Chosen as one of the most enterprising companies worldwide in the internet sector
Bangalore based Jivox, the leading interactive online video advertising platform, today announced that it has been chosen as a winner of the TiE50 Award. TiE50 Winners represent the most enterprising companies worldwide in five sectors that are driving today's economy: Internet, Software, Wireless, Cleantech, and BioSciences. TiE50 is presented by TiE, the organizer of TiEcon 2010 - the world's largest conference for entrepreneurs. Selected from among nearly 4,000 nominees, and after almost 100,000 votes, Jivox was chosen as a winner in the Internet sector.
"TiE50 attracted the best of the breed start-ups this year with extraordinary sets of ideas, innovation, and business opportunities from several technology hot beds worldwide - Americas, Europe, Japan, Israel, Singapore, India, China and others," said Ram K. Reddy, Chair TiE50 2010. "Judging was done by a team of highly accomplished and competent CEOs, serial entrepreneurs, globally recognized venture capitalists, and industry experts with several years of segment-specific experience."
“Brands around the globe are recognizing that interactive video advertising is the best way to engage with online audiences, which is why thousands of advertisers have turned to Jivox to deliver highly-engaging interactive video ads,” said Diaz Nesamoney, CEO of Jivox. “We’re honored to be recognized as a TiE50 winner, and we will continue to deliver innovative online video advertising solutions for advertisers that boost their brand awareness and drive engagement.”
Said Naren Nachiappan, Managing Director India, Jivox, “In India, we have the privilege of working with leading brands including Maruti, Google, Microsoft, Mahindra & Mahindra, HDFC, Airtel, Samsung, Aircel, and LG, delivering their message successfully via interactive video ads. We are delighted with the TIE50 award and the recognition of the power of interactive video ads for our customers."
Jivox and the other TiE50 Winners will be honored at TiEcon 2010 on May 15th, 2010, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. TiEcon is the world's largest conference for entrepreneurs featuring two action-packed days of rich dialogue, networking, and deal making with thousands of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, industry executives, and thought leaders.
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About TiE
TiE is a global, not-for-profit, non-political, and non-religious organization dedicated to fostering entrepreneurs across its global network sponsored by top venture capital, legal and accounting firms and Fortune 500 corporations. TiE is spread across 55 chapters in 13 countries comprising 1,800 experienced entrepreneurs and business executives as charter members and 12,000 aspiring entrepreneurs and professionals as members. Some of last year’s TiE50 winners have raised over $2 billion in funding since being recognized at TiECon 2009.
“We built upon the huge success of last year’s inaugural TiE50 awards. TiEcon’s platform and TiE’s global entrepreneurial network enabled us to draw the most entrepreneurial startups with breakthrough technologies, savvy market strategies, and incredible teams with palpable passion,” said Mateen Syed, Co Chair TiE50 2010.
About Jivox
Jivox technology enables agencies, brand advertisers and publishers to deliver highly engaging online video advertisements – yielding significant uplift to campaign performance via interactive and social sharing widgets. Paired with advanced targeting, optimization and real-time campaign analytics, Jivox provides an unparalleled video advertising solution. The end result is a better-informed, more engaged audience, improved ad performance and ultimately higher ROI on video ad campaigns. Using Jivox, advertisers and agencies run video ads on the Jivox Publisher and Audience Network which has an available reach of over 125 million monthly unique visitors and is comprised of premium websites. In turn, Publishers license and use the Jivox platform to deliver video ads on their own web properties for their clients and manage all aspects of ad operations through an easy-to-use web based interface. Jivox is a privately held company headquartered in San Mateo, Calif. For more information about Jivox, please visit http://www.jivox.com.