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Vidcoin develops proprietary technology for non-interruptive video advertising within mobile and online applications. Its core product optimizes ad delivery, mitigating buffering and latency for a seamless user experience. This system integrates high-quality video ads across diverse digital environments via specialized software development kits and ad mediation.
Founded in 2012 by Jerome Vuillemot, Aymeric Roffe, and Grant Gudgel, Vidcoin addressed the need for effective mobile video advertising respecting user experience. Their insight focused on technology to minimize interruptions and enhance delivery efficiency, offering a more engaging, less intrusive model for developers and advertisers.
Vidcoin’s technology serves mobile application publishers, especially game developers, monetizing through video advertising, and ad agencies. The company envisions a future where mobile and video advertising converge, striving to elevate ad viewability and completion rates for superior user and advertiser outcomes.
VIDCOIN has raised $130K across 1 funding round.
VIDCOIN has raised $130K in total across 1 funding round.
VIDCOIN has raised $130K in total across 1 funding round.
VIDCOIN's investors include 8VC, Kima Ventures, Magical Capital, MI Ventures, Operator Collective, Trajectory Ventures, XG Ventures, Dror Shimshowitz.
VidCoin (stylized variously as Vidcoin or vidCoin) is a mobile advertising technology company that builds a pre‑cached in‑app video ad SDK designed to reduce buffering and enable opt‑in rewarded video experiences for freemium apps and mobile publishers. [1][2] VidCoin’s technology focuses on detecting connection quality and pre‑loading targeted video ads into apps so videos play instantly and can be used as rewarded inventory (e.g., coins, unlocks) within games and other freemium experiences.[1][3]
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Notes and limits: The publicly available reporting on VidCoin is limited and concentrated around 2014–2015 product and funding coverage; more recent developments, valuations, or exits were not found in the cited sources.[1][2][3]
VIDCOIN has raised $130K across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $130K Seed in December 2012.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2012 | $130K Seed | — | 8VC, Kima Ventures, Magical Capital, MI Ventures, Operator Collective, Trajectory Ventures, XG Ventures, Dror Shimshowitz | Announced |