AppNexus $1.6B
AppNexus acquired by AT&T

After a long period of speculation, it has been confirmed that AT&T has acquired adtech pioneer AppNexus. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed but sources with knowledge of the transaction have indicated the value of the transaction is approximately $1.6B. AppNexus primarily provides a sell-side platform (SSP) for publishers to monetize their ad inventory through an automated process. The transaction gives data-heavy AT&T the infrastructure to compete with Google and Facebook’s ad platform offerings, especially across multiple devices – critical now that AT&T has completed its acquisition of Time Warner.
Investors in the acquired company: SV Angel, First Round Capital, Khosla Ventures, Venrock, TCV, Kodiak Venture Partners, Ronald Conway, Tribeca Venture Partners, Fidelity Investments, WPP Ventures, SharesPost Investment Management, Grape Arbor VC, Marc Andreessen, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, News Corp., Yahoo! Japan, Ben Horowitz, Coriolis Ventures, Philippe Corrot
Total funding raised: $523M
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