Mediaocean

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Mediaocean
Company typePrivate company
IndustryAdvertising, information technology
PredecessorsMediaBank, Donovan Data Systems
FoundedMarch 2012
Headquarters
New York City
,
United States of America
Key people
Bill Wise (co-founder & CEO) [1]
Revenue$400 million [2]
Number of employees
1200 (2021)
Website www.mediaocean.com

Mediaocean is an advertising services and software company, headquartered in New York City. [3]

Contents

As of 2020, the company employed 1200 people. [4]

History

Mediaocean was founded in 2012 through the merger of advertising technology companies Donovan Data Systems and MediaBank, [5] which the companies announced the year before. [6]

Vista Equity Partners acquired a majority stake in Mediaocean in 2015. [7] In May of that same year, Mediaocean acquired TView, a television planning system from Stone House Systems, Inc. in Chicago, and in May 2016, Mediaocean acquired ColSpace, a provider of cloud-based, collaborative media-planning software.

In September 2017, Mediaocean announced its partnership with 4C to improve cross-channel marketing. [8] In 2018, Vista Equity Partner explored a sale of Mediaocean. [9] In 2019, Mediaocean added the SpotX platform to its system and signed a contract with WideOrbit, a TV programmatic company. [10] In January 2020, Mediaocean acquired Paris-based media management software provider MBS. [11] Later that year, Mediaocean announced the acquisition of Chicago-based data science and media technology company 4C Insights. [12]

In July 2021, Mediaocean announced the acquisition of advertising server company Flashtalking. [13] The following month, Mediaocean announced that the stake in its company held by Vista Equity Partners was being acquired by CVC Capital Partners, along with TA Associates. [14] [15] [16]

Corporate affairs

Leadership

Mediaocean is managed by CEO Bill Wise as of 2020. Other executives are: [17] [18]

Products and services

The company provides advertising purchasing, accounting, communication, advertising integration, and other services, such as DARE. Mediaocean handles over $150 billion of advertising spending a year. [2]

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