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 470 active competitors, including 58 funded and 87 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like InMobi, Branch and Vungle.
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.
- Website
- 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
63rd among 470 active competitors
Employee Count
5 as on Jan 31, 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 | 4676893 | Series A | 6809295 | 1158363 | 5428373 | 6274585 |
Oct 17, 2013 | 5954019 | Seed | 4366708 | 1415236 | 8948440 | |
2013 | 4084 | Seed | 9883 | 8624 | 9689 |
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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 5 employees as of Jan 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, Branch and Vungle. 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 | 76/100 | ||
2nd | Branch 2014, Palo Alto (United States), Series F | Cloud based marketing optimization platform for deep linking | $667M | 71/100 | |
3rd | Vungle 2011, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Online ad network platform | $25.6M | 73/100 | |
4th | Tapjoy 2007, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Mobile advertising & monetization | $60M | 68/100 | |
5th | Mobile advertising platform and ad network | $124M | 68/100 | ||
6th | Digital Turbine 1998, Austin (United States), Public | Mobile advertising network platform | - | 65/100 | |
7th | Millennial Media 2006, Baltimore (United States), Acquired | Mobile advertising platform | $64.8M | 65/100 | |
8th | Chartboost 2011, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Ads monetization platform based on mobile games | $21M | 63/100 | |
9th | Button 2014, New York City (United States), Acquired | Provider of a platform optimizing mobile taps for increased revenue | $67.3M | 61/100 | |
10th | AI powered ad network platform | - | 59/100 | ||
63rd | URX 2012, San Francisco (United States), Acqui-Hired | Deep linking for mobile apps | $15.1M | 38/100 |
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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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