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URX (YC S13) — Mobile ads that users like. acquired by pinterest in may 2016

URX empowers publishers to monetize mobile content and enables advertisers to drive mobile commerce. The world's most forward-thinking companies use URX to connect users directly to relevant commerce experiences.

URX is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2013 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Mobile ads that users like. Acquired by Pinterest in May 2016. The founder listed is Nate Smith (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, May 2, 2013).

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URX

New accelerator entry · 2013-05-02 · the record

Summer 2013
batch
11
people
Growth
stage
United States of America
region
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What the record says

BatchSummer 2013
Announced2013-05-02
StageGrowth
StatusAcquired
Team size11
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B -> Engineering, Product and Design
SectorsAdvertising
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedNew York City, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttp://urx.com

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URX empowers publishers to monetize mobile content and enables advertisers to drive mobile commerce. The world's most forward-thinking companies use URX to connect users directly to relevant commerce experiences. URX is headquartered in San Francisco and has raised $15M from Accel, Google Ventures, First Round Capital, SV Angel and Y Combinator.

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URX (YC S13) — Mobile ads that users like. acquired by pinterest in may 2016. MentionFox, 2026-10-20. https://mentionfox.com/funding/yc-urx