no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . march 2014 centro inc. type private founded 2001 no . of locations 35 area served north america key people shawn riegsecker leo brubaker scott neslund kelly wenzel michael bruns industry online advertising real time bidding services ad serving demand side platform employees 650 website http www.centro.net centro is a software and managed services company used by brands and advertising agencies to buy online ads from publishers . 1 advertisers use centro for digital media planning and buying ad operations and finance and reconciliation . the company was founded by shawn riegsecker in 2001 . centro has received awards for company culture 2 and for being great place to work in the advertising industry 3 in the u.s. 4 in chicago 5 and in new york . 6 history edit based in chicago illinois centro was founded in 2001 by shawn riegsecker . 7 in december 2010 centro raised 22.5 million in a venture capital funding round led by ftv capital . 8 in may 2012 centro launched centro brand exchange an ad marketplace for unsold inventory . 9 in march 2013 centro launched a cloud based software platform for media planning . 10 in april 2013 centro was named the 1 best company to work by crain s chicago for the third consecutive year . 11 in november 2013 centro acquired sitescout a real time bidding technology company . 12 references edit mediapost 3 7 13 http www.mediapost.com publications article 195068 centro yes we can speed up media planning new.html built in chicago moxie awards 6 20 13 http moxieawards.builtinchicago.org page id 1791 advertising age 11 17 14 http adage.com article news places work 2014 295821 centro fortune 9 18 14 http fortune.com 2014 09 18 50 best small and medium size companies to work for 2014 crain s chicago 4 1 13 http www.chicagobusiness.com article 20130330 issue02 303309995 best places to work 2013 no 1 centro llc crain s new york 12 8 14 http www.crainsnewyork.com features bestplaces details 6 crunchbase http www.crunchbase.com company centro techcrunch 12 30 10 http techcrunch.com 2010 12 30 centro clickz 5 20 12 http www.clickz.com clickz news 2175294 centro throws gauntlet exchange arbitragers adexchanger 4 8 13 http www.adexchanger.com platforms media shop anxieties centro says better workflow is the cure crain s chicago 4 1 13 http www.chicagobusiness.com article 20130330 issue02 303309995 best places to work 2013 no 1 centro llc adage 11 5 13 http adage.com article digital centro acquires dsp sitescout 40 million 245111 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title centro inc & oldid 743336317 categories companies based in chicagointernet advertising services and affiliate networkssoftware companies based in illinoishidden categories orphaned articles from march 2014all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 04 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view