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171 rebranded AdTech companies

AdTech companies that changed their name or identity.

Wunderman
WundermanRebranded

Became Wunderman Thompson · 2018

Global digital marketing and customer experience agency that merged with Thompson to form Wunderman Thompson, now part of VML.

Amazon Advertising Platform (AAP) was Amazon's programmatic demand-side platform, launched in fall 2012 for automated real-time bidding on d…

Adobe Marketing Cloud, now known as Adobe Experience Cloud, was a collection of integrated online marketing and web analytics products by Ad…

Firebase Analytics

Became Google Analytics · 2017

Google's free mobile and web analytics platform built into Firebase, offering unlimited event tracking and deep integration with Google Ads …

Tremor Video
Tremor VideoRebranded

Became Telaria · 2017

Tremor Video was a New York video advertising technology company (founded 2005, NYSE IPO 2013) that sold its demand-side business in 2015, r…

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DemandwareRebranded

Became Salesforce Commerce Cloud · 2016

Cloud-based eCommerce platform acquired by Salesforce in July 2016 for $2.8B and rebranded as Salesforce Commerce Cloud.

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HookLogicRebranded

Became Criteo Retail Media · 2016

HookLogic was an early commerce-media platform acquired by Criteo in November 2016 for $250M.

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KruxRebranded

Became Salesforce DMP · 2016

Krux was a leading data management platform (DMP) that helped publishers, marketers, and agencies collect, unify, and activate audience data…

MLB Advanced Media spin-off founded 2015, focused on OTT video streaming technology.

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Casale MediaRebranded

Became Index Exchange · 2015

Toronto-based ad-network founded 2001.

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Coupons.comRebranded

Became Quotient Technology · 2015

Coupons.com was a leading digital coupon and promotional platform that connected consumers with brands through printable and digital coupons…

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ValueClickRebranded

Became Conversant · 2014

ValueClick was a leading performance-based digital advertising network that connected advertisers with publishers through cost-per-click and…

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CompendiumRebranded

Became Oracle Marketing Cloud · 2013

Content marketing platform acquired by Oracle in October 2013.

ExactTarget, now Salesforce Marketing Cloud, was a digital marketing automation and analytics platform founded in 2000 that built its reputa…

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Havas PRRebranded

Became Havas · 2013

Havas PR was the Havas Group's public relations network.

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MediaBankRebranded

Became Mediaocean · 2012

MediaBank was a leading media management and financial software provider for advertisers and agencies that merged with Donovan Data Systems …

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VitrueRebranded

Became Oracle Marketing Cloud · 2012

Social media marketing platform acquired by Oracle in May 2012 for $300M.

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Became Mediaocean · 2012

Founding predecessor of Mediaocean (DDS, founded 1967).

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Became Razorfish · 2008

Avenue A was a pioneering digital advertising agency and ad management platform that became one of the largest interactive agencies in the e…

Facebook Ads
Facebook AdsRebranded

Became Meta Ads

Facebook Ads, now known as Meta Ads, was a paid social advertising platform that allowed businesses to reach their audiences through social …

Facebook Audience Network, now operating as Meta Audience Network, was a third-party ad network launched in 2014 as an in-app advertising ne…

Oracle Marketing Cloud was a suite of cloud-based marketing applications offered by Oracle Corporation that was later consolidated into Orac…

Salesforce CDP, now known as Salesforce Data Cloud, was a customer data platform that went through several renamings — from Customer 360 Aud…

Xandr, now operating as Microsoft Advertising, was the advertising and analytics subsidiary of Microsoft that ran an online platform for buy…

Outbrain
OutbrainRebranded

Became Teads

Outbrain was a New York-based ad tech company, founded in 2006, best known for content-recommendation (native) ads on publisher sites.

Verizon Media DSP, now Yahoo DSP, was a global demand-side platform headquartered in New York, USA, previously known as Oath Advertising Pla…

Vungle
VungleRebranded

Became Liftoff

Vungle, now operating as Liftoff following a 2021 merger, was a mobile advertising and monetization company that served primarily the supply…

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4C InsightsRebranded

Became Flashtalking

4C Insights was a social and TV advertising data, measurement and media-activation company.

Asatsu-DK (ADK) was Japan's third-largest advertising agency after Dentsu and Hakuhodo.

Real-time personalization and customer data platform that delivers individualized experiences across web, email, and mobile channels.

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ManthanRebranded

Became Algonomy

Manthan was an AI-powered analytics and customer data platform for retail and consumer industries; in January 2021 it combined with RichRele…

Metric Theory is a digital advertising agency specializing in paid media management and optimization across search, social, and programmatic…

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Ogilvy JapanRebranded

Became Ogilvy

Ogilvy Japan (registered in 1984 as Ogilvy & Mather Japan) combined with Geometry Global Japan as Geometry Ogilvy Japan in April 2019 and no…

OneView
OneViewRebranded

Became Roku Ads Manager

OneView is a programmatic advertising technology platform specializing in converged TV advertising solutions that bridge traditional linear …

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RothcoRebranded

Became Droga5

Irish creative agency, Ireland's largest independent at acquisition.

Verisk Marketing Solutions provides data-driven marketing intelligence and consumer insights to help brands and agencies identify, reach, an…

Verizon Digital Media Services was Verizon's CDN and digital media delivery platform, later rebranded as Verizon Media (now part of Yahoo) a…

Bizible was a B2B marketing attribution platform that helped marketers connect revenue to marketing touchpoints — now rebranded as Marketo M…

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Jam3Rebranded

Became Media.Monks

Toronto-based digital design and production studio that joined MediaMonks in March 2021 as part of the consolidation under the Media.Monks b…

MobileMonkey (now rebranded as Customers.ai) was a leading chatbot and multi-channel marketing automation platform that helped businesses en…

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Total MediaRebranded

Rebranded · successor unknown

Total Media was a UK behavioural-planning media agency.

Zoho Reports was a self-service business intelligence and reporting platform that was rebranded as Zoho Analytics in 2017, continuing to ser…

Meta's advertising platform enabling businesses to create, manage, and optimize ad campaigns across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Audi…

WhiteOps
WhiteOpsRebranded

Became HUMAN Security

White Ops (now HUMAN Security) was a cybersecurity company specializing in bot fraud detection and prevention, protecting digital advertisin…

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Rebranded · successor unknown

Loyalty and marketing-services company; its Epsilon marketing division (which housed Conversant) was sold to Publicis in 2019.

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BitstripsRebranded

Became Bitmoji

Toronto-based avatar/comic startup acquired by Snap March 2016 for $64M.

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GroupM JapanRebranded

Became WPP Media

GroupM Japan was WPP's media investment group in Japan, running Mindshare, Wavemaker and EssenceMediacom.

IBM's enterprise-grade conversational AI platform that enables businesses to build and deploy AI-powered virtual assistants and chatbots acr…

IBM Watson Studio is an enterprise AI and machine learning platform for building, training, and deploying models.

Incapsula
IncapsulaRebranded

Became Imperva

Cloud-based web application security and DDoS protection service, now part of Imperva's application security platform.

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XX ArtistsRebranded

Became Media.Monks

XX Artists was a creator-focused talent management and brand partnership platform that has since rebranded, connecting social media influenc…