4th Largest Ad Marketplace

Adknowledge, the fourth largest advertiser marketplace, specializes in performance-based marketing solutions that help make the long tail web accessible to search engine advertisers. Utilizing powerful predictive technology and completely anonymous consumer response patterns, we connect advertisers with consumers across multiple channels, including email, search, mobile, domains, and social networks. With over 60 terabytes of anonymous consumer interest data, our proprietary targeting systems run over 20 billion calculations per day to determine what ad to show to each consumer. Over 10,000 advertisers use Adknowledge to promote their offers.

Growth & acquisitions

Since its founding in 2004, Adknowledge has grown organically and through acquisitions, including Miva, Super Rewards and Hydra, to become the largest privately-owned internet advertising network. Adknowledge has been recognized by Red Herring, AlwaysOn Media and several other publications as a leader in the digital marketing space.

Offices & partners worldwide

Headquartered in Kansas City, MO, Adknowledge has domestic offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Ft. Myers, FL., New York, and international offices in the United Kingdom and Canada. In 2006, the company received $48 million in funding from Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) whose portfolio includes C|Net, eHarmony, Fandango, Expedia.com, iVillage, and Netflix.

In 2011 Adknowledge raised over $200 million in debt and equity financing to fuel its growth through future acquisitions with JMI Equity and with Bank of America who led the debt financing portion of the investment.

Every month we:

  • - Drive 76,000 eco-minded car shoppers to Hybrid car dealers
  • - Connect 15,000 business gurus to Six Sigma training
  • - Help 181,000 consumers search for the perfect apartment
  • - Connect 131,800 potential travelers to travel deals
  • - Lead 66,000 car owners to lower insurance rates
  • - Show 22,000 movie buffs where to find films online
  • - Lead 83,000 tech aficionados to hot deals on tablet PCs
  • - Connect 76,000 smiles to low cost dental insurance
  • - Teach 96,000 “D-I-Y-ers” where to find home
       improvement solutions