Outbrain

20 stories about Outbrain
מייסד אאוטבריין ירון גלאי

Yaron Galai stepping down as Outbrain CEO after 17 years amid disappointing financial results

29.02.24|Sophie Shulman
The co-founder will continue as Chairman of the Board and advisor to the company, with David Kostman, who joined as co-CEO in 2017, to assume the role of sole CEO
משרדי אאוט בריין Outbrain ניו יורק

Outbrain ousts 10% of workforce in second round of layoffs

01.06.23|CTech
The internet recommendation platform is laying off around 90 employees after firing 38 people last summer
דיויד קוסטמן מנכל שותף של אאוטבריין

Outbrain to oust 38 employees after losing 75% of its market cap in a year

26.07.22|Sophie Shulman
The internet recommendation platform will be laying off around 3% of its workforce
דיויד קוסטמן מנכל שותף של אאוטבריין

Outbrain acquires video intelligence AG for $55 million, first purchase since Nasdaq IPO

22.11.21|CTech
The Israeli company will integrate the Swiss firm’s contextual and machine learning technology which enables media owners to enhance user engagement and monetization by adding relevant video content to articles
בכירי קלטורה

Money in the bank makes the rules for tech's new public companies

25.07.21|Sophie Shulman
Having cash in the bank has become more important than a company’s valuation, and enables high tech executives to take strategic steps
דיויד קוסטמן מנכל שותף של אאוטבריין

Outbrain completes Nasdaq IPO at disappointing $1.12 billion valuation

23.07.21|CTech
The Israeli internet recommendation company raised $160 million at $20 per share, significantly lower than the $24-26 it was targeting that would have valued the company at $1.4 billion
ירון גלאי אאוטבריין

Outbrain targeting lower than expected $1.4 billion valuation in Nasdaq IPO

14.07.21|Sophie Shulman
The company is planning to raise around $200 million after announcing just last week that it had secured $200 million in funding from Boston-based investment manager The Baupost Group
סת' קלרמן מנכ"ל ומנהל ההשקעות הראשי של באופוסט

The most influential investor you never heard of is betting on Outbrain

08.07.21|Sophie Shulman
Investment guru Seth Klarman, who is often compared to Warren Buffett, might have missed the rise of the tech market, but he is trying to correct that with a $200 million investment in Outbrain
דיויד קוסטמן מנכל שותף של אאוטבריין

Outbrain announces $200 million investment from The Baupost Group

06.07.21|CTech
The announcement by the Israeli company came just one week after Outbrain's prospectus for its first Nasdaq offering was published by the SEC
דיויד קוסטמן מנכל שותף של אאוטבריין

Outbrain next up as Israeli tech companies continue Wall Street onslaught

30.06.21|Sophie Shulman
The Israeli internet recommendation company submitted a pre-IPO prospectus, showing 29% growth and a $10.7 million profit in the first quarter of 2021
ירון גלאי אאוטבריין

Israeli online content distribution company Outbrain closing in on Wall Street IPO

21.04.21|Sophie Shulman
Outbrain was headed to a merger with fellow Israeli content company Taboola last year, but the deal fell through and now both are going public, with Taboola recently announcing a SPAC merger at a $2.6 billion valuation
Yochai Zeid Big Tech 50

TASE-listed Big-Tech 50 invests $5.5 million in three mature startups

25.03.21|Hezi Sternlicht
The R&D partnership has invested in Outbrain, Trax and Kenshoo, marks a 33% increase in stock price since its February listing
גלעד דה פריס אאוטבריין

Covid-19 Big Bang sending trillion-dollar shockwaves through media market

01.02.21|Elihay Vidal
Gilad de Vries, SVP at content recommendations platform Outbrain, believes the public is losing faith in what it is reading on social media, pushing advertising dollars back towards traditional media websites
ירון גלאי אאוטבריין

After merger with Taboola gets nixed, Outbrain CEO says it was like mixing oil and water

11.09.20|CTech
Yaron Galai wrote a blog post explaining his side of the break-up and tried do differentiate between the two would-be partners
אדם סינגולדה מייסד מנכ"ל טאבולה ועידה לצמוח ממשבר

Taboola CEO explains why the merger with Outbrain failed: “The original deal does not make sense anymore”

10.09.20|Meir Orbach
Adam Singolda published a blog post in which he laid out the reasons that the deal between the Israeli content distribution giants fell apart
מימין מייסד אאוטבריין ירון גלאי ומייסד טאבולה אדם סינגולדה

Taboola-Outbrain merger called off

09.09.20|Golan Hazani
Deal falls through after Taboola requested to make it a stock-for-stock merger instead of paying Outbrain shareholders $250 million for a 70% stake
מימין מייסד אאוטבריין ירון גלאי ומייסד טאבולה אדם סינגולדה

U.K. anti-monopoly watchdog puts the brakes on Taboola-Outbrain merger

06.08.20|Meir Orbach
Newly published document finds that the deal requires further inquiry, but can the sides step back now?
מימין ירון גלאי מנכ"ל אאוטבריין ו אדם סינגולדה מנכ"ל טאבולה

U.S. Justice Department green lights Taboola-Outbrain merger

23.07.20|Hagar Ravet
Taboola announced last October that it agreed to pay Outbrain shareholders $250 million, and will hold a 70% stake in the merged company
ועידת ברלין 2019 חמי פרס 2

Taboola and Outbrain Have Exhausted Every Opportunity to Butt Heads, Says Venture Capitalist

06.10.19|Meir Orbach
Israeli venture capitalist Chemi Peres, one of the first backers of viral content company Taboola, comments on the company’s recent merger with rival Outbrain