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Unruly

The Whitechapel Building, 15 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 8QS, United Kingdom

Overview

Unruly is a social video advertising company that creates and distributes social video campaigns for global brands, including Evian's 'Roller Babies' and Old Spice's 'Man Your Man Could Smell Like'. The company runs video players wrapped in JavaScript and distributes campaigns across bloggers and social channels. It plans to use new funding to grow internationally and aims to become the dominant player in every major advertising territory within the next two years. Financially, Unruly reports a revenue run-rate approaching $50 million, with 2011 full-year revenue of $25 million, and has been profitable since 2009. The firm has about 100 staff across nine offices and says it is doubling in size each year. The broader social video market is expanding rapidly—campaigns generated 2.7 billion views in 2010, more than 8 billion in 2011, and were predicted to reach 20 billion views in 2012—supporting the company's expansion plans.

Total raised
$25M
Funding rounds
1
Latest round
Series A
Latest activity
Jan 2012

Industries

  • Advertising
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Video
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Recent funding

  1. Series A

    Jan 2012

    $25M

Team

  • Norm Johnston

    CEO

    LinkedIn
  • Scott Button

    Co-Founder & CSO

  • Vijay Anand Kunduri

    Managing Director - Asia

    LinkedIn
  • Craig Hughes

    SVP, Business Development

    LinkedIn