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Heyzap is a premier mobile ad network that helps millions of users discover apps they love. Heyzap’s SDK for Android and iOS apps allows both well-established app producers and innovative indie developers to monetize and bring their apps to a wide audience.

Heyzap is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2009 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Heyzap (acquired by Fyber for $45m in 2016) is one of the largest…. The founders listed are Immad Akhund (Founder/CEO), Jude Gomila (Founder/Entrepreneur) (Y Combinator directory entry, January 17, 2012).

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Heyzap

New accelerator entry · 2012-01-17 · the record

Winter 2009
batch
11
people
Growth
stage
United States of America
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2009
Announced2012-01-17
StageGrowth
StatusAcquired
Team size11
IndustryConsumer
Sub-industryConsumer -> Gaming
SectorsAdvertising
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttp://heyzap.com

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Heyzap is a premier mobile ad network that helps millions of users discover apps they love. Heyzap’s SDK for Android and iOS apps allows both well-established app producers and innovative indie developers to monetize and bring their apps to a wide audience. It currently provides advertising, publishing, mediation, and cross-promotion services to mobile developers worldwide. Heyzap is based in San Francisco and was founded in 2009 by Jude Gomila and Immad Akhund.

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