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Tapad Closes $6.5M Series B Round

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Tapad, a provider of unified cross-device advertising solutions, has closed a Series B round of funding for $6.5 million. Firsthand Technology Value Fund invested in the round. Founding investors FirstMark Capital and Avalon Ventures also participated.

Tapad investors include Metamorphic Ventures, Lerer Ventures, former DoubleClick CEO David Rosenblatt , AppNexus founder Brian O’Kelly, former Huffington Post CEO Eric Hippeau, 24/7 Real Media co-founder Geoff Judge and QUIGO founder and CEO Mike Yavonditte.

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