• Financing for Digital Media & The New Economy

    • January 15, 2020
    • Posted by: Hanna Kassis
    • Category: Company News, Industry News
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    Prior to the financial collapse of 2008, obtaining capital was binary. You either qualified for it or you didn’t. Extension of credit came from places like banks, and that credit was based on the same factors a bank uses today: credit score, length of time in business, profitability and cash flow coverage. If you didn’t

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  • The Rubicon Telaria Merger and What It Means for Ad Tech

    • December 19, 2019
    • Posted by: Hanna Kassis
    • Category: Ad Tech, Industry News
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    Today Rubicon Project and Telaria announced they would merge into a single sell-side company, yet to be named. The plan is to take on walled giants of Facebook and Google, who account for the overwhelming majority of the digital ad spend globally. But is the Rubicon Telaria merger good or bad for ad tech? Ad

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  • Advertising Fraud: Are Brands OK With It?

    • December 18, 2019
    • Posted by: Hanna Kassis
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    The norm in digital media is that you have to wait to get paid. 30-90 days, sometimes longer. That’s because digital media payments are often paid on net terms. Often times though, payment hits at a different time (i.e. 62 days instead of net 60). And just as often, there is a variance between the

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  • Get an OAREX Term Sheet in 10 Minutes or Less

    • December 4, 2019
    • Posted by: Hanna Kassis
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    CLEVELAND, OH – OAREX Capital Markets, a leader in digital media and advertising financing, has launched a new portal that enables them to send term sheets within minutes. Applicants fill out a quick application on go.oarex.com/ and upload the necessary docs for approval. OAREX can fund up to $5M in as little as 72 hours. Last week,

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  • Q3 Digital Media Payments Report (Free Download)

    • November 25, 2019
    • Posted by: Hanna Kassis
    • Category: Industry News
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    In line with the industry-wide push for transparency, we began releasing quarterly payment data in May, 2018. Our quarterly report includes data on payments OAREX has received from companies across the digital media & advertising eco-system, including: ad networks and exchanges, Supply Side Platforms (SSPs), Demand Side Platforms (DSPs), media buyers and ad agencies (all

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  • The Great Balancing Act of Raising Growth Capital

    • November 10, 2019
    • Posted by: Hanna Kassis
    • Category: CashFlow
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    Raising capital isn’t easy. Especially for new industries like digital media and ad-tech. Entertaining options requires a huge balancing act between so many factors like impact on cash flow, speed, price, flexibility, product type and owner liability. In this article we examine the 6 factors that you should assess when raising capital. These six factors

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  • The Taboola Outbrain Merger: Good or Bad for Publishers?

    • October 3, 2019
    • Posted by: Hanna Kassis
    • Category: Industry News
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    Today Taboola and Outbrain, the largest native exchanges in the game, announced their merger. Publishers are seemingly up in arms at the announcement, for fear that the price of native traffic acquisition will go through the roof. Industry chatter has never been too favorable, and given their negotiating leverage over pubs, we stopped buying Taboola

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  • OAREX Secures $50M Line of Credit Led by Arena Investors

    • September 9, 2019
    • Posted by: Hanna Kassis
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    CLEVELAND, OH – On July 22, we closed on a line of credit for $50M, led by Arena Investors of New York. The funds will be used to buy invoices from high growth digital media firms. This gives them quick access to the cash they need to grow, without the need to take on debt

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  • Q2 Digital Media Payment Study (Free Download)

    • August 26, 2019
    • Posted by: Hanna Kassis
    • Category: Industry News
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    Today we released our Q2, 2019 Digital Media Payments Report. In the spirit of transparency, we are piggy-backing on the industry wide movement for more disclosure and clarity. As one of the largest digital media creditors in the US, we’ve accumulated a wealth of payment data on over 150+ companies. Our quarterly payment report details

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  • How to Grow 8x Without Banks or VCS

    • August 10, 2019
    • Posted by: Hanna Kassis
    • Category: CashFlow
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    There are many ways to fund your business. You can use your own cash or run up a tab on your credit card. Other options include VC money or going to a bank. The biggest difference between our funding and those other options is spending power. With us, you can spend 8x more, which means

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