Brandzuka hit 25,000 users and $1.5M in gross volume in 2016
Achilles Lagrave · 1687 When Programmatic Bidding Reaches OTTs Like Sling, Roku, He Makes Money · Mar 7, 2020 · at 12:56
Achilles Lagrave, CEO of Brandzuka, shares annual growth and user adoption numbers for 2016.
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“2016, we scaled the platform to 25,000 users across a 110 countries and did a million and a half.”
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