Mojiva

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Mojiva, Inc.
Company type Private
Industry Mobile advertising
Founded New York City, New York, United States (May 2008 (2008-05))
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Headquarters
New York City, New York
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United States
Number of locations
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Website www.mojiva.com

Mojiva was a mobile advertising network for smartphones and tablet devices. [1] [2] [3] The company was known for introducing an ad network tailored specifically for tablets, known as Mojiva Tab. [4] [5] [6] [7] It rebranded to "mOcean Mobile" before being acquired by Pubmatic. Mojiva raised a total of $42.3 million in venture funding before being bought. [8]

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Company history

Mojiva launched in May 2008. [1] The company was founded by Krish Arvapally, Dan Goikhman, and Miles Spencer.[ citation needed ] Dave Gwozdz, also a founding member of the ad network DoubleClick, was Mojiva's CEO from Aug 2008 - Dec 2013. [4] [9] In 2011, Mojiva created the “Mobile Creative Alliance”, a loose partnership of media companies that held nationwide presentations to spread the word about mobile advertising. [10] Mojiva's company headquarters are in New York City. [4] Branch offices are located in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Detroit, Chicago and London. [1] [4] The company claims to represent 8,000 digital publishers and app developers. [2] [5] [11] Mojiva Tab was anticipated to reach 40 million tablet devices. [4] As of late 2012, Mojiva had raised a total of $42.3 million in funding from a variety of sources. [8] A funding round in July 2011 raised $25 million, while another round in late 2012 raised an additional $7 million. [4] [8]

Mojiva's ad network served both banner advertisements and interstitial (full screen). [12] Analysts expect healthy growth of the mobile ad marketplace, with rich media mobile advertising to rise by 365% between 2012 and 2016. [2]

Mojiva was renamed Mocean Mobile in January 2014. [13] Mocean Mobile was acquired by Pubmatic in May 2014. [14]

Awards and recognition

Prior to the 2012 US presidential election, Mojiva conducted an informal study of smartphone users' political orientations. [6] The results of the study were made public on Mashable as an infographic. [6] In another study published on Mashable, Mojiva learned the smartphone users were more likely to text than phone family and friends on New Year's Eve. [7]

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References

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  5. 1 2 Rachel King (October 15, 2012). "Mojiva Tab debuts as tablet-only mobile advertising network". ZDNet . Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (October 23, 2012). "Smartphone Users More Likely To Vote Obama (INFOGRAPHIC)". Mashable . Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  7. 1 2 Emily Price (December 29, 2012). "Smartphones at New Year's Eve: More Texting, Less Calling". Mashable . Retrieved February 19, 2013.
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  9. ↑ "Mobile Marketer's "Mobile Women to Watch" 2013". iMedia Connection. January 10, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
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  11. ↑ Dave Gwozdz (November 9, 2012). "Mojiva's Dave Gwozdz: Mobile Advertisers Who Are Obsessed With Impressions Are Wrong". Business Insider . Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  12. ↑ Lauren Johnson (December 13, 2012). "Which is the go-to for mobile advertising: Interstitials or banner ads?". Mobile Marketer. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Effective today". Mocean Mobile on Twitter. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  14. ↑ Kantrowitz, Alex (19 May 2014). "PubMatic Acquires Mobile Ad Server Mocean Mobile". Ad Age.
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