Komli Appoints Top
Advertising and Web Industry Veterans to Advisory Board
Leading Ad Network and Ad
Network Optimization Service Enhances Senior Management Team with New
Advisory Board Members from IAB and Like.com
Mumbai, India - (April 2,
2008) - Komli (www.komli.com),
the leading technology-based ad network in India and first and largest
ad network optimization service worldwide, today announced the
appointment of Greg Stuart, former CEO of the Interactive Advertising
Bureau (IAB), and Munjal Shah, serial entrepreneur and CEO of Like.com,
to its advisory board. The experience in online advertising and
company-building these key industry leaders bring to Komli will help
drive the company's next stage of growth.
"Online advertising is experiencing rapid growth and drastic changes
all at the same time, and there is a clear need for making the entire
process of advertisers, networks and publishers working together more
efficient and profitable for everyone involved," said Greg Stuart,
former CEO of the IAB. "The experience of this board in online and
traditional advertising will help Komli better understand the needs of
all parties involved so that together we can achieve this vision and
help the industry as a whole realize its potential".
Komli, which recently secured $7 million in venture financing, has two
main services: the leading ad network in India and the first and
largest ad network optimization service worldwide. Komli Media, the
Indian ad network, works with leading advertisers and publishers
worldwide via its performance and premium branding products. PubMatic
automates and optimizes ad inventory decision-making for Web publishers
by identifying and recommending the ad network and layout that will
generate the most revenue in real-time.
Advisory Board Members
Greg Stuart
Greg Stuart brings more than 20 years experience in Internet startups
and traditional advertising to the PubMatic advisory board. While CEO
of the IAB, Stuart led the online advertising industry from $6 billion
in revenues in 2001 to $20 billion in 2007. The IAB is the advertising
industry's premier bureau focused on helping Web publishers and
advertisers sell interactive advertising more efficiently and
effectively. Greg will bring strong industry ties and a broad vision
for the future of the online ad industry to PubMatic.
Munjal Shah
Munjal Shah is CEO and co-founder of Like.com, the first true visual
search engine. Munjal co-founded Like.com in August 2004 as Riya.
Previously, Munjal was CEO and co-founder of eBay seller auction
management service Andale. He was nominated one of the top 10 "Up and
Comers" by BusinessWeek in 2001. Munjal will bring deep entrepreneurial
and business-building skills to PubMatic.
About Komli
Komli Media (www.Komli.com)
provides technology-driven solutions for advertisers and publishers to
improve their online marketing results. Its clients include Naukri,
Makemytrip, Cleartrip, TribalDDB, Ogilvy & Mather, GroupM, Lycos,
Looksmart, Times Group (Timesjobs, Simplymarry and Magicbricks). The
Komli Performance
Network and the Komli Premium Network are two of the largest Indian
networks helping publishers monetize their Indian inventory. PubMatic (www.PubMatic.com)
is the world's first and largest service that increases Web publishers'
revenue by automating and optimizing ad serving decisions across ad
networks.
Komli has offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune (India), Palo Alto and New
York (USA).
Komli is venture-backed by Nexus India Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
and Helion Ventures.


