Industry Advertising Founded 2009 | Website Taykey.com Type of business Private | |
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Taykey, Inc. is a global advertising technology company. Taykey gives marketers the real-time tools to automatically target advertising and gather insights based on what's trending for their audience.
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Wired named Taykey one of its "Hottest Startups" for 2013, and Forbes named co-founder and CEO Amit Avner to its "30 Under 30" list for 2014.
History
Taykey was co-founded by CEO Amit Avner and Itay Birnbaum in 2009. Avner had previously worked on a questions-and-answers social network.
As of 2015, Taykey has raised $32 million in funding, including an investment from Innovation Endeavors, the venture capital fund of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Other investors include Tenaya Capital, Sequoia Capital, Softbank Capital, MSR Capital and Marker LLC. In 2014, Taykey launched the "Real-Time Advertising Academy," an educational program.
The company was founded in Herzliya, and currently operates offices in New York City, London, Chicago and San Francisco.
Clients
Taykey clients include American Express, Volkswagen, Samsung, Sony, Pepsi, Unilever and Paramount Studios.