Krishna Subramanian
Krishna Subramanian | |
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| Born | |
| Alma mater | University of California, Davis |
| Known for | Tech Entrepreneur Co-founder of BlueLithium Co-founder of Mobclix Former Chief Marketing Officer of Velti Co-founder of Captiv8 [1] |
Krishna Subramanian is a serial tech entrepreneur, angel investor and commentator on mobile advertising.[2][3][4][5] He is best known for co-founding 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.[6][7][8] Subramanian has also written for Forbes, The Huffington Post, Advertising Age and Mashable.[9][10][11][12]
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.[13][14][15] Burrp! was acquired by Network 18 in 2009.[15]
BlueLithium
In January 2004, he also co-founded BlueLithium with Gurbaksh Chahal.[4][5] BlueLithium was an online advertising network, which provided a platform that displayed highly targeted advertising impressions.[16][17] BlueLithium was acquired by Yahoo! in 2007 for $300 million.[16] At the time of its acquisition, BlueLithium was the fifth largest ad network in the US and the second largest in the UK.[16]
Mobclix
In 2008, Subramanian co-founded Mobclix with Sunil Verma and Vishal Gurbuxani.[18][19] Mobclix was a mobile ad exchange network, which was acquired by Velti in 2010.[7][8][18][20] Subramanian became chief marketing officer of Velti in 2011.[21][22]
Subramanian resigned from Velti in October 2013.[8] He was reelected to Mobile Marketing Association’s board of directors the same month.[23]
Captiv8
In Jan 2015, Subramanian co-founded Captiv8 with Vishal Gurbuxani, Taz Patel, and Sunil Verma. It is another platform for online marketing.[1][24]
References
- ^ a b "Captiv8 crunchbase.com". Retrieved Jan 4, 2017.
- ^ "Taking a bite out of the Worldwide Developers Conference". Fox News. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "What to expect from WWDC". Fox Business. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ a b Pioneers of Digital: Success Stories from Leaders in Advertising, Marketing, Search and Social Media. Google Books. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Cookie tracking: How Facebook could be worth $100 billion?". Venture Beat. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "Mobclix's Subramanian Interview About Twitter". Bloomberg TV. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Velti Acquires Mobclix". Mobile Europe. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ a b c "Mobclix Co-Founder Krishna Subramanian Quits Velti". Ad Exchanger. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "5 Ways Facebook Will Turn Mobile Risk into Reward". Forbes. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Beyond Spoilers: What the 2012 Olympics Taught Us About Multi-Screen Media in the Twitter Age". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Forget the E-Wallet -- It's Apple's Passbook That Will Transform Retail". Ad Age. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "8 Best Practices for Deploying a Top-Ranked Mobile App". Mashable. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Helping developers transform mobile apps into businesses". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Velti's Krishna Subramanian on The State of Mobile Advertising". Make Good. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Infomedia 18 acquires local reviews website Burrp!". Reuters. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ a b c "Yahoo to acquire advertising company, BlueLithium, for $300M". Venture Beat. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Google gets a new ad-versary". CNN Money. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Mercury News interview: The founders of Mobclix". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ Thomas Catan; Yukari Iwatani Kane (4 May 2010). "Business Technology: Apple Attracts Scrutiny From Regulators --- FTC, Justice Department Discuss Possible Inquiry Amid Complaints From Application Developers, Advertising Firms". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Mobclix: Krishna Subramanian. Google Books. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "In-App Mobile Ad Implementation Challenges". SXSW. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Mobclix Creates Program to Help Mobile Developers Get Paid Earlier". Read Write. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "MMA North America Board of Directors Adds 10 Executives". Wireless News. 17 October 2013.
- ^ Cutler, Kim-Mai. July 14, 2015. "Captiv8 Is Building The Analytics, Marketing Platform For Harnessing The Reach of Instagram, Vine, Snapchat Stars techcrunch.com". Retrieved Jan 4, 2017.