URX - About the company
URX is an acqui-hired company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2012 by James Turner, Andrew Look and John Milinovich. It operates as a Deep linking for mobile apps. URX has raised $15.1M in funding from Accel and First Round Capital. The company has 567 active competitors, including 60 funded and 89 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like InMobi, Tapjoy and AdColony.
Company Details
URX creates products ads for mobile apps. Introduced as a mobile app retargeting platform, Omnilinks, a smarter deep link that’s capable of directing users to somewhere inside a mobile app, or just a web page, depending on whether or not the user has the app installed or the kind of mobile device. Allows app developers to create cross-platform links to the insides of their app. URX has been generating revenue as an ad network, buying ad space in mobile apps, and reselling it to advertisers. Include customers like HotelTonight and Spotify.
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- urx.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2012
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Acqui-Hired
Total Funding
$15.1M in 3 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
61st among 567 active competitors
Employee Count
7 as on Sep 30, 2026
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URX's funding and investors
URX has raised a total funding of $15.1M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on 2013. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Apr 28, 2014 for $*****. 4 investors participated in its latest round. URX has 14 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of URX:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 28, 2014 | 8797905 | Series A | 6801242 | 4952918 | 5786421 | 9996315 |
Oct 17, 2013 | 9825783 | Seed | 4060390 | 8017606 | 4632897 | |
2013 | 8227 | Seed | 6722 | 9650 | 3858 |
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URX's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of URX's key team members:
- James Turner: Former Co-Founder of URX. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.
- Andrew Look: Co-Founder & CTO of URX.
- John Milinovich: Co-Founder & CEO of URX.
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URX's employee count trend
URX has 7 employees as of Sep 26. Here is URX's employee count trend over the years:
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URX's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of URX include InMobi, Tapjoy and AdColony. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of URX, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Provider of advertising solutions and platforms for brand building and growth | $266M | 74/100 | ||
2nd | Tapjoy 2007, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Mobile advertising & monetization | $60M | 70/100 | |
3rd | AdColony 2008, Los Angeles (United States), Acquired | Premium mobile video ad network | $2M | 69/100 | |
4th | Digital Turbine 1998, Austin (United States), Public | Mobile advertising network platform | - | 67/100 | |
5th | Branch 2014, Palo Alto (United States), Series F | Cloud based marketing optimization platform for deep linking | $667M | 66/100 | |
6th | Programmatic advertising and retargeting platform | $140M | 63/100 | ||
7th | Vungle 2011, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Online ad network platform | $25.6M | 62/100 | |
8th | Mobile advertising platform and ad network | $124M | 60/100 | ||
9th | Kard 2015, New York City (United States), Acquired | Network providing transaction data to facilitate personalized consumer reward programs | $38M | 59/100 | |
10th | AI powered ad network platform | - | 59/100 | ||
61st | URX 2012, San Francisco (United States), Acqui-Hired | Deep linking for mobile apps | $15.1M | 39/100 |
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URX's Investments and acquisitions
URX has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to URX
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News related to URX
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Pinterest buys deep-linking startup URXVentureBeat•May 04, 2016•Pinterest, URX, Google Ventures, First Round Capital and 1 other
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Mobile Deep Linking Startup URX Raises $12 Million, Launches Universal Link Service Called Omnilinks – TechCrunchTechCrunch+•Apr 28, 2014•URX, Accel, SV Angel, First Round Capital and 1 other
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URX Is A Brilliant Mobile Ad Service That Deeplinks Customers Right To Ecommerce App Product Pages – TechCrunchTechCrunch+•Oct 16, 2013•URX, First Round Capital, SV Angel, Betaworks and 8 others
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URX (YC S13) raises $3.1M seed round from First Round, Google Ventures, SV Angel, Crunchfund, GreylockY Combinator•Oct 16, 2013•URX, First Round Capital, SV Angel, Betaworks and 8 others
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URX Raises $12 Million, Sets Sights on Links Inside Apps - Digits - WSJ
The Wall Street Journal•URX, Accel, SV Angel, First Round Capital and 1 other
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