Pulse2 Technology and Social Media News » Sprout http://pulse2.com Sun, 27 May 2012 19:13:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Ad Company InMobi Acquires Sprout http://pulse2.com/2011/08/02/ad-company-inmobi-acquires-sprout/ http://pulse2.com/2011/08/02/ad-company-inmobi-acquires-sprout/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:50:09 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/?p=49464 Continue reading →]]>
InMobi is an independent ad network that has acquired Sprout. Sprout is the developer of an online editor for creating and distributing HTML5 ads.

Sprout will remain independent after the acquisition. Sprout CEO Carnet Williams will be joining the board of directors at InMobil.

“With InMobi’s global presence we are able to quickly deploy our HTML5 mobile ad creative platform into the hands of agencies and publishers worldwide,” stated Williams. “InMobi has also agreed to allow the Sprout team to run as an independent business unit and is committed to keeping our platform open for everyone in the mobile ecosystem — that means that we will continue to be integrated with other ad networks (competitors to InMobi), publishers, mediators and aggregators. Our vision is to raise the level of rich media in the mobile industry and we can only achieve that by remaining an open platform.”

[VentureBeat]

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“While Flash content is ubiquitous on the Web, the process of creating and distributing Flash content was time consuming and required specialized skills. And integrating Flash with third party Web services and components has been near impossible. With Sprout, anyone can quickly create rich, Flash-based content that incorporates advanced components and Web services, and distribute them on the Web,” stated Carnet Williams, co-founder/CEO of Sprout.

Sprout is a platform that makes it easy to create widgets. The company has recently raised $5 million in Series B to enhance features from Polaris Venture Partners and Mitch Kapor. Mike Hirshland, general partner at Polaris joined the Sprout board of directors as a result of the investment. Mitch Kapor is the founder of Lotus Development Corporation and designed Lotus 1-2-3.

Creating widgets on Sprout utilizes drag+drop methods.  Users can drag+drop video, audio, images, and other interactive services built in.  Built-in interactive features include Twitter, PollDaddy, and Ribbit.

Sprout is based in San Francisco, Calif. and Honululu, Hawaii.

Information Source:
[1] Sprout Press Release: Sprout Closes $5 Million Series B Led by Polaris Venture Partners

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