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The Great Balancing Act of Raising Growth Capital
- November 10, 2019
- Posted by: Hanna Kassis
- Category: CashFlow
No CommentsRaising 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
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
- Category: Company News
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
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
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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Inside Look: How We Price Our Deals
- July 8, 2019
- Posted by: Hanna Kassis
- Category: Company News
The most common thing we get asked is “what’s your price”? So we thought it would be helpful to provide some thoughts into how we price our deals. The reason is twofold. First it’s just way simpler to send someone to a well written post. One that answers all their questions instead of sending them
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5 Ways OAREX Can “De-Risk” Your Cash Flow
- June 16, 2019
- Posted by: Hanna Kassis
- Category: CashFlow
Long pay terms in digital media and ad tech make good cash flow hard to achieve. There are many ways to manage cash flow. But they all come with their risks. Loans and investors each have their own specific risks. Those risks do not come with OAREX funds. Instead, our funds are risk-free. Here are
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Two Great Reasons Why Using OAREX Is Better Than Your Own Cash
- June 3, 2019
- Posted by: Hanna Kassis
- Category: Company News
The biggest hurdle to grow your business is cash flow. The norm in the digital media space is that you must wait 30-90 days to get paid. The average is about 58 days that most wait to get paid. The pain comes from the fact that your vendors make you pay up front. Driving traffic
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OAREX v. Them: Why We’re Superior To Lenders
- May 30, 2019
- Posted by: Hanna Kassis
- Category: Company News
Digital media is pretty new. It’s really only been around for 20 years or so. And it’s quickly evolving. Lots of services have popped up to cater to the space. There’s ad tech, ad exchanges and fin-tech firms like OAREX. There are a few options to finance your digital media firm. You can borrow against
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Free Download: Q1, 2019 Digital Media Payments Report
- May 29, 2019
- Posted by: Hanna Kassis
- Category: Industry News
Since May, 2018, we’ve been releasing a quarterly digital media payment study. There is a big push for transparency in the industry, and this is our effort to join it. OAREX is the largest creditor to ad networks, middle-men and agencies. As a creditor, OAREX gets first hand data on payment performance. Who pays late,
