Krishna Subramanian
American businessman
Krishna Subramanian is a serial tech entrepreneur, angel investor and commentator on mobile advertising. He is best known for a being the CEO and Co-Founder of Captiv8 that was acquired by Publicis Groupe and a founding employee of BlueLithium, one of the largest online ad network acquired by Yahoo in 2007 for $300 million, and Co-Founder of Mobclix, a mobile ad exchange network acquired by Velti in 2010. Subramanian has also written for Forbes, The Huffington Post, Advertising Age and Mashable.
Career
Burrp!
In 2003, Subramanian co-founded Burrp!, an internet recommendation and review portal for local businesses and landmarks that operated in a number of Indian cities. Burrp! was acquired by Network 18 in 2009.
BlueLithium
In January 2004, he became a founding employee of BlueLithium. BlueLithium was an online advertising network, which provided a platform that displayed highly targeted advertising impressions. BlueLithium was acquired by Yahoo!
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