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OPERA BUYS MOBILE AD STARTUP ADMARVEL FOR $8M IN CASH PLUS A $15M EARNOUT

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This morning, Norwegian browser maker Opera Software announced that it has
agreed to acquire AdMarvel, a small privately-held mobile advertising company
based in San Mateo, California.

Opera is buying the startup for approx. $8 million in cash plus a $15 million
earnout, which will be paid in cash only if “certain aggressive financial
targets” are met over the next 24 months, TechCrunch has learned.

AdMarvel, founded in 2006, enables publishers and operators to source, manage
and track advertising from virtually any ad network. The company works with a
wide range of mobile publishers, developers, carriers, ad networks, agencies and
advertisers to optimize advertising inventory and revenue. Its services work
across mobile web, WAP, SMS and in-application modalities.



Formerly named Frengo, the startup was founded by CEO Mahi de Silva (ex-VeriSign
and Apple) and a number of other former VeriSign executives. According to our
records in CrunchBase, Frengo raised a total of $8 million over the years from
investors like Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Trilogy Equity Partnership.

“In our fast-growing industry, mobile advertising represents an interesting
long-term revenue opportunity. Every month, nearly 50 million people access the
Web using Opera on their mobile phones and together with AdMarvel, we think we
can play an important role in the evolution of mobile advertising,” says Lars
Boilesen, who was recently promoted to Chief Executive Officer at Opera.

Opera says that the acquisition of AdMarvel will enable it to expand its
portfolio of products and services to include ad monetization services for
Opera-branded mobile products offered by operators and content partners.

This is the latest in a series of acquisitions in the mobile advertising space,
although this is a minor one in comparison to Google’s purchase of AdMob ($750
million) and Apple’s acquisition of Quattro Wireless ($275 million).

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