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Achilles Lagrave

Partner, Sphere Labs. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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He co-founded and served as CEO of Brandzooka, a programmatic platform designed to make digital and connected TV ad-buying accessible to small businesses. A Venezuelan-born entrepreneur and civic advocate in Colorado, he has founded several tech ventures and launched a 2026 mayoral bid in Boulder.

1shows
1appearances
10statements
4resolved
3supported
1contradicted
75%fully supported

Everything Achilles Lagrave said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

TOP FOUNDERS Prediction Held up
Lagrave: Netflix will eventually have to adopt advertising for monetization
“We believe that Netflix will need to address a monetization fear through advertising at some point, but that's up to the good folks at Netflix.”
Achilles Lagrave Mar 7, 2020 ▶ 15:14 1687 When Programmatic Bidding Reaches OTTs Like Sling, Roku, He Makes Money
Self-service ad platforms cannot monetize long-tail advertisers via subscriptions
“You can't monetize the long tail through subscriptions. You can't monetize the long tail through flat fees. It just does not It does not set the right relationship with the end user and what the end user is trying to achieve, which is performance.”
Achilles Lagrave Mar 7, 2020 ▶ 7:11 1687 When Programmatic Bidding Reaches OTTs Like Sling, Roku, He Makes Money
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported
Brandzuka built the first self-service TV ad platform for $5 daily
“To this point, this space has been serviced by enterprise DSPs such as Rocket Fuel, AppNexus, and the Trade Desk. These guys build very high-end pieces pieces of software that allow professional media buyers at large media agencies to transact media in this wa…”
Achilles Lagrave Mar 7, 2020 ▶ 5:12 1687 When Programmatic Bidding Reaches OTTs Like Sling, Roku, He Makes Money
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Large agencies like Starcom require millions in quarterly ad spend
“When you go out to a large agency like Starcom, unless you have a quarterly spend that's literally in the millions of dollars, there's nothing those media agencies can do for you.”
Achilles Lagrave Mar 7, 2020 ▶ 5:57 1687 When Programmatic Bidding Reaches OTTs Like Sling, Roku, He Makes Money
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Contradicted
Sling charges an average of one cent per impression for OTT ads
“So on a per impression on average you're looking at about a penny.”
Achilles Lagrave Mar 7, 2020 ▶ 9:38 1687 When Programmatic Bidding Reaches OTTs Like Sling, Roku, He Makes Money
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Brandzuka charges 20% to 30% of spend for hyper-targeted audience campaigns
“So if you apply no targeting, if you apply no targeting, there's no monetization for Brandsuka. If you apply every bell and whistle to hyper target an audience, that can be 20, 30% in targeting cost.”
Achilles Lagrave Mar 7, 2020 ▶ 10:42 1687 When Programmatic Bidding Reaches OTTs Like Sling, Roku, He Makes Money
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Brandzuka hit 25,000 users and $1.5M in gross volume in 2016
“2016, we scaled the platform to 25,000 users across a 110 countries and did a million and a half.”
Achilles Lagrave Mar 7, 2020 ▶ 12:56 1687 When Programmatic Bidding Reaches OTTs Like Sling, Roku, He Makes Money
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported
Lagrave: Hulu native ad minimums range from $50,000 to $100,000 upfront
“I think their minimum range is from 50,000 to a 100,000 upfront.”
Achilles Lagrave Mar 7, 2020 ▶ 15:34 1687 When Programmatic Bidding Reaches OTTs Like Sling, Roku, He Makes Money
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Brandzuka is raising a $7 million funding round
“We are raising seven.”
Achilles Lagrave Mar 7, 2020 ▶ 14:31 1687 When Programmatic Bidding Reaches OTTs Like Sling, Roku, He Makes Money
TOP FOUNDERS Prediction Not publicly verifiable
Brandzuka expects valuation north of $20 million for series round
“Well, it's going to be our expectation is, is just going to be north of 20.”
Achilles Lagrave Mar 7, 2020 ▶ 14:37 1687 When Programmatic Bidding Reaches OTTs Like Sling, Roku, He Makes Money

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