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Formerly | Playbuzz |
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Founded | 2012 |
Founders | Tom Pachys, Shaul Olmert, Shachar Orren |
Headquarters | New York City |
Key people | Tom Pachys, CEO [1] Shachar Orren, CMO Maya Szutan-Azoulay, COO Yaniv Lubinski, CFO Oren Regev, Chief Product Officer Efrat Zohar Reisman, Chief People Officer |
Website | ex |
EX.CO is a Disney-backed, [2] publisher-first video technology platform. [3] It is used by publishers to monetize video content on websites and to add interactive and media elements intended for a particular user base.
EX.CO was originally founded as Playbuzz in 2012 by Shaul Olmert and Tom Pachys. Pachys is a graduate of IDC and also the cofounder of Whimado.
Playbuzz originally raised $3 million in a Series A funding round from Carmel Ventures. [4]
In September 2017, the company announced it had raised an additional $35 million in a Series C funding round led by Viola Group with participation from existing investors including the Walt Disney Company and Saban Ventures. [5] [6] This brought Playbuzz's total funding to $66 million. [7]
In November 2019, Playbuzz changed its company name to EX.CO. [8]
In 2021, EX.CO acquired video monetization technology company Cedato. [9]
In 2022, the company announced the acquisition of the machine-learning company Bibblio [10]
EX.CO provides website development tools centered around interactive elements.
EX.CO also works with e-commerce businesses for website building, and modification of existing sites. [11]
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