Krishna Subramanian

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Krishna Subramanian
Born
Long Beach, California
Alma mater University of California, Davis
Known forTech Entrepreneur
Co-founder of BlueLithium
Co-founder of Mobclix
Former Chief Marketing Officer of Velti

Krishna Subramanian is a serial tech entrepreneur, angel investor and commentator on mobile advertising. [1] [2] [3] [4] He is best known for a being a founding employee of BlueLithium, one of the largest online ad network acquired by Yahoo in 2007 for $300 million, and Mobclix, a mobile ad exchange network acquired by Velti in 2010. [5] [6] [7] Subramanian has also written for Forbes, The Huffington Post, Advertising Age and Mashable. [8] [9] [10] [11]

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Career

Burrp!

In 2003, Subramanian co-founded Burrp!, an internet recommendation and review portal for local businesses and landmarks that operated in a number of Indian cities. [12] [13] [14] Burrp! was acquired by Network 18 in 2009. [14]

BlueLithium

In January 2004, he became a founding employee of BlueLithium. [3] [4] BlueLithium was an online advertising network, which provided a platform that displayed highly targeted advertising impressions. [15] [16] BlueLithium was acquired by Yahoo! in 2007 for $300 million. [15] At the time of its acquisition, BlueLithium was the fifth largest ad network in the US and the second largest in the UK. [15]

Mobclix

In 2008, Subramanian co-founded Mobclix with Sunil Verma and Vishal Gurbuxani. [17] [18] Mobclix was a mobile ad exchange network, which was acquired by Velti in 2010. [6] [7] [17] [19] Subramanian became chief marketing officer of Velti in 2011. [20] [21]

Subramanian resigned from Velti in October 2013. [7] He was reelected to Mobile Marketing Association’s board of directors the same month. [22]

Captiv8

In Jan 2015, Subramanian co-founded Captiv8 with Vishal Gurbuxani, Taz Patel, and Sunil Verma. [23] Captiv8 gained notoriety for pairing Dylan Mulvaney with Bud Light in an advertising campaign. [24]

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