AppsFlyer

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AppsFlyer Ltd.
Company type Private
IndustryMobile attribution and analytics
Founded2011
FoundersOren Kaniel and Reshef Mann
Headquarters
San Francisco
,
United States
ProductsNativeTrack and OneLink
Website www.appsflyer.com

AppsFlyer is a SaaS mobile marketing analytics and attribution platform. Founded in Israel in 2011, the company is now headquartered in San Francisco, California. [1]

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History

AppsFlyer is a privately held company co-founded in Israel in 2011 by Oren Kaniel, its current CEO, and Reshef Mann, company CTO. [2] AppsFlyer received its first funding from the Microsoft Ventures Accelerator program. [1]

Following the Microsoft Ventures Accelerator, AppsFlyer raised Series A funding from Pitango [3] and Magma [4] partners.

In January 2015, AppsFlyer announced that it had raised $20 million in Series B funding [5] [6] from Fidelity Growth Partners Europe, [7] which has helped accelerate the company's growth. Following 2 years of development, AppsFlyer announced on 17 January 2017 that it had raised an additional $56 million in Series C financing, bringing its total funding to $84 million. The round was led by new investors Qumra Capital, as well as Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing (PCI), Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners (DTCP) and Pitango Growth. [8]

In February 2018, AppsFlyer opened a new US headquarters in San Francisco. [9]

In January 2020, AppsFlyer announced a $210 million series D funding round at a company valuation of $1.6 billion. Growth equity firm General Atlantic led the round. [10]

Acquisitions

In May 2018, AppsFlyer acquired the development team Yodas. [11]

In November 2023, AppsFlyer acquired the gaming and apps data analytics firm DevtoDev. [12] Less than a month later, the company acquired the AI-powered UA and monetization platform oolo. [13]

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