Intelligent Video Solutions
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Intelligent Video Solutions (IVS) was a Singapore-based advertising technology company founded in 2016 by Milan Reinartz and Hari Shankar. It operated an AI- and machine-learning-backed video publishing and monetization platform that gave publishers and broadcasters cost-efficient video distribution plus an instream video marketplace for advertisers, with features like interactive hotspots, in-video ad triggers, immersive gaming and server-side ad insertion. The platform served over 120 million unique browsers per month and 29 employees. In April 2023 the company was acquired by ShowHeroes.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
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- Company founded
Milan Reinartz and Hari Shankar found Intelligent Video Solutions in Singapore to build an AI-backed video publishing and monetization platform for publishers and advertisers.
- Funding rounds
The company raises multiple rounds, including a $3.5M Series A in 2017 (Monk's Hill Ventures, Eduardo Saverin), a $4.5M Series A in 2019 (Kickstart Ventures, Darwin Venture Management) and a $3.2M Series B in 2021 (Kickstart Ventures, SGInnovate, Vulpes Ventures, Tin Men Capital).
- Acquired
Intelligent Video Solutions is acquired by ShowHeroes in a completed merger/acquisition transaction.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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