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EX.CO
FormerlyPlaybuzz
Founded2012
FoundersTom Pachys, Shaul Olmert, Shachar Orren
HeadquartersNew York City
Key peopleTom Pachys, CEO
Shachar Orren, CMO/CRO
Yaniv Lubinski, CFO
Oren Regev, Chief Product Officer
Websiteex.co

EX.CO is a Disney-backed, publisher video technology platform. It is used by publishers such as Nasdaq and News UK.

History

EX.CO was originally founded as Playbuzz in 2012 by Shaul Olmert and Tom Pachys. Pachys is a graduate of IDC and also the co-founder of Whimado.

Playbuzz originally raised $3 million in a Series A funding round from Carmel Ventures.

In September 2017, the company announced it had raised an additional $35 million in a Series C funding round led by Viola Group with participation from existing investors including the Walt Disney Company and Saban Ventures. This brought Playbuzz's total funding to $66 million.

In November 2019, Playbuzz changed its company name to EX.CO. Shachar Orren was later named a co-founder of the company in 2021.

In January 2024, EX․CO was chosen as the preferred video platform by the Local Media Consortium (LMC), a group focused on providing strategic partnerships for approximately 5,000 local media outlets including Bonneville International and WRAL.

Acquisitions

In 2021, EX.CO acquired video monetization technology company Cedato.

In 2022, the company announced the acquisition of the machine-learning company Bibblio.

Products

In 2023, EX․CO announced new AI-driven content recommendations and premium video libraries for publishers which identify the most contextually relevant video for each article and the highest-yielding feed for a page on a publisher's site.

In 2024, EX․CO launched a vertical video player for publishers' mobile and desktop websites to help monetize content.

Awards

1. 2022 Business Insider: Hottest Marketing Tech Companies of 2022
2. 2023 Digiday Video & TV Awards: Best Digital Video Monetization Program
3. 2024 Digiday Media Awards: Best Video Platform

See also

References

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  10. Spiro, James (13 October 2021). "EX․CO appoints Shachar Orren as Co-Founder". CTECH. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  11. Lafayette, Jon (24 January 2024). "Local Media Consortium Picks Ex.Co Video Publishing Technology". Broadcasting + Cable. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  12. Ha, Anthony (22 April 2021). "EX.CO acquires video adtech company Cedato". TechCrunch. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  13. "EX.CO Acquires Machine-Learning Company Bibblio to Expand Website Personalization Capabilities for Brands, Publishers, and E-commerce Businesses". Martech Series. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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  15. Meier, Dan (3 January 2024). "EX.CO Launches Vertical Video Player for Publishers". VideoWeek. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
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  17. Awards, Digiday (7 March 2023). "PlayStation and MOCEAN, PinkNews, TheSoul Publishing and INNOCEAN USA are 2023 Digiday Video and TV Award winners". Digiday. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  18. Awards, Digiday (14 May 2024). "Salesforce, TIME and Fortune Media are among this year's Digiday Media Awards winners". Digiday. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

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