via online ads, and it's has gotten richer itself. The Venice, Calif.-based company has raised $21 million in private equity and hired a new chief executive.

Tap.me raises $3.2M for in-game mobile ad network

Tap.me, a mobile ad network focused on monetizing games, has raised $3.2 million in funding.

Chicago’s Hyde Park Venture Partners, an early-stage venture fund, led the investment. Other investors include I2A Fund, Western Technology Investment, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Firestarter …

Flurry launches AppSpot mobile app ad platform

Mobile analytics firm Flurry announced a new mobile app advertising platform called Flurry AppSpot.

Peter Farago, vice president of marketing at Flurry, said the platform  combines Flurry’s analytics with a new ad platform aimed at unlocking the full potential of …

RGM Group’s ad network keeps growing as premium brands spend more online

The RGM Group figures out how to enable premium brand advertisers to target rich people via online ads. And weak economy or not, the company has benefited as those brands shift more of their budgets for chasing wealthy consumers to …

GumGum pushes into auto media with in-image ads

GumGum has pioneered a technology to place advertisements inside photos on web sites. Now it is taking that technology and pushing into the automotive web-site industry.

The company is announcing today it has struck advertising partnerships with three major automotive …

RGM Group continues to score with ad business aimed at the rich

The RGM Group has carved out a niche by making sure that rich people see ads from luxury and premium brands on the internet. And in good times or bad, the Venice, Calif.-based company has proven that it can profit …