united states 2010 2010 founder lloyd armbrust jeremy mims jason novek headquarters austin texas united states key people lloyd armbrust ceo jason novek cto jeremy mims cpo products adforge local hero web builder daily deals website ownlocal.com ownlocal is an austin texas based digital advertising startup founded in 2010 . 1 2 3 the company focuses on increasing the revenues of local media organizations by converting their offline ads into powerful online marketing campaigns building professional websites for their advertisers and generating new advertising leads . 2 4 as of july 2016 more than 2 600 media partners use the service . 5 6 contents 1 history 2 acquisitions 3 references 4 external links history edit lloyd armbrust jeremy mims and jason novek founded seeing interactive in 2010 . 1 7 8 9 10 backed by seed accelerator y combinator the company launched as a service for local newspaper tv and radio stations . 1 4 7 11 after its launch the startup raised 1 million in seed funding from various investors including lerer ventures baseline ventures and angel investors joshua schachter and paul buchheit . 1 12 the company changed its name to ownlocal in march 2011 . 13 in october 2011 ownlocal received an undisclosed amount from a funding round led by automattic the developer of wordpress . 3 11 the incubator 500 startups also participated in the funding . 10 the round raised the company s total funding to 2 million . 2 14 ownlocal was one of the first for profit companies to receive funding from the knight enterprise fund a fund for media innovation . 2 11 14 the company also received an equity investment in february 2013 from digital first ventures for an undisclosed amount . 15 acquisitions edit in may 2014 ownlocal acquired whoosh traffic . 16 whoosh traffic was an austin based company that powered seo reporting for large fortune 500 companies and small businesses . 17 whoosh was backed by techstars 500 startups and several other major technology investors . ownlocal acquired sidengo on march 10 2015 18 sidengo was an easy to use website builder for people with no design or technical skills . sidengo was started in monterrey mexico by jorge gonz lez and gabriel garza . 19 as of march 2015 ownlocal had integrated the sidengo technology into their platform and planned to distribute the technology to their media partners . 18 ownlocal acquired inbound press in march 2016 . inbound press was created in orange county california by andrew mcfadden . the company s flagship product smart media kit is a proven process that generates new advertising leads for newspapers . ownlocal had added smart media kit to its product offerings as of june 2016 . references edit a b c d schonfeld erick june 28 2010 . ycomb s seeing interactive raises seed round from baseline buchheit schachter and lerer ventures . techcrunch . retrieved august 27 2013 . a b c d merino faith october 19 2011 . ownlocal raises funds to help save local news . vator . retrieved august 27 2013 . a b gannes liz october 19 2011 . the company behind wordpress invests in newspaper toolmaker ownlocal . all things digital . retrieved august 27 2013 . a b myers courtney boyd april 5 2011 . ownlocal cleverly makes newspapers money with web 2.0 tools . the next web . retrieved august 27 2013 . ownlocal homepage . ownlocal . lead designer art director for ownlocal . revision path . may 30 2013 . retrieved august 27 2013 . a b bowman matt march 23 2010 . y combinator presents 26 new startups . venturebeat . retrieved august 27 2013 . shaughnessy haydn december 20 2011 . 4 megatrends in social media and social business . forbes . retrieved august 27 2013 . ownlocal . angellist . retrieved august 27 2013 . a b onlocal . crunchbase . retrieved august 27 2013 . a b c johnson bobbie october 19 2011 . ownlocal scores funds to get small firms online . gigaom . retrieved august 27 2013 . ad service seeing interactive raises usd1m in seed round . strategyeye . june 29 2010 . retrieved august 27 2013 . tsotsis alexia march 18 2011 . seeing interactive changes name to ownlocal launches hyper local deals network . techcrunch . retrieved august 27 2013 . a b hawkins lori october 25 2011 . austin startup ownlocal hits 2 million mark in venture capital . austin american statesman . retrieved august 27 2013 . ownlocal receives equity investment from digital first ventures . finsmes . february 19 2013 . retrieved august 27 2013 . armbrust lloyd may 21 2014 . ownlocal acquires whoosh traffic . ownlocal . retrieved april 7 2015 . whoosh traffic inc. private company information businessweek . www.bloomberg.com . retrieved 2016 08 16 . a b armbrust lloyd march 10 2015 . ownlocal acquires austin tech startup sidengo . ownlocal . retrieved april 7 2015 . gonz lez jorge july 1 2011 . sidengo about us . sidengo . retrieved april 7 2015 . external links edit official website v t e y combinator companies 7 cups of tea 80 000 hours 9gag airbnb algolia buttercoin 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