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Websitejiwire.com
Twitter@JiWire
CategoryMobile/Wireless
Phone(415) 877-4711
Employees
Founded3/03
DescriptionLocation Based Advertising

Offices

HQ
150 Post St, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA, 94108
USA

People

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CFO
VP, Product Development
VP, Engineering
VP, Network Services
SVP, Marketing
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Co-Founder/President & COO
SVP, Strategy and Business Development
VP, Creative Services
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Acquisitions

NearbyNow, 11/10

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JiWire

Jiwire is the dominant leader in connecting advertisers to today’s On-The-Go Mobile Audience. Utilizing the world’s largest location-based interactive media channel, JiWire uniquely engages users when they are out of the home and out of the office. JiWire’s platform enables advertisers to identify and target specific geographic audience segments, and deliver advertising based not only on a person’s exact physical location, but also the type of venue and even brand of venue. With a goal of engaging users however they connect, JiWire provides a cross-channel solution that extends location-based targeting across multiple devices, from laptops to smartphones to gaming devices, and across content channels from Wi-Fi to Internet to Mobile.

Recent Milestones

  • Dollar
    JiWire received $4M in Partial Close funding. (6/5/13)
    Posted 6/10/13 at 2:46am via sec.gov
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    JiWire — New Trends in Location and Mobile Data Unveiled in JiWire Mobile Audience Insights Report (12/6/11)
    Posted 12/14/11 at 12:25pm via jiwire.com
  • Dollar
    JiWire received $20M in Venture Round funding. (5/6/11)
    Posted 5/6/11 at 7:14pm via techcrunch.com
  • Handshake
    JiWire acquired NearbyNow. (11/23/10)
    Posted 11/23/10 at 8:39pm via techcrunch.com
  • Dollar
    JiWire received $2.1M in Debt funding. (8/20/10)
    Posted 8/23/10 at 7:23am via venturebeat.com
  • Check
    JiWire — JiWire recognized as one of the Hottest San Francisco Companies by Lead411 (5/18/10)
    Posted 9/1/10 at 9:52pm via lead411.com
  • Check
    JiWire — JiWire Announces Second Mobile Audience Insights Report with a Focus on the Business Traveler (11/17/09)
    Posted 11/18/09 at 1:44pm via jiwire.com
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    JiWire — Announced hire of new CEO (10/21/09)
    Posted 11/18/09 at 1:42pm via jiwire.com
  • Dollar
    JiWire received $11.1M in Series B funding. (12/10/08)
    Posted 12/16/08 at 10:51pm via moconews.net
  • Dollar
    JiWire received $2.5M in Series A funding. (5/17/06)
    Posted 4/6/10 at 9:55pm
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    JiWire added Nihad Hafiz as Co-Founder/President & COO. (6/1/04)
    Posted 12/16/08 at 10:51pm
  • Check
    JiWire added Kevin McKenzie as Founder. (3/20/03)
    Posted 11/29/11 at 10:59am
  • Check
    JiWire added Kevin O'Reilly as VP, Network Services.
    Posted 12/16/08 at 10:51pm
  • Check
    JiWire added David Blumenfeld as SVP, Strategy and Business Development.
    Posted 12/16/08 at 10:51pm
  • Check
    JiWire added Jeff Pittelkau as VP, Product Development.
    Posted 12/16/08 at 10:51pm
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    JiWire added John Klein as VP, Engineering.
    Posted 12/16/08 at 10:51pm

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Sources

  1. JiWire Acquires Location-Based Mobile Shopping Platform NearbyNow (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  2. EDGAR [edit]
  3. JiWire Raises $11.1 Million For Wi-Fi Ad Network (moconews.net) [edit]
  4. JiWire raises $2.1M for Wi-Fi ads, reports users prefer location-based coupons (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  5. Location-Based Mobile Advertising Company JiWire Raises $20 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  6. SEC (sec.gov) [edit]
  7. Growing Media Company JiWire appoints David Courtney as New CEO (jiwire.com) [edit]
    JiWire Announces Second Mobile Audience Insights Report with a Focus on the Business Traveler New study shows 75 percent increase in mobile phones using premium Wi-Fi locations, and that 81 percent of business travelers spend over 30 minutes online (jiwire.com) [edit]
    LEAD411 LAUNCHES "HOTTEST COMPANIES IN SAN FRANCISCO" AWARDS (lead411.com) [edit]
    JiWire Mobile Audience Insights Report (jiwire.com) [edit]
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