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A leader at providing marketing cloud services that help marketers better understand the customers they are targeting

Boston, United StatesFounded 2009Marketing
Valuation $100–500M Latest valuation · 2019
Headcount <100 Current team size
Total funding $50–100M Disclosed equity funding
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About DataXu

Roku, accessible via advertising.roku.com, is a prominent player in the TV streaming advertising market. The company specializes in connecting advertisers with consumers who are engaged in streaming content. Roku's platform is designed to help content providers and advertisers maximize their viewership and performance, ensuring that advertising efforts yield tangible results, from brand building to customer acquisition.

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Roku serves a diverse range of clients, including major brands, small businesses, and content creators. The company operates primarily in the digital advertising market, focusing on TV streaming—a rapidly growing sector as more consumers shift from traditional cable to streaming services. Roku's business model revolves around providing advertising solutions that leverage its extensive reach and advanced targeting capabilities.

The company makes money by offering various advertising products and services. These include TV streaming ads that reach an estimated 155 million streamers, and the OneView Ad Platform, which allows advertisers to connect with four out of five homes in America. Roku's platform is particularly attractive to advertisers because it combines the broad reach of traditional TV with the precision targeting of digital advertising. This dual approach helps advertisers engage more effectively with their target audiences.

Roku's advertising solutions are built to create compelling advertiser experiences and storytelling tailored for TV streaming. The platform's performance metrics and third-party validation ensure that advertisers can prove the effectiveness of their campaigns. This has led to high adoption rates, with 9 in 10 Ad Age 200 brands choosing Roku for their advertising needs.

In summary, Roku is a leading TV streaming ad platform that helps advertisers reach and engage a vast audience, providing measurable results and innovative storytelling opportunities.

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At a glance

Status
Acquired
Founded
2009
Headquarters
Boston, United States
Employees
22
Open positions
None listed
Dealroom signal
72.1/100
Industry
Marketing, Enterprise Software
Sub-industry
CRM & Sales
Sector
Marketing, Analytics, Market Intelligence, Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Spinout, DT and LS
Technology
Big Data, Deep Tech
Business model
SaaS
Client focus
b2b
Investment activity
2 companies, latest Apr 2014
Capital deployed
Preferred round
ACQUISITION

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Funding history

10 recorded events

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
ACQUISITIONOther financing Oct 2019 $150M $150M Roku
EARLY VCOther financing Oct 2017 $3.5M $14M Undisclosed
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Growth signals

DataXu website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for DataXu is 130K monthly website visits, down 65.8% over the last three months. DataXu's team declined 12% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits130K 3-month web change-65.8% 1-year team growth-12%
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Investments and acquisitions

Capital deployed

Recent portfolio relationships for companies that also act as investors or acquirers.

Investors

13 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Seed4 investors entered at this stage

Series A3 investors entered at this stage

Series B and later4 investors entered at this stage

  • Thomvest Ventures
  • Infocomm Investments
  • Sky
  • Accomplice

Other known investors2 additional known investors

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Roku
Team profiled 80 named & role-tagged
Founders Hidden — book a demo/100 quality score
Key operators 4 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
Potential founders Hidden — book a demo likely future founders
Startup mafia Hidden — book a demo alumni-founded startups
Talent movements Hidden — book a demo in · Hidden — book a demo out past 12 months

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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
5 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States50%
🇺🇦 Ukraine20%
🇿🇦 South Africa10%
🇵🇱 Poland10%
🇫🇷 France10%
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Market sentiment

Posts on X, past 7 days

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Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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